Robin Hood och Hemtjänsten
En förstudie om Företagshälsovårdens arbete med arbetsmiljöfrågor inom hemtjänstbranschen
Complexity theoryCooperative BehaviourHome Maker ServicesInterviewOccupational Health ServicesPreventionRisk AssessmentSick LeaveStressWorking Environment. ?ArbetsmiljöPreventionFöretagshälsovårdHemtjänstIntervjuKomplex OrganisationRiskbedömningSamverkanSjukfrånvaroStress.
Occupational Health Service (OHS) has an important role in society. It is designed to prevent illness and strengthen the health of workers. OHS operations and development are currently being studied at the School of Technology and Health at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. One of the industries studied is the home maker service. During the 2010s were such employees one of the most ill groups in Sweden.This master's thesis in occupational environment development and change management focus on examining the special knowledge an OHS and its clients in one home maker service need to strengthen the workers of the industry and find out how the interaction between OHS and home maker service works and how it could be evolved.A qualitative study was conducted in a Swedish city on the basis of an organizational perspective. Six persons between 30 and 65 years of age were interviewed. The interviewed people?s occupations were ergonomist, safety engineer, home health aides and managers from both companies. To gain a deeper understanding of the phenomenon the interviews were transcribed.Key themes for the interviewees were collaboration, economy and engagement, important health and safety issues, prevention, the home help service needs of OHS and what support OHS need in their work with the home maker services.The studied parties agreed that they had no developed cooperation and that there was a gap between them. All interviewees consisted on the work environment problems in the industry. These were stress, time pressure, heavy physical work, patients? homes were not always suited for the home health aides, lack of colleagues, intimidation and violence and smoking patients.There was found a barrier between the preventive work that could be undertaken and what was ordered from the home maker service.