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Observed successful collaboration in social work practice: coherent triads in Swedish juvenile care

Basic, Goran LU (2018) In European Journal of Social Work 21(2). p.193-206
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyse observed situations of successful cooperation, even if it unfolds during shorter interaction sequences. The aim is to analyse how and when the actors within juvenile care in Sweden present successful cooperation, and which interactive patterns are involved in the construction of this phenomenon. Forming the empirical basis for this study are 119 field observations of organised meetings and informal meetings before and after organised meetings, during visits to youth care institutions in Sweden, social services offices, and the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care. In this study, markers are used to define successful cooperation in the empirical material, so that actors who belong to at least... (More)
The purpose of this study is to analyse observed situations of successful cooperation, even if it unfolds during shorter interaction sequences. The aim is to analyse how and when the actors within juvenile care in Sweden present successful cooperation, and which interactive patterns are involved in the construction of this phenomenon. Forming the empirical basis for this study are 119 field observations of organised meetings and informal meetings before and after organised meetings, during visits to youth care institutions in Sweden, social services offices, and the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care. In this study, markers are used to define successful cooperation in the empirical material, so that actors who belong to at least three different categories will be identified (coherent triad). The professional actors can also shape a coherent triad with young people or parents in cases where past conflicts arise. When some professionals create a distance from other professional partners, conflicts can be erased so as to generate new conditions for coherence of the triad. Construction and reconstruction of collaboration success is an ongoing, interactive process. Presentation of the proper interaction moral is created and re-created during interactions and appears in the myriad of everyday interactions. (Less)
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collaboration, fieldwork, field notes, triad coherence, collaboration identity, moral, triad, social work
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European Journal of Social Work
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21
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2
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14 pages
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Routledge
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  • scopus:85012926772
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1369-1457
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10.1080/13691457.2017.1289897
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English
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  publisher    = {{Routledge}},
  series       = {{European Journal of Social Work}},
  title        = {{Observed successful collaboration in social work practice: coherent triads in Swedish juvenile care}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/22095281/Successful_collaboration_za_Internet.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1080/13691457.2017.1289897}},
  volume       = {{21}},
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