Social work is a social phenomenon, existing in most societies, that has given rise to a multitude of special organizations and professions. For that reason Social work is dealing with a complex identity. The purpose of this study is to illustrate how Social workers and the scientific discourse interpret the concept of Social work. In addition to that the study intends to show similarities and differencies. The research process containes two studies, one based on qualitative interviews with five Social workers and the other consisting a surway of academic litterature.

Purpose: To compare the expectations of coming profession in Social work with experienced Social work. We wanted to compare the pictures between the students in school of Social work studies with Social workers. We also wanted to increase Social workers as well as other readers? awareness of Social work as a profession.Questions: What characterizes the school of social studies? How do students in school of Social work view the coming role as a professional? How do students in school of Social work view upon Social workers as professionals? How do Social workers view upon their own profession? How do Social workers view upon the own role as a professional? How do Social workers view upon the relation between the idea of the profession and the daily practice? How do the students in school of Social work studies and Social workers view upon professional Social work?Method: Qualitative study with qualitative interviews.Conclusion: Social work is a low status profession. How to increase the status of Social work is not easy.

The purpose of this study was to examine how Social work professionals view their professional role and how they think about the concept of Social work. I also wanted to investigate what they believe characterize a professional Social work. For the purposes of this study, I chose a qualitative approach in which I interviewed five people linked to the Social work. The theories which I have assumed in the analysis of the results are power theory, organization theory and professional theory. The results of this study show that the respondents believe that a professional Social work is performed by someone who has training and experience in the field.

The purpose of our study is to get more knowledge about how moral dilemmas affect Social workers in their work. This because we find that a big part of Social work involves ethic reflections and that is why we find it important for Social workers to have knowledge about how they should and can think and act in these situations. Ethic statements exist for Social workers to use in their work but we haven?t found any guidelines for concrete situations and that?s why we decided to study this area. Questions we want to answer are how do the Social workers define moral dilemmas in Social work? How do the Social workers deal with moral dilemmas in their work? How do moral dilemmas affect Social workers in their work? This is a qualitative study with interviews from seven Social workers from one social service office although they are from different units.

The purpose of this study was to enlighten the views of male Social work students on; the Social work profession, Social work status and their career options. Also, the study aimed at getting these students angles of approach on the fact that they, being men, are a minority group within the profession of Social work. Some of the main questions were: Why does not Social work as a profession seem to attract men? What about the status of the profession of Social work? What were the thoughts of male Social work students about this? What advantages or disadvantages did they recognise, being a minority in the profession? The method used in this study was doing separate interviews. All of the interviewed students were convinced that they had a better chance of getting a job.

AbstractThe aim off this study is to research Social workers´ knowledge, use, risks and possibilities of social media in their work with clients. Because today the society is using social media networks in daily life and social media has become a tool in Social work as well. How does social media and Social work cooperate? And how does social media effect Social workers? For example the website Facebook has grown huge and many people use it everyday. Where is the line between work and private life? To reach this knowledge in this study, qualitative interviews have been done with six Social workers that work with children, youths and families.

Lately, alarming reports have appeared regarding the work environment and work situation of Social workers. Research focusing on the promotion of health and well-being in the workplace among other professionals show that factors such as social relationships, ability to influence their work situation and leadership are important. A quantitative study was conducted focusing on the work climate for Social workers employed by some of the district administrations in the City of Malmö. A questionnaire with questions and statements on various factors in the work environment was sent to 34 Social workers. They were asked how important these factors were for their well-being, as well as to what extent they felt that these factors were present at work.

Today the school is a given place for preventing social problems. The school struggles continuously to live up to the expectations of balancing preventive Social work with pedagogy in a satisfactory way.The purpose of this essay is to get a picture of priorities of Social work in school. I want to know what it is that affects and controls the principal's decision about what kind of social project they will accept and be a part of.This essay shows that only one of the eleven principals interviewed apply projects based on evidence when they decide about participation in a social project. Instead, the decisions are based on references from other schools. The reason why the principals do not base their judgement on projects which are based on evidence is because they consider the search for results too time consuming.When there is no requirement that a certain part of the Social work in a school must be based on evidence, it leads to the children taking part in different social projects which we can not guarantee are good for them.One solution can be to guide the principals through a national social teachingplan, which can assure that Social work based on evidence are being applied in the municipality schools as well as the independent schools..

HOW DO Social workERS WORK WITH PROSTITUTION? A case study on Social work in the work with prostitution and perspectives on the sex purchase law from Social workers. PERNILLA ELOFSSON MARIA AHLQVIST Elofsson, P. & Ahlqvist, M. How do Social workers work with prostitution? A case study on Social work in the work with prostitution and perspectives on the sex purchase law from Social workers.

In order to broaden the understanding of work motivation the aim of the study was to compare how three different teams within the same organization constructed motivation. The three teams consisted of post sorters, team leaders and mailmen. Three focus group interviews were conducted with three men and eight women. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and thematically analysed with QSR NUD*IST. The result showed both similarities and differences in the construction of work motivation in the three teams.

Social work has gone from being a primarily philanthropic issue to becoming an academic discipline at university level. To ensure its legitimacy Social work must be founded on, and developed through scientific research and documented experience. The purpose of this essay is to review the various arguments on Social work in order to evaluate their impact on education, which in turn affects students. In addition, it will demonstrate how different forms of knowledge are valued depending on the contexts. As a means of reaching this objective, the following questions are addressed: ?What are the requirements and recommendations on how the education of Social work should be structured, and why are these requirements and recommendations important??, ?How has the education of Social work been influenced by the perception of valuable knowledge?? and ?How does the education of Social work affect students?? The collected material consists of various arguments concerning the development of Social work and the education of Social work's formation.

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. .

The aim of this study is to examine Social workers' and Social work students' attitudes towards people living with hiv in Sweden. I will also examine if there is a connection between knowledge and attitudes. The questions at issue are how Social workers' and Social work students' attitudes can assume to influence on their professional practice and what causes can affect their attitudes towards people living with hiv. The study is based on a qualitative method. The methods have been: conversational interviews with five Social workers, who work with family issues and integration, and a focused group interview with four Social work students.

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.

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.