"Jag skulle vara där en natt och så blev det 14 år" - en kvalitativ studie om hur socialsekreterare förhåller sig till sammanbrott i dygnsvården av unga
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Swedish and international research indicate that many measures made by social services, concerning children and adolescents who are taken from their homes to an institution, are interrupted prematurely for different reasons. The word "breakdown" is used when a measure granted by the social service is broken before the projected time has passed. Research concerning how social service employees are influenced by measures being interrupted prematurely is very limited. The aim of this qualitative study is to examine how social service employees in Malmö are influenced by the premature interruption, "breakdown", of measures concerning children and adolescents who are taken from their homes to an institution. The theoretic basis for the study is Symbolic interactionism, especially the theory of Stefan Morén concerning conditions for change.The study is based on interviews with social employees, relevant material from research in this field and an examination of the theoretical basis. Analyses of the interviews indicate that the social employees are influenced and sometimes don´t feel well when the measures are interrupted. Sometimes social employees consider that it is a personal failure.It is hard to form an opinion on the extent of this general influence on the social employees because if the size of the study but it indicates that the employers are influenced. The study shows that this is a problematic field for the humanitarian and caretaking activity which is the main object of the social service.