Hur synliggörs barnperspektivet i kontaktfamiljsprocessen?
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BarnperspektivKontaktfamiljSocialt arbete med barnSocial problems and welfareNational insuranceSociala problemSocial välfärdSocialförsäkringLaw and Political Science
The most common preventive and treatment service for children in child welfare services in Sweden is the contact family program. The number of children who are involved in the program has steadily increased. Usually it is a single mother who apply for or is offered this service. The aim with a contact family is that the parent should get respite and that the child should have its network enlarged and sometimes get a male role model.The purpose of this study was to look into how children´s perspective was considered in the contact family process. I have studied the process in order to see how it works and to see to what extent children is participating. I also looked into how the process is concluded.My method consists of a study of registers, a study of documents and a study of interviews with children and young adults.The principal theories that I have applied are attachment theory, Bronfenbrenners ecological theory and childhood sociology theory.The results from the studies show that childrens participation varied from none at all up to full participation. The process of conclusion varied quite a lot and depended partly on how the children had participated earlier in the process. When young adults were interviewed they brought about a deepened knowledge what the contact families had meant to them when they were children.