The aim of this study was to understand how violence and threats of violence are constructed in social work, more specific among financial aid. We also want to investigate whether threats and violence are normalized in meetings with clients. We have three framing questions which we wish to be able to answer with the help of answers from interviews. The first question is how do social workers view threats and violence in the workplace in financial aid. The second question is when are threats and violence presented according to social workers as a problem and the last question is, is it possible to trace a normalization of violence and threats in the interview. The method for this study is qualitative interviews and we interviewed seven participants working in financial aid. The empirical material was analyzed using previous research and the concept “normalization”. The results of the study showed that the first framing question is answered by the interviews defining threats and violence as mental and physical violence and that it is present at work. The second framing question is answered by the interviews stating that threats and violence become a problem if they feel scared or anxious after they have been exposed to threats and violence. The third framing question is answered by the interview's reasoning that there is a normalization of threats and violence at work and it is based on the fact that social workers have begun to tolerate more and more threats and violence and have begun to accept that threats and violence against social workers. It would have been interesting to investigate further about normalization around threats and violence in the workplace, as in our opinion there is not much research on the subject.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-117322 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Hashim, Zainab Abbas, Mohadjeri, Natalie |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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