This study focuses on the use of animals in social work from the perspective of social workers. The purpose of this study is to examine social workers? experiences of animal assisted social work and how social workers view the integration of animals in various fields of social work. The research is based on a qualitative method and four semi-structured interviews were conducted with social workers. The theories incorporated in the study are Attachment Theory and Sense of Coherence (SOC).The following results are presented: Social workers are considered to have a more comprehensive understanding of clients compared to their associates who do not hold a degree in Social Work.

The aim of this study is to understand the collaboration at a child investigation and the actions that may be encountered as a result of the investigation, based on the Social Secretaries experiences of collaboration with other agencies such as schools, police, health visitor and child psychiatry. In the study, eight social workers from different municipalities was interviewed at a total of six occasions. One of the occasions was a group interview with three social workers at the same time. Through the interviews, it appears that the collaboration has an important role in social work and the necessity is something that manifests itself in the social secretaries stories but also in the earlier research done in this area. The results show that social workers extensively want to interact but that the purpose of interaction varies depending on the nature of the matter.

This study focuses on the use of animals in social work from the perspective of social workers. The purpose of this study is to examine social workers? experiences of animal assisted social work and how social workers view the integration of animals in various fields of social work. The research is based on a qualitative method and four semi-structured interviews were conducted with social workers. The theories incorporated in the study are Attachment Theory and Sense of Coherence (SOC).The following results are presented: Social workers are considered to have a more comprehensive understanding of clients compared to their associates who do not hold a degree in Social Work.

Our purpose with this study was to look at the connection between social capital and integration. Particularly if meetings between people from different cultures can increase social capital and in that way affect integration. We start by identifying the social integration perspective we are going to use through out the study and then we introduce social capital theory as a way of narrowing down the field even more. The study was done through six semi structured interviews. We interviewed three women that was established in the Swedish society and three women that had immigration background.

The purpose is to examine social workers view of vulnerable children and their needs. We are also interested to know how social workers think and discuss concerning the help these children are given. Our main questions in our study are; How do social workers define vulnerable children? Which needs do vulnerable children have according to social workers? Which opportunities and difficulties might there be in the decision making when trying to help these children? Which public authorities do social workers cooperate with? Which opportunities and difficulties do social workers find in the cooperation?This study is based upon interviews with ten social workers in the social childcare division in different municipalities in Skåne region, Sweden. Our results are explained and analyzed with a qualitative approach through different aspects of power- and Human Service Organization theories.

Syftet med föreliggande uppsats var att undersöka vad inaktiva högstadieelever själva tror skulle kunna vara betydelsefulla faktorer för att påbörja och vidmakthålla fysisk aktivitet. 160 högstadielever fyllde i en enkät varpå 71 elever som hamnade under de allmänna rekommendationerna för fysisk aktivitet fick fylla i en andra utförligare enkät. Data från 29 elever som i den andra enkäten angav att de var aktiva en gång i veckan eller mindre bearbetades och låg till grund för en tredje fas där 18 av dem slumpmässigt valdes ut och undersöktes med fokuserad gruppintervju som metod. Fokusgruppsresultaten visade att eleverna bland annat lyfte fram det första intrycket, ledaregenskaper, gruppindelning, Social kontakt, tidiga framsteg och ovanliga aktiviteter som betydelsefulla faktorer. Resultaten ansågs vara tillämpbara på projekt som syftar till att aktivera otillräckligt aktiva högstadielever..

Social media has become an important marketing and communication tool worldwide, mostly through the largest social platforms Facebook and Twitter. With two-way communication via Internet companies has gotten the opportunity to interact and communicate directly with their customers. Facebook has been the focus point through the study because it has shown to be the most efficient and frequently used platform for communication. Our study aimed to confirm how communication via social media actually looks like. To be able to reach the best results, we have conducted the study from a phenomenological approach, which means; usage of qualitative semi-structured interviews to reflect the respondents experience on the phenomenon social media as a communication tool. Social media has shown to be a great way of communicating externally for companies who are willing to spend time engaging in the platform.

Social enterprises make up one of the groups of participants that provide welfare services financed by public funding. The object of this study is to describe and analyze from a theoretical point of view which conditions, in what fields, by which division of responsibility and finally through what decisions these social enterprises are allocated a place in the market for social welfare services. The company that has been the object of study offers services in the field of social welfare and in employment. In the study a triangulation of qualitative methods has been used: studies of literature on the subject, recurrent interviews and observations and also reviews of documents. The results have been analyzed from theories on the space available on the market for social services, on social economy and on social capital in the form of strong, weak and bridging bonds.

The purpose of this essay is to explore the social services work with crime victims in Sweden, according to Chapter 5, § 11 of the Social Services Act. The study examined how social workers define the victim and assessing and prioritizing victims' needs. It has also been central to study how social workers interpret and understand the regulation of social services responsible for crime victims.Qualitative interviews with 18 social workers is the basis for the study. The analysis of the social services work with victims based in the above-mentioned interviews. The interviews analyzed using the sociology of law theory.

Schizofreni är en allvarlig, psykisk sjukdom med mentala störningar och förlust av kontakt med verkligheten. Sjukdomen påverkar hela personens livssituation. Syftet med denna litteratur studie var att beskriva hur det är att leva med schizofreni. Metoden som används var en litteraturstudie. En samlingsnovell med patientens berättelse och tre självbiografier av människor som själv upplevd schizofreni har analyserats samt en roman av en författare som var i nära kontakt med en schizofren patient.

This study explores how online television works and how it is integrated with social media such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs. Through three qualitative interviews with representants from different fields of work regarding online television, we have concluded how online television is being used in Sweden today and concludes with examples of what the future of online television could look like. Representatives from the following companies have been interviewed: SBS Media Group Sweden, Strix Television and Mediamätning i Skandinavien. The use of social media for marketing of online television is a fact for the companies in this study. However, the result of the study shows that theres room for development in the integration between online television and social media.

The implementation of this research increases the awareness of the value for luxury fashion brands in utilizing social media as a communication channel to reach young consumers globally. It provides a general understanding of young consumers? perception of luxury fashion brands on social media in regards to geographic cultural background, attitude towards new luxury, and preferred way of contacts..

The purpose of this study is to investigate how social media can affect and influence the B2B-relationship. Social media is now a widespread and accepted tool for communication in many B2C-companies; therefore we find it interesting to examine how social media can find its place in the communication mix of B2B-companies. We are also aiming to distinguish standards in how social media is practiced and discussed in the context of the B2B-market. We have applied a qualitative method for this study and we have interviewed seven respondents, which are experts in social media or working with market communication at B2B-companies in Sweden. During our study we have identified several comparable attributes within the B2B market and their opinions about how social media should be approach and adopt in the communication mix of the company..

The aim of this essay was to study if social workers have a gender awareness in the social work they perform and if it appears in the assessment of needs and intervention. A qualitative vignette study with four social workers who handle adult- and addictive clients have been performed. Gender theory is used to interpret the empirical results. The results of the study show that social workers doesn´t see any differences in the clients situation, or make any different assessment of needs depending on if the client is a man or a woman. Social workers also propose the same interventions to men and women.

Idag är kunskap viktigt för värdeskapande inom nästan alla branscher, men inom konsultföretag är det extra påtagligt då kunskapen som genereras och delas bildar kärnan i företagets tjänster. Kunskap kan delas upp i två former, en explicit och en tyst form.?Tyst kunskap? definieras som den form av kunskap som är svår att dokumentera och som grundar sig i känslor, värderingar, personliga åsikter och erfarenheter samt ligger inbäddad i en organisations kultur, vilket medför att den är svår för andra företag att imitera. Mycket av den kunskap som bidrar till ökad prestation och konkurrensfördelar är baserad på tyst kunskap.Syftet med detta projekt är att undersöka vad tyst kunskap är, huruvida denna uppmärksammas och tas tillvara i konsultföretag samt hur denna kan utnyttjas för att uppnå konkurrensfördelar. Undersökningen bygger på en litteraturstudie om framförallt ?Knowledge Sharing? och tyst kunskap samt en empirisk och komparativ studie baserad på intervjuer med två konsultföretag som skiljer sig i storlek och bransch.Resultatet från litteraturstudien visar på att tyst kunskap är viktig inom problemlösning och leder till ökad kvalitet i konsulternas arbete.