• Skolkuratorn, en odefinierad profession - en kvalitativ studie om den...
  Jivenius, Carl  : Malmö universitet/Hälsa och samhälle (2019)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:

  The aim of this study was to examine how school counsellors viewed their own profession. More specifically its aim was to find out how the work description, work assignment and professional role affected the school counsellor within their profession. As the study was based on semi-structured interviews the questions were designed to give the informants a wide opportunity to discuss specific topics. In the study five school counsellors working within public Swedish upper secondary schools were interviewed. The analysis was based mainly on two different theoretical frames of reference which were professionalization theory; focusing on the profession itself and role theory; focusing on the school counsellor in its environment. As a conclusion the profession can be described as vague and yet to be fully defined. The change in law regarding the school counsellors function within the educational arena could have meant that a big variety of expectations surrounds the school counsellor. This is in turn could have led to the fact that school counsellors express different variations, whilst sharing a lot of similarities on how the professional role should be perceived and exerted as.

  Carl Jivenius.pdf   (832.5Kb)

• “Hade vi alla tagit en liten del av kakan så hade vi kunnat rädda fler”
  Nilsson, Karin; Nylin, Linnea  : Malmö universitet/Hälsa och samhälle (2019)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:	In Sweden we have compulsory school attendance, still there are 2000 children and young adolescents who have coherent absence. The aim of our study is to research if and how the collaboration between school, social services and health care professional works and how the professionals describe the problem with school refusal behaviour. We have used qualitative semi structured interviews as our method and interviewed teachers, school counsellor, principal, counsellors within health care and an collaboration team. To analyse our material we used Danermarks collaboration theory and Paynes system theory. Our study shows that collaboration exist although in varying degrees and quality. The study also shows that for collaboration to be successful there need to be a clear framework on how the collaboration should take place and look like, finally the study shows that who you meet in school, social service and health care influence how the collaboration works. Keywords: Collaboration, school, school attendance, school refusal behaviour, social service, youth health care.
  Swedish abstract:	I Sverige har vi skolplikt, trots detta är det 2000 barn och ungdomar som har sammanhängande ogiltig frånvaro. Dessa elever kallas för hemmasittare. Syftet med vår studie är att undersöka om och hur samverkan i skola, socialtjänst och BUP ser ut kring arbetet med hemmasittare samt hur de yrkesverksamma beskriver problemet hemmasittare. Vi har använt oss av en kvalitativ intervju-studie. Informanterna i studien bestod av lärare, skolkurator, rektor, social-sekreterare, kuratorer från BUP samt ett samverkansteam. För att få en djupare förståelse för fenomenet hemmasittare samt samverkan kring dessa elever analyserades empirin med hjälp av Danermarks samverkansteori och Paynes systemteori. Studien visar att samverkan finns, dock i varierande grad och kvalité. Resultatet visar även att om samverkan ska fungera krävs det tydliga ramar för hur den ska se ut och slutligen visar studien att vem man möter i skola, socialtjänst och BUP påverkar hur samverkan ser ut.

  Karin Nilsson och Linnea Nylin.pdf   (475.1Kb)

• Ensamkommande pojkars mående utifrån hvb-personals perspektiv
  Rexha, Flakron; Ripa, Ola  : Malmö universitet/Hälsa och samhälle (2019)	Student essay 15hp

  

  

  English abstract:

  The purpose of the study was to investigate unaccompanied refugee adolescents, specifically males, psychological well-being in the perspective of social workers who are employed in HVB-homes (residential care homes for children and young persons). More specifically, the purpose was to find out which risk and protective factors might prevent or trigger psychological distress among the unaccompanied adolescents, as well as to investigate which prevention and interventions are done by the social workers. To investigate this, a qualitative approach was used through semi-structured interviews. Seven social workers were interviewed in southern Sweden. Three main themes were identified in the interviews: risk and protective factors, prevention and interventions, which were considered to play a major role in young people's psychological health. The analysis was based on two perspectives, one focused on factors that trigger or prevent psychological distress, and the other focused on prevention and interventions made by the social workers to affect the psychological health of the unaccompanied adolescents. In summary, the study showed that traumatic pre-flight experiences, the flight, asylum process, absence of a social network and family, accommodation and pressure from society, can all be risk factors. Furthermore, the study shows that building relationships with social workers and receiving good reception can strengthen the social network. Access to a school, education, language and a safe accommodation can all be protective factors. The preventive steps made by the staff to improve the mental health were primarily organizing joint leisure activities. The primary intervention was to refer the youth to another instance that has adequate competence and the ability to treat the mental condition. In conclusion, the study showed that the trauma that occurs before and/or during the flight is the biggest risk factor that can affect the adolescent’s psychological health.

  Flakron Rexha och Ola Ripa.pdf   (998.8Kb)

• Sitt tungt i stolen! - En kvalitativ studie av kuratorers resilience ...
  Thuresson, Sigrid; Larsson, Olivia  : Malmö universitet/Hälsa och samhälle (2019)	Student essay 15hp

  

  

  English abstract:

  This study is based on 6 in-depth interviews with professional social workers working as counsellors in two different municipalities in Skåne county, Sweden. The counsellors are all working within the field of cancer rehabilitation. The aim of the study is to investigate how the counsellors perceive the work-related psychological stress that their work entails. The study also aims to examine the coping strategies and personal resources related to resilience that the counsellors use to manage what is perceived to be psychologically stressful within the work. The result of the information collected shows that the counsellors experience the profession as psychologically demanding and that they frequently use different coping strategies. It appears that the counsellors use the support of colleagues and their workplace. They also use strategies related to self-care through self-reflection and self-awareness as well as different types of attendance exercises such as meditation and yoga. Some of the counsellors frequently use a local coping strategy which entail to “feel your weight in the chair”. The results also show that the counsellors consciously create an active and rewarding leisure time with a clear boundary to their working life. It appears that their abilities as well as their personal resources related to resilience have been developed with age and experience. The results of the interviews have been analyzed through the theory of resilience, the coping theory and a number of research articles.

  Olivia Larsson och Sigrid Thuresson.pdf   (526.5Kb)

• Avkriminalisera eget bruk av narkotika?
  Lendt, Frida  : Malmö universitet/Hälsa och samhälle (2019)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:	There is currently an on going debate in Sweden on whether personal use of drugs should be decriminalized or not, and there are several arguments both for and against it. The aim with this study was therefore to examine social workers, who work with addiction in different ways, view on the debate about whether personal use of drugs should be decriminalized or not. Four semi-structured interviews were conducted with social workers that work with addiction of drugs in different ways. The result shows that the social workers mainly saw great advantages with a decriminalization of personal use of drugs. They described that the advantages with a decriminalization of personal use of drugs, would be that the stigmatization of drug addicts would decrease, more people would dare to seek help for their addiction and also that the focus would be shifted from prosecuting addicts to make sure that they get adequate care and treatment. Furthermore, the present legislation was described as problematic since it is not adjusted to how the current drug situation in Sweden looks like. The disadvantages with a decriminalization of personal use of drugs, was described as that it could contribute to a normalization of drugs, which in turn could lead to that more people would test and use drugs. Another disadvantage that was mentioned was that a decriminalization could lead to a difficulty in identifying people who abuse drugs.
  Swedish abstract:	Det pågår just nu en debatt i Sverige kring huruvida eget bruk av narkotika bör avkriminaliseras eller inte, och argumenten för och emot en avkriminalisering är många. Syftet med den här studien var därför att undersöka hur socialarbetare som arbetar inom missbruk- och beroendevården ställer sig till debatten kring huruvida eget bruk av narkotika bör avkriminaliseras eller inte. Fyra semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med socialarbetare som på olika sätt arbetar med missbruk- och beroende av narkotika. Resultatet visade att socialarbetarna i huvudsak såg mycket stora fördelar med att avkriminalisera eget bruk av narkotika. Fördelarna med att avkriminalisera eget bruk av narkotika beskrevs vara att stigmatiseringen av narkotikamissbrukare skulle minska, fler skulle våga söka hjälp för sitt missbruk samt att fokus skulle flyttas från att lagföra missbrukare till att ge dem adekvat vård och behandling. Vidare beskrevs den nuvarande lagstiftningen som problematisk, då den inte är anpassad utifrån hur Sveriges narkotikasituation ser ut idag. Nackdelar med en eventuell avkriminalisering av eget bruk av narkotika beskrevs vara att det skulle kunna bidra till en normalisering av narkotika, som i sin tur skulle kunna innebära att fler testar och därmed brukar narkotika. En annan nackdel som belystes var att en eventuell avkriminalisering skulle kunna innebära att det blir svårare att upptäcka de som missbrukar narkotika.

  Frida Lendt.pdf   (1.187Mb)

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