"Periodare" hos socialtjänsten?
En undersökning om unga vuxnas behov av försörjningsstöd
The purpose of this study is to find out how social workers in one medium and one smallmunicipality in central Sweden perceive the need of financial support for young adults formore than one year and what the causes might be. To answer our research questions aqualitative research method was used and four social workers were interviewed. The resulthas been analyzed based of social exclusion, stigma, as well as on structural and individuallevel and linked to previous research. Our results show that although young adults are anexception for long duration for financial support, there are those who lack other means ofsupport for a long time. The results also show that young adults often are recurring in thesocial services, and they are long-lasting. The reasons for the need have been shown to besimilar in the medium and the smaller municipality, even if it appears differences seen toaffect the clients. The result shows that the absence of school results, mental illness, securityand organization of social services are causes of long- term need for income support. Thestudy shows that the long-standing young adults often lack a secure social network and socialworkers perceive that they are often a security, a stable contact in the young adults' lives thatmay be difficult for these young adults to leave.