The aim of this paper was to examine how Social workers' comprehension of the need of financial aid exists in, and is influated by, the organisation they work in. To investigate this, we asked ourself questions concerning how the Social worker view the way that the finicial aid-system and work surrounding it is formed, whether the Social worker's understanding of the need of financial aid co-exists with the percieved common understanding of the work place (do the understandings coincide, do the Social worker adjust his or her understanding or is it possible to have a separate understanding), whether the Social worker feel that he or she have discretion to influence the organisation and how possible conflicts between different views are handled. We felt that a qualitative method would best help us answer these questions. We therefore interviewed seven Social workers working in the same organisation. We then looked at our material from an organisational theory perspective, focusing on the individual in the organisation.We found that the Social workers were socialised into the organisation and adapted the norms and values that existed there.

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 was to gain a greater understanding of what Social workers perceive to be mentally demanding and emotionally challenging work, and which strategies they use to handle it. I chose to interview six Social workers, three of them had long experience of Social work, and three of them had worked for less than a year. The justification for this choice wasthat I wanted to interview people with different experience of Social work over time, to be able to see possible differences in what was perceived as mentally demanding and emotionally challenging work, and how it was handled. The Social workers were interviewed with a semi structured interview manual.The results showed that the organization of the social service is not fitted to the work that Social workers execute. This means that what is perceived as mentally demanding and emotionally challenging work largely depends on this.

The purpose of this study was to examine how some Social workers in Sweden describe the Social work with unaccompanied children. Emphasis was on the role of culture in Social work with the unaccompanied children. I wanted to examine how the Social workers describe their view on Social work with unaccompanied. I also wanted to examine how the Social workers describe their view at their own and the unaccompanied children?s cultural backgrounds influence on the Social work with the unaccompanied.

The study aims to gain insight into how Social workers perceive their psychoSocial work environment and examine whether this effects the performance of their duties. The study mainly addresses the shortcomings of the psychoSocial work environment of Social Services and the implications it entails for Social workers health and wellbeing. The psychoSocial work environment includes physical and psychological factors therefore the study's interpretive framework consists of organizational theoretical and social psychological concepts and previous research on the subject. We examined the organizational and social psychological connections to Social workers perception of their work environment with a qualitative approach. The empirical data was collected through interviews with four Social workers in a municipality in central Sweden using a semi-structured interview guide.

The purpose of doing this research except for educational reasons is to show significant effects that make motivational work successful. The choice of subject we decided out of experience from the term of practise. The description of the subject is from the Social workers angle of approach. The method we used is a qualitative study with semi structured interviews. We have looked at three different fields of Social work from the view of six Social workers, two from each field.

The aim of this study is to better understand the Swedish concept of ?förebyggande socialt arbete?, preventive Social work. I have conducted eleven qualitative interviews with different key persons and skaters, together with participant observation. During the process of analyzing the material I have used Randall Collins´ concepts of interaction ritual chains together with Jean Laves and Etienne Wengers concept of situated learning. The answers could be split up in three areas, first those who regard prevention work as building good things for the future.

Our paper is targeting mainly students, but also all other people interested in Social work with children. The purpose of our study was to investigate how the Social workers experience and handle their work with children, who have been exposed to sexual abuse, and what kind of support and guidance the Social workers are offered, in order to handle their working situation. We chose to perform a qualitative study, by the use of interviews, since we found it to be the most appropriate way to gather the information. Our conclusion is that the work with these issues is emotionally burdensome and requires a great commitment, however it is essential for the Social workers to maintain a certain distance to their work, in order not to influence their personal lives. It is through experience and knowledge that the Social workers learn how to handle their working situation.

This is a qualitative study of how some journalists on the Swedish national media are using social media in news work. The study, carried out by using interviews, also covers how these journalists' work is influenced by social media. For the journalists in the study social media has become a tool to do research, get news ideas and find interviewees. At the same time social media affects the work of the journalists, as the social media increases the speed of news and flow of information. Even though they involve some challenges, social media facilitates news work and the journalists in this study have a positive attitude towards the phenomenon.Keywords: Social media, news journalism, the national media..

This study illustrates the views of working socialpedagogues when it comes to socialpedagogical and Social work within compulsary schools. The focus of the study is on how social problems can be prevented and get noticed among children and youths in compulsary school, and what possibilities of development there are in preventive Social work. The socialpedagogue?s capability for supporting this development, together with people that are important in the children?s and youths?s lifes, opens up new possibilities in the future for the Social work in schools. The main concepts in the study is treatment and attitude, interaction and cooperation with different people inside and outside the school as well as individual- and grouporientated work.

The purpose of this study was to investigate what competence Social workers have, don´t have and ask for in the work with unaccompanied children, how a lack of competence and guidelines has been compensated in the practical work and how the Social workers view the future work with unaccompanied children. This has been done through eight semi-structured interviews with Social workers who work with unaccompanied children. The result has been analyzed with help of the theoretical perspective globalization connected to Social work and showed that none of the Social workers felt not having the competence to work with the children. However, everyone mention one or more areas where they ask for competence development. The study showed that lack of education has been compensated through practical experiences, knowledge exchange with others and that guidelines now have been formed.

The purpose of this study is to analyse and describe Social work students? view on a person with self-injurious behaviour and the following issues. The aim and focus is on the general depiction. The theoretical perspectives have been intersectionality and its focus on social constructivism, and gender perspectives. The method was semi-structured interviews with eight Social work students at Linnaeus University Kalmar.

The aim of this study was to look at introduction for staff in a social service office and the Social workers experience off the first period at a new workplace. Qualitative interviews have been used as a method of investigating how Social workers look at introduction in the workplace and how Social workers have experience the first period at the workplace. The empirical material have been analysed by using the theory of Human Service Organizations, street-lever bureaucracy theory and theory concerning work environment. This papers first chapter presents the methodological preferences, the second chapter the theoretical perspective and the results of the study are presented in the third chapter followed by a discussion and ending comments in chapter four. My study showed that introduction is necessary in a complex organisation and could be a way to improve the Social workers situation in social service organisations..

Family centres are established to serve families with children and the personnel usually consists of units of social-workers, preschool staff, paediatric nurses and midwives. The purpose of the study was to examine the social-workers preventive work with families at the family centre. To fulfil the purpose, a qualitative interview with five social-workers was conducted. The theoretical framework referred to attachment and empowerment theory. The results of the study showed that the main part of the work consists of giving advice and support to parents.

This study discloses the responsibility of Social work for the Swedish welfare state respective deacons in the Swedish protestant church, which roll the Swedish protestant church have in the existent welfare and also if deacons experience any expectations and how these expectations in that case are expressed.The aim of this study was to investigate the relationbetween deacons working within the Swedish protestant church and Social work, as it appears for professional deacons. The method of investigating the questions raised by the aim of this study has been qualitative analysis of answers derived from six deacons working in different workplaces. The data derived from these interviews was then analysed through the theory of Gösta Esping-Andersen about welfare states and also through background research and earlier science research about the Social work within the Swedish protestant church and other Social work. The result of the study show that the welfare state in Sweden has the comprehensive responsibility for the citizens. Deacons working within the Swedish protestant church does not have the same responsibility.