The aim of the study was to examine how social workers investigate and assess addiction cases whether gender matters or not. The following questions were asked in the study; ? Does the gender of the client influence whether a case is opened after the first meeting at the Addiction Unit? ? Do social workers consider there is a difference in handling an addiction treatment investigation when the client is a man or a woman? ? Do divergences exist in the assessment and the final decision process when the case concerns a man or a woman? The study is based on the qualitative method. The material is gathered from semi-structured interviews with social workers. Their job tasks include assessment and evaluation of addiction cases.

This study is about conception in the evaluation of financial assistance within the social services. The aim of this study is to describe and understand how social workers reason about variation, conception and local norms and its significance in the evaluation process. To reach this purpose we have conducted semi-structured interviews with eight social workers in which different themes were discussed and reasoned about. In order to understand and analyze our results we have studied/used the knowledge about tacit knowledge and street-level bureaucracy. Our results showed, as previous research states, that social workers do have conceptions about clients.

Syfte Vi ska arbeta fram ett balanserat styrkort för Ronneby Kommuns kommunledningskontor med näringslivsinriktning. Vidare vill vi beskriva våra erfarenheter av denna process som vi själva deltar i. Metod Detta är ett projektarbete som bygger på ett arbete med en projektgrupp, en inre grupp samt intervjuer med berörda personer inom näringslivet i Ronneby kommun. Dessutom har en webbenkät och en ?tycka till dag? genomförts för att komplettera arbetet. Berörda personer har valts ut för att få fram relevanta fakta och synpunkter om vad som är viktigt för ett väl fungerande näringsliv. Slutsats Arbetet har resulterat i ett balanserat styrkort för Ronneby Kommuns kommunledningskontor med näringslivsinriktning.

This master?s thesis investigates how six Swedish public libraries integrate equality aspects in their user oriented activity. The theoretical starting point for the study is that Sweden is a part of a gender system characterized by gender separation and male superiority, as described by the Swedish historian Yvonne Hirdman and theories that argue that femininity and masculinity are social constructions. Another starting point is that the library sphere cannot be separated from the gender inequality in society. Since the library is part of a gender system that value individuals who are seen as males and separates men and women, some of the library users may be neglected.

The purpose of this study was to understand school counselors´ and teachers´ perspectives on the prevention of bullying in relation to social capital. The study was based on a qualitative process with semi-structured interviews from three teachers and three school counselors from three different schools. The main question was to find out teachers and school counselors perspectives of bullying in relation to social capital. The analysis was based on a theory that focuses on social capital, where trust and confidence as well as universal and selective interventions are important. Today, bullying is considered a serious and significant problem in school.

Det här examensarbetet handlar om fysiska aktiviteter i fyra förskolor. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att undersöka hur förskollärare designar verksamhet i fysiska aktiviteter för förskolebarn. De övergripande frågorna som ligger till grund för detta arbete är vad fysiska aktiviteter i förskola kan vara och vilka förutsättningar för fysiska aktiviteter förskollärare skapar inom området fysisk aktivitet. Examensarbetes teoretiska utgångspunkt är det designteoretiska perspektivet som fokuserar sig på frågor som hur, på vilket sätt och med hjälp av vilka medel ges kunskapen form. Undersökningen genomfördes med hjälp av strukturerade intervjuer med sex förskollärare.

Syftet med studien är att ta reda på hur lärare arbetar med musik i förskolans verksamhet samt belysa vilka möjligheter och hinder de upplever sig stöta på i planering och genomförande av musikaktiviteter i förskolans verksamhet. Studien är av kvalitativ form och inspireras av sociokognitivt perspektiv. Metoden som ligger till grund för studien är strukturerad observation och semistrukturerad intervju. Observationerna och intervjuerna har genomförts på två förskolor i Skåne, med fyra pedagoger på olika avdelningar. Resultat och analys av de genomförda observationerna och intervjuerna visar att lärarna har många tankar och idéer kring musik.

In August 2007 we went to New Zealand for a placement at Child Youth and Family Services. There our interest in Family Group Conferences (FGC) took off. FGC is not near as common in Sweden as in New Zealand. Therefore the purpose of this study was to examine how the Social Services in Helsingborg and Höör in Sweden and Belfast in Northern Ireland work with FGC. We had the privilege to go to Belfast in Northern Ireland as part of the project Insight Europe.

Rekryterings- och bemanningsbranschen har växt kraftigt sedan arbetsförmedlingsmonopolet avskaffades 1992. Detta är en relativt ung bransch vars fokus är att förmedla arbetskraft till kundens kärnverksamhet och på så sätt bör ha  en större påverkan på kundens verksamhet än andra tjänsteföretag. Detta ställer högre krav på att den säljande parten har god kännedom om kundens verksamhet, vilket borde påverka komplexiteten på relationen samt hur rekryterings- och bemanningsföretagen utnyttjar dessa relationer i marknadsföringssyfte..

The aim with this study was to analyze and understand how begging is constructed as a social problem in Sweden between September of 2010 and the end of February in 2014 in debate articles in Dagens Nyheter. To do this I have chosen to use a social problems theory and critical discourse analysis to highlight some aspects in the process of defining the social problem. The study's main finding is that the construction of beggars and begging appears to be in a relatively extensive redefinition in the current situation. It is shown by, for example, a shift in focus in the discourse. For this reason, it is relevant for social work to examine how the construction progresses..

The purpose of the essay is to examine Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual person?s experiences of the Social Services treatment. Our question is: How do Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual person?s experience the treatment in a relief seeking situation at Social Services? We have a social constructive point of view. Our theoretical foundation is heteronormativity, heterosexism, homophobia, coming out/disclosure, intersectionality, master suppression techniques and we discuss Social Services as a system.

The purpose of this essay was to examine municipal guidelines regarding the administration of the social assistance, collected from 18 municipalities in the Stockholm-area to achieve a greater understanding on how they were constructed in respect to the legislation and how the language mediated their contents. The legal aspects of the social assistance was studied through a jurisprudential method in which the legislative history, texts of laws and case laws were examined. The empirical aspect of this essay was studied through a hermeneutical method and analyzed through theories of social constructionism and legal pluralism. The results from the jurisprudential study were also used to understand how the municipal guidelines were constructed in relation to the law. The results of this essay corresponded well with previous studies in this field where considerable divergences in the approval of social assistance have been established.

Regeringens förtydligande av förskolans verksamhet är att det mest centrala ska vara att en pedagogisk verksamhet bedrivs. Vidare menar regeringen att förskolan ska arbeta med att främja värdegrunden, vilket innebär att arbeta för varje individs lika värde. För att förstärka jämställdhetsarbetet i förskolan framhöll regeringen år 2002 att varje kommun skulle utbilda minst en genuspedagog. Syftet med examensarbetet är att synliggöra genuspedagogers arbete och få en insikt av vad deras arbete genererar för verksamheten och barngruppen. Studiens fokus ligger i genuspedagogernas eget uttalande av deras upplevelser, erfarenheter och kunskaper.

AbstractThe political parties in Sweden are losing members. This is seen as a problem because the political parties are the base and the recruiting ground for members to decision-making bodies. Social movements are seen as a place where people with a modest background could express their opinions and also learn the political process. These movements have also lost members during the last decades and this could seriously affect the representation of lower social groups among the decision-makers. This essay emanates from Robert D.

AbstractAuthor: Ellinor Carlsson and Renate HöjdTitle: "When you can make a difference and when you can´t" the power relation between psychiatricdisability social worker and client [translated title]Supervisor: Eva SkogmanAssessor: Norma MontesinoOne branch of the social works field of research is the relation between social worker andclient. Research has shown that the power and inequality in the relation between helper andperson being helped is needed for the helper to provide help. Power is often mentioned undernegative circumstances such as social workers abuse of their power position, violating theperson being helped. However, Michel Foucault suggests that power is something neutral thatexists in every social interaction. The negative aspects of power are effects of the parties notreaching agreement.