The aim of this study was to examine the collaboration between social service and healthcare from the perspective of professional’s experience regarding adults with substance abuse. The focus was therefore to examine which factors collaboration contributes to and analyse the effect on the clients. The method used was semi- structured interviews in which a total of seven professionals from the social service and health care participated and were interviewed. The results of the study were therefore based on the interviews and with the help of thematic analyses, three themes were identified. The themes include experience of collaboration, knowledge of each other’s organisations and the impact on the client. The study proved that the guideline for collaboration is unspecified and that there is a lack of knowledge among the social services and healthcare personnel about each other ́s roles and responsibilities. This leads to unrealistic expectations, conflicts of interest and different opinions on which organization should take the overall responsibility. The study also proved that these circumstances have an impact on the client which can be expressed in lack of motivation, risk of being overlooked and inadequate care for the client. These factors contribute to a lack of collaboration between the two organizations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-68355 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Ascic, Nikolina, Trygg Pizevska, Sarah |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, 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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