The purpose of this study was to explore young people's participation and experience of participation in child protection investigations. The study was conducted using qualitative methodology and is based on interviews with four adolescents aged 13-19 years old who have experience of child protection investigations. Our chosen method has made it possible for us get a deeper understanding of young people's own experiences of participation. In order to analyze the material we have used Shiers (2001) model of children's participation, symbolic interactionism, and some concepts relating to shame and pride.The results show that all adolescents have had the opportunity to be heard during the investigations, but it is different to what degree they feel that someone has listened to them.Two of the young people have been involved in their investigation, been listened to and have had impact on the decisions taken. The results indicate that it does not seem to be the external factors, such as how many meetings they have had, or what quality it was on the information, that matters if the social worker did not manage to convey to the young people that what they told was of any importance.

How do you do co-operation between government agencies? It is a wide spread view that there can be quite a few hitches in co-operation between agencies. In later years this idea has spread to the media where there has been negative coverage of the social service agencies. This generally applies to cases where children suffer because the right assistance takes too long to co-ordinate or does not get co-ordinated at all between schools, healthcare and social services. The social welfare law dictates that it is the social welfare office duty to co-ordinate the government agencies for the child?s best interest.

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. We also learned that although the work with sexual abuse against children gave birth to different emotions of the social worker, the social workers feel satisfaction with their work, by helping the exposed children. We hope that our paper will inspire and encourage to further studies in the area, since there is still much to be explored. .

AbstractAt the UN Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 the nations stated that traditional environmental policies were not sufficient to handle the multidimensional challenges posed by sustainable development. Governments needed to broaden their political decision making procedures in order to coordinate and integrate environmental, social and economic policies. Therefore a new tool was introduced in Agenda 21, National Strategies for Sustainable Development (NSDS). The aim of an NSDS would be to bring together actors from all parts of society to jointly reach a consensus on how to work towards the vision of a sustainable society. An NSDS would be seen as a strategic tool to help focus national policies for SD.

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.

VÄrt syfte med denna studie har varit att studera sambandet mellan delaktighet och livskvalitéhos de Àldre pÄ ett Àldreboende samt hur personal och ledning arbetar för att frÀmjalivskvaliteten genom delaktighet.FrÄgestÀllningv? Hur ser de Àldre pÄ sin delaktighet?v? Hur ser de Àldre pÄ sin livskvalitet?v? Hur ser personal och enhetschef pÄ möjligheten i att frÀmja de Àldres livskvalitetgenom delaktighet?v? Hur pÄverkas de Àldres livskvalitet av deras möjlighet till delaktighet?Vi har anvÀnt oss av kvalitativ metod i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer med de Àldre,personal samt enhetschef. Den tidigare forskningen vi studerat rör Äldrande, livskvalitet ochdelaktighet. I vÄr analys har vi applicerat det salutogena perspektivet, empowerment ochaktivitetsteorin.VÄrt resultat visar att den Àldres livskvalitet i hög utstrÀckning pÄverkas av möjligheten tilldelaktighet. Delaktighet tar sig uttryck pÄ olika sÀtt dÀr Äterkommande teman har varit;delaktighet i fysiska aktiviteter, fysisk delaktighet i sin egen omvÄrdnad samt inflytande översin egen omvÄrdnad.

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.

Den planerade gasledningen Nord Stream, eller ?den ryska gasledningen?, har varit föremÄl för enintensiv debatt sedan hösten 2006 i sÄvÀl pressen som i riksdagen. Debatten har spÀnt över ett brettfÀlt dÀr miljöhÀnsyn och sÀkerhetspolitiska aspekter har avlösts av inlÀgg rörande Sverigeshandlingsfrihet inom ramen för internationella havsrÀttsliga avtal och hur Nord Stream skahandlÀggas för att denna handlingsfrihet inte ska begrÀnsas inom ramen för svenskförvaltningslagstiftning.Föreliggande arbete analyserar debatten runt Nord Stream frÄn det att projektet presenterades pÄvÄren 2005 och fram till den sÀrskilda debatt som hölls i riksdagen samma dag som Nord StreamAG inlÀmnade sig ansökan om miljöprövning till regeringen. KÀllmaterialet har hÀmtats frÄndebattsidorna i Sveriges tvÄ största morgontidningar samt frÄn riksdagens kammare och dÀrefteranalyserats med en argumentationsanalytisk modell enligt Arne NÊss..

Det Àr oerhört viktigt, i synnerhet pÄ en konkurrensutsatt marknad, att anvÀnda sig av lojalitetsfrÀmjande ÄtgÀrder som sticker ut och skiljer sig frÄn mÀngden. LojalitetsÄtgÀrderna ska vara av en sÄdan art att de inte ska kunna kopieras av konkurrenter. Med benÀmningen ?Social Lojalitet? kombineras ickemonetÀra belöningar som incitament för att skapa en sant lojal kund, med funktionell kvalitet samt kundens egna sociala nÀtverk..

The purpose of this study was to examine social workers working process in social assistance with focus on the childÂŽs perspective. We were interested in learning about the existence of variations in approach and attitude between two municipalities. Question to be answered about what methods and approaches used by social workers to include the childÂŽs perspective in the process of social assistance. Another question to be answered about what the manner in which social workers took into account the childÂŽs perspective when the families apply for social assistance in relation to the operations and requirement. To fulfill the purpose, qualitative methods were used.

Background: Corporations are established and organized in order to create economic values for their owners and the main aim of every business enterprise is to be profitable and satisfy the financial expectations of their shareholders. However, corporate social responsibility focuses on the ethical aspects of corporate business in order to achieve the balance between the profitability and social responsibility. Nongovernmental organizations through their activities promote the respect for human rights and environmental care within the corporate world. Purpose and Scope: To make an in-depth study about the role of nongovernmental organizations regarding corporate social responsibility in order to increase the understanding of corporate social responsibility. Methodology: We used literature research for our thesis and we analysed the secondary data related to the corporate social responsibility.

Studien har gjorts pÄ uppdrag av kommunaldelen HÀrryda utanför Göteborg och Àr baserad pÄ kvalitativa intervjuer med 9 stycken intervjupersoner. Intervjupersonerna Àr utvalda efter kriterierna killar och tjejer i Äldersgruppen 18-20 Är och sysselsÀttningskategorierna studerande, arbetssökande eller arbetsförda. Mitt syfte Àr att utvÀrdera huruvida satsningen "Ungdomsjobb" har uppnÄtt syftet med det engagemang och arbete som lagts ned pÄ ovannÀmnda ungdomar. Som en sociologisk studie med inriktning pÄ avvikelsesociologi (Becker 2006) utvÀrderas projektet ur ett jÀmlikhetsperspektiv genom att belysa ungdomarnas uttalanden om social exkludring. Resultatet visar att det finns skillander i intervjupersonernas uttryck kring den social exkluderingsproblematiken.

Research has shown positive correlations between global self-esteem and physical activity, as well as between global self-esteem and school performance. However, research is ambiguous and other variables have shown importance for global self-esteem. This study aims to investigate the correlations between global self-esteem and physical activities, school performance and social participations within high-school students in the northern part of Sweden. The study also investigates gender differences regarding correlations between the variables. The study was conducted using a questionnaire that included Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and self-rated physical activity, social participation and grades in Swedish, English and mathematics.

The law (1988:870) concerning care of substance abusers is constructed in a way that gives the social workers room to interpret and apply the law individually. This may contribute to differences in treatment between female and male substance abusers. The purpose of the essay was to investigate whether the client's gender had any significance to how the social worker interpret and apply the law (LVM).The specific questions we worked around were:- What significance does the client's gender have in the decision-making?- Does the social worker's opinion about the law have any significance?- What factors can effect the social worker's interpretation and application of the law?- What importance do the social workers attach to prevailing norms about men and women when they interpret and apply the law?We chose to use a qualitative method to answer the above questions. Six social workers were interviewed and 39 LVM sentences were analysed.

Studien syftar till att undersöka hur socialsekreterare resonerar kring omhÀndertagande av gravida missbrukare. I studien undersöks Àven tillÀmpning av tvÄngsvÄrdslagstiftning i förhÄllande till gravida missbrukare och socialsekreterares förhÄllningssÀtt till etiska aspekter nÀr beslut om tvÄngsvÄrd av gravida missbrukare tas. Studien Àr kvalitativ och genomförs med hjÀlp av intervjuer med socialsekreterare och Àven med hjÀlp av officiella dokument frÄn olika myndigheter. I studien anvÀnds teorier som empowerment och företrÀdarskap av Ole Petter Askheim (2007) och Malcolm Payne (2008), socialarbetares handlingsutrymme av Karin Svensson m.fl. (2008) och etiska koder i socialt arbete av Erik Blennberger (2006).