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Lex Sarah - Man skäller inte på den som förstår och kränker inte den som man respekterar

Brus Stelhof, Sara LU and Siversson, Sabina LU (2014) SOPA63 20142
School of Social Work
Abstract
This study is a qualitative study, based upon interviews with five individuals and one focus group; with three individuals. The aim of the study was to analyse social workers experience of the Swedish law lex Sarah in their professional work in the individual- and family section in four social services in Skåne in Sweden. We asked the social workers questions about what they think about lex Sarah as a law and how they work with lex Sarah in the social service. In the analysis we used recent research about lex Sarah, priorities in the social service, risk of reprisals and the international concept of whistleblowing and the theory of organizations to highlight interesting parts. Many difficulties in the professional work of social services... (More)
This study is a qualitative study, based upon interviews with five individuals and one focus group; with three individuals. The aim of the study was to analyse social workers experience of the Swedish law lex Sarah in their professional work in the individual- and family section in four social services in Skåne in Sweden. We asked the social workers questions about what they think about lex Sarah as a law and how they work with lex Sarah in the social service. In the analysis we used recent research about lex Sarah, priorities in the social service, risk of reprisals and the international concept of whistleblowing and the theory of organizations to highlight interesting parts. Many difficulties in the professional work of social services with lex Sarah were identified in our study. The results of the study showed that there are different aspects to take into considerations when the social workers in individual- and family section in social services decide whether to report or not according to lex Sarah. According to the social workers lex Sarah is associated with knowledge gaps, definition difficulties, the negative approach of the management, blame and fear of reprisals. Lex Sarah is not an effective working tool for the quality in the organization. (Less)
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author
Brus Stelhof, Sara LU and Siversson, Sabina LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20142
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
individual- and family section, social worker, Lex Sarah, social services, socialsekreterare, individ- och familjeomsorg, socialtjänst
language
Swedish
id
4938820
date added to LUP
2015-02-02 09:41:32
date last changed
2015-02-02 09:41:32
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  abstract     = {{This study is a qualitative study, based upon interviews with five individuals and one focus group; with three individuals. The aim of the study was to analyse social workers experience of the Swedish law lex Sarah in their professional work in the individual- and family section in four social services in Skåne in Sweden. We asked the social workers questions about what they think about lex Sarah as a law and how they work with lex Sarah in the social service. In the analysis we used recent research about lex Sarah, priorities in the social service, risk of reprisals and the international concept of whistleblowing and the theory of organizations to highlight interesting parts. Many difficulties in the professional work of social services with lex Sarah were identified in our study. The results of the study showed that there are different aspects to take into considerations when the social workers in individual- and family section in social services decide whether to report or not according to lex Sarah. According to the social workers lex Sarah is associated with knowledge gaps, definition difficulties, the negative approach of the management, blame and fear of reprisals. Lex Sarah is not an effective working tool for the quality in the organization.}},
  author       = {{Brus Stelhof, Sara and Siversson, Sabina}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Lex Sarah - Man skäller inte på den som förstår och kränker inte den som man respekterar}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}