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“Att jobba relationellt är otroligt viktigt, annars får vi inte ungdomarna framåt” : Samhällsaktörers erfarenheter av problematisk skolfrånvaro och samverkan kring elever som stannar hemma från skolan / “To work relationally is incredibly important, otherwise we do not get the youth to strive forward” : Social actors' experiences of problematic school absenteeism and collaboration around students who stay home from school

Problematic school absenteeism is a growing problem that affects society as a whole. Every youth is unique and the educational path does not look the same for everyone. The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate how social workers handle and collaborate on problematic school absenteeism in Sweden. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six social workers from different professional fields. When analyzing results, the bioecological model and its system levels were applied. Internal factors that were shown to contribute to absenteeism were anxiety, communication difficulties and neuropsychiatric diagnoses. External factors that emerged were the institutional policies, norms, family, school and relational conditions. The social workers consider home visits to the pupils' families and close relationships as some important and successful factors in reducing school absenteeism. Cooperation needs to take place on several levels for pupils to return to school and integrate into society.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hig-39815
Date January 2022
CreatorsGrönberg, Terese, Henley, Theresa
PublisherHögskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och kriminologi, Högskolan i Gävle, Socialt arbete
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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