The thesis ?Vi fixar och trixar oss fram till att hjälpa människor? focuses on Social work in the field of prostitution and human trafficking in Sweden. Through semi-structured interviews with Social workers in the municipalities of Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö working with persons selling and buying sex, and through discourse analysis, the author analyses the perceptions among these Social workers of the relation between human rights, prostitution and human trafficking, and the Social work which they conduct.The thesis concludes that although the Social workers perceive prostitution and human trafficking and Social work in this field as human rights related, they are not explicitly using a human rights based approach in their work.The thesis concludes that the Social workers identify several aspects that infringe on the rights of their clients in relation to the human rights principles of Universality, Non-discrimination, Accountability and Rule of law and the principle of Participation and Inclusion. They portray the human rights situation of street based sellers, especially those not being Swedish citizens and those affected by human trafficking, as severe.The thesis concludes that the Social workers find several obstacles (legal as well as structural) that diminish their ability to strengthen their clients? human rights situation.

The aim of this M.A.-thesis in Social work is to problematize the assimilatoric concept of integration and its discourses in a postcolonial perspective in relation to Social work in Denmark.As a support theory I use symbolic interactionism. By using these theories I show how the concept of integration and its discourses, when its aim is assimilatoric, can be understood and problematized with concepts as binary oppositions and hegemony.It is shown that the construction of the discoursive other is a useful term as an instrument of interpretation of power in general. The relevance to Social work in relation to the Social workers double powered positions, professional and cultural power to define 'the other', in Social work with ethnic minorities is shown in relation to the post colonial perspective with support of symbolic interactionism. The white western world hegemony and the Social workers power positions in relation to the clients fits to the theoretic frame chosen in the thesis.A second aim in this thesis is to point to new ways for Social work and to the necessity to reflect over a globalized world characterized by international migration, ethnic relations and diversity..

This study aims to further Work-family conflict research for Social workers by providing insight into what kind of impact the job role of Social workers in Sweden has on their private lives and how they deal with it. The study operates from a qualitative approach and is based on three focus group-interviews and three semi-structured interviews with people working in different fields of Social work. The empirical material has been analyzed through the Dramaturgical Perspective and Frame concept of Erving Goffman. The results of this study show that the job role impacts the psychological well-being of Social workers, their family life and their social life to varying degrees, mainly due to organizational and client-based aspects, often resulting in role-conflicts and a lack of energy in their private lives. The primary strategies were found to be conversing with colleagues, spending time alone, embracing hobbies and having a clear understanding of individual responsibility. .

The main purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse how Social worker on a specific Social Service Agency describe their experiences. My focus has been to concentrate on Social worker, whose task is related to young people. The paper is presented from three different themes; work assignments, professional roles and projects in life. The central questions are; Which are the socialworker´s main tasks? How does the Social worker see himself in his professional role? Have their expectations been fulfilled? Where do they get their motivation from? Which are the reasons why the job as Social worker is so strenuous? I have interviewed four Social workers (semi-structured interviews), and a qualitative method is used.

The aim of this study was to examine the use of critical reflection in two social fields of work, using Social workers that have at least five years professional experience. We have chosen to examine two fields of work in the same organization to be able to see possible similarities and dissimilarities that occur in the same organization.In our studies at B ?level we examined the use of critical reflection, using Social workers that just gotten their degree and that were out working on their first job. In our study we discovered that because of the culture in the organization it?s easier to accommodate the already existing ways of working, than to ?go your own way?.

The aim with this study is to understand how Social workers at the individual- and family sector think about child poverty and how they work with and reason about the preventive and facilitate work they do for financial vulnerable families. We have in our study used qualitative method through semi-structured interviews with Social workers at the individual- and family sector to answer our purpose. The results showed that child poverty is a concept hard to define and not well established. The Social workers have divided views on child poverty but still at the same time mean that it exists amongst the families they meet. There is also a big difference between municipalities and their reasoning on what a reasonable standard of living is for a financial vulnerable family and how they work with preventing child poverty.

The focus of this thesis is on Social workers? knowledge in assessing and making decisions in child welfare cases. The primary aim is to identify what skills or knowledge Social workers find most useful within child welfare agencies in Swedish municipalities. Six different types of knowledge, social policy and the approach of child welfare cases are perspectives considered in the analysis. The interviews with Social workers were held in three agencies in southern Sweden, in 2014.

The purpose with this essay is to describe how the principal, Social worker and the teacher work to prevent bullying at school. The following questions have been discussed:Does the school have an action plan for bullying, and if so, what does it say? Who has the practical responsibility for making sure that the plan is followed, and how does that responsibility work? How is the responsibility divided between the different professions? Are the children in any way active in the planning of the work against bullying? What does the children think about who has the main responsibility for stopping bullying?The method I have used in the essay is individual interviews with principals, welfare officers and teachers from two schools.My results show that the schools have different ways of handling bullying, and different forms of cooperation within the staff. One school have active students in the work against bullying in the form of classmate support (kamratstödjare). The Social worker is used in different ways in the work against bullying.

The purpose of our study is to describe and understand whether, and if so, how Social workers in school and in social services construct computer gaming adolescents as a social problem. We chose Social workers who encounter adolescents with different problems. We have conducted qualitative interviews with vignettes to capture the Social workers' reasoning about computer gaming adolescents and how they handle this in their work. The study shows that all Social workers we interviewed had encountered adolescents with troubling computer gaming habits. In the study, all agree that computer gaming becomes a problem when it leads to deviant behaviour such as not going to school, staying up all night and so on.

The overall purpose of this essay was to provide a better understanding of the importance of discretion for Social workers in direct social services. To answer the purpose three questions were formulated: (1) How do Social workers define and describe their discretion and their ability to independently accomplish their work? (2) How do Social workers experience that workplace organization, policies and economic conditions interact with their discretion and (3) How do Social workers experience that the interaction with the client can affect how they use their discretion in the individual case? The method used was qualitative interviews. The theoretical framework was Michael Lipskys (1980) Street-level bureaucracy and the four themes organization, professional role, skills and interaction.The results showed that the respondents, although they did not consider themselves to be affected by the economy still adapted to budget restrictions when they said that they were cost conscious in their work. This adjustment to budget framework could possibly be what made them not feel limited in their work.

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the employability of newly graduated Social workers is affected by the Supervised Practical Work Experience performed during the educational program. Four main questions were developed in order to establish an educated and concise theory: Does the newly graduated Social worker?s choice of a specific Supervised Practical Work Experience affect their employability? Does the structure of the Supervised Practical Work Experience affect newly graduated Social worker?s employability? What specific skills do employers within Social work consider important for their organization? Is there a difference in how the representatives of various organizations within Social work answer the aforementioned questions? The study was conducted through six qualitative semi-structured interviews. The people being interviewed work either as employers or recruiters in organizations from different areas within Social work. Theories concerning organization and symbolic interactions were used during the analysis of the results.

The purpose of this study was to examine knowledge within the social services. We narrowed the study down from general knowledge to scientifically produced knowledge and how the Social workers relate to such knowledge. We aimed to see how the Social workers perceive different knowledge and how they relate to the different sources of knowledge. We also examined the different factors that will enable and motivate Social workers to stay updated with scientifically produced knowledge that is relevant to their work. We also examined what limits the ability or motivation for renewing ones knowledge.

The intention of this study was to examine how Social workers, leaders within the Social work administration and politicians in the Social work committee in Helsingborg related to residential treatment of youth and the research showing signs of undesirable results.The main questions were:1. How do Social workers, leaders within the Social work administration and politicians in the Social work committee relate to residential treatment of youth and the research existing about it?2. Which factors do the different categories mean justify the placements?3.

The role of Islam in integrative work in Swedish societyThe main purpose of this report was to describe the role of Islam in integrative work in Swedish society. Questions connected to the purpose were: Is Islam a possibility or an obstacle to integration? Which arguments are used to describe Islam as a possibility or an obstacle? How are the different views on Islam expressed in integrative work? Which are the consequenses of such views?A qualitative method with an empirical research and a thematic analysis has been applied to the material. The empirical research consists of interviews.The results of this report describe Islam neither as a possibility nor as an obstacle from a political view. By muslims and researchers Islam can be regarded both as a possibility and as an obstacle in integrative work.

This work has treated the subject of gender, with demarcation against the norms regarding appearance and beauty, conveyed by the media and how it affects society. This is expressed through social satire cartoons. This work has also led to an exploration of the importance of a personal drawing style and how it manifests itself..