The aim of this study was to examine how social workers are described by actors of other professions’ who regularly cooperate with social workers. Social work with children is an area that involves several professions. The questions we intended to look at were: How do these actors describe and view the social worker and his or her work? How do other professions look at their collaborations with so

Author: Jessica Johansson Title:” When you had conversations with her, you just wanted to go and take an injection”- a qualitative study on family’s and surroundings influences on young heroin addicts Supervisor: Anders Östnäs Assessor: Carina Tigervall I`ve made a qualitative study based on four interviews with former young heroin addicts, and every one developed a heroin addiction when they wer

The mandatory report legislation under Chapter 14, 1 § Social Services Act, imposes an obligation to report to social services if they suspect child maltreatment. The interest for our thesis topic was brought when we read articles and previous research showing that preschool teachers and well baby nurses do not always notify when they suspect child maltreatment. The aim of this study was to examin

Abstract Authors: Helen Johansson and Charlotta Wikén Title: The cooperation between different professions concerning young offenders Supervisor: Susanna Persson and Maria Bangura Arvidsson Assessor: Håkan Johansson Cooperation between different professions who work with young offenders has become more noticed. The purpose of this essay is to get an insight into the interaction between the differe

Abstract The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the underlying factors of a youth’s attraction to criminal youth gangs. We have chosen a qualitative approach. The primary sources for our study were interviews with seven people. These interviews were semi structured in their approach. We have used the labeling theory in order to describe and analyze the phenomenon. The result clearly

The aim of this study was to examine the process off collaboration between two human service organizations in Helsingborg. Focus lies on Utredningscentrum and Kompetenscenter Norrehed which both are a part of Utvecklingsnämnden. To study this theme I chose to interview seven employees from various levels of both organizations. I have interviewed one head of unit and two employees from the operativ

During the last couple of years, the media have come to intensify their description of a “football hooligan”. The “football hooligan” is often described as a young man, with an engaging interest for football but who also is provided with an ability and willingness to use physical violence for the sake of defending the favourite football club and its own group. This is a painting picture in various

Syftet med undersökningen var att med hjälp av socialkonstruktionistiska teorier och begrepp, huvudsakligen hämtade från Butler och Foucault, med den heterosexuella matrisen i fokus, analysera kvalitativ empiri bestående av transsexuellas upplevelser av hur det var att genomgå en utredning om könstillhörighet. Fokus låg på de intervjuades upplevelser av sitt kön och könsuttryck och hur dessa relat

The aim of this thesis is to examine how the value co-creation concept can be applied to firms with intermediary roles, exemplified by the Swedish travel agent industry. To accomplish this a perceptual Service-Dominant (S-D logic) framework developed for firms was applied. Qur findings show that intermediaries encounter issues when engaging in value co-creation, since they do not have full control

The purpose of this study is to examine the parental role in their child’s treatment of behavioral problems and we want to look at this from the professional’s point of view. More specific we want to see if and how parents are included in the treatment and how it affected the child’s end result. The main questions that we addressed in this thesis are: How does the organization define parenthood? H

The purpose of the study was to examine how mothers from 30 to 35 years living in a big city felt that stress and status affects their everyday lives and health. My questions was how mothers feel and handling requirements in relation to family life and parenting versus career, the demands on the mothers themselves, and how mothers look at the link between stress and status? I wanted to explore the

This essay deals with multiple inhabitants extra care housing staff’s education and competence and the various laws that affect the individual who has a functional disorder and who also belong to the LSS person circle. The lack of clarity of the Act (1993:387), concerning support and service for certain individuals with a functional disorder (LSS) and the Health and medical service (HSL) may pose

Författare: Marie Isaksson Titel: Undermedveten kunskap i socialt arbete Handledare: Anders Lundberg Examinator: Anders Östnäs Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att undersöka vad den undermedvetna dimensionen av socialarbetarens kunskapsbas består av. Denna undermedvetna dimension är avgränsad till att fokusera på filosofen och vetenskapsmannen Michael Polanyis tankar kring att all kunskap bygger påAuthor: Marie Isaksson Title: Subconscious knowledge in social work Supervisor: Anders Lundberg Assesor: Anders Östnäs The purpose of the essay has been to investigate what the subconcious dimension of the social worker's knowledge base consists of. This tacit dimension is limited to focusing on the philosopher and scientist Michael Polanyis thoughts on that all knowledge is based on a subcon

Tove Janssons sista muminbok, Sent i november, kategoriseras som en barnbok samtidigt som många menar att det är en vuxenbok. Med hjälp av teorier kring vad barnlitteratur är samt Umberto Ecos begrepp modelläsare undersöks målgruppen för Sent i november.

This study examines art therapy for children living in an exposed life situation. This study is to examine if therapy is a working method in work with children living in exposure. For example children who are having a parent with addiction to alcohol, children having a parent with a psychological disorder, children with a serious disease and children with psychological disorders. A qualitative met

Cannabis is the most common illegal drug in Sweden today. It is used by millions of people all over the world and has been used for thousands of years. The purpose with this essay is to try to understand why people smoke cannabis. To be able to answer the main questions, five persons who smoke cannabis regularly have been interviewed. Information has also been obtained from prior research in the s

Uppsatsen visar på hur Walt Whitmans tre dikter "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking", "As I Ebb'd with the Ocean of Life" samt "On the Beach at Night" kan läsas som ett gestaltande av Whitmans utveckling som författare.

Uppsatsen visar hur skönlitteraturen kan ge en mer nyanserad bild av de hemlösas situation än facklitteratur och statliga utredningar.