Mammor och barn (med erfarenhet av våld) i skyddat boende - en kvalitativ studie om konflikterande perspektiv på kvinnojourer
(2013) SOPA63 20131School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The purpose was to explore how the staff at women’s shelters handle potential conflicts as part of their overall mandate as well as in their practical day to day work. This qualitative study was based on interviews carried out with staff members at women’s shelters. The people interviewed were chosen for geographical reasons -they were staff members working in shelters in Scania- and partly for reasons to do with the structure of the said shelters. The analysis focused on the contradiction which was at the heart of the work carried out by social workers working in women’s shelters. There were difficulties in meeting both the needs of the battered mothers on the one hand and those of their children on the other hand. In particular what was... (More)
- The purpose was to explore how the staff at women’s shelters handle potential conflicts as part of their overall mandate as well as in their practical day to day work. This qualitative study was based on interviews carried out with staff members at women’s shelters. The people interviewed were chosen for geographical reasons -they were staff members working in shelters in Scania- and partly for reasons to do with the structure of the said shelters. The analysis focused on the contradiction which was at the heart of the work carried out by social workers working in women’s shelters. There were difficulties in meeting both the needs of the battered mothers on the one hand and those of their children on the other hand. In particular what was emphasized in this study is the fact that the women’s need of empowerment was overridden or even thwarted in some cases by what was considered to be the “children’s best interests”. (Less)
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- author
- Ljunggren, Lina LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20131
- year
- 2013
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- women’s shelters, empowerment, parenting abilities, children's needs and women’s needs
- language
- English
- id
- 4016962
- date added to LUP
- 2013-09-06 11:14:42
- date last changed
- 2013-09-06 11:14:42
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