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Vem tar ansvar för de ensamkommande flyktingbarnen? - Om ansvarsfördelningen mellan Migrationsverket och socialtjänsten

Hamre, Malin LU (2010) SOPA63 20092
School of Social Work
Abstract
Abstract

Author: Malin Hamre
Title: Who takes responsibility for unsupervised refugee children? About the divided responsibility between the Migration office and the social workers [translated title]
Supervisor: Kristina Göransson
Assessor: Lars Harrysson

The purpose of this essay was to study the divided responsibility between the Migration office and the social workers when it comes to unsupervised refugee children. In this essay I study how the employees interpret how the responsibility is divided and how they look at their own work tasks. By using semi-structured interviews with people who work with refugee children coming to Sweden and modernised theory about... (More)
Abstract

Author: Malin Hamre
Title: Who takes responsibility for unsupervised refugee children? About the divided responsibility between the Migration office and the social workers [translated title]
Supervisor: Kristina Göransson
Assessor: Lars Harrysson

The purpose of this essay was to study the divided responsibility between the Migration office and the social workers when it comes to unsupervised refugee children. In this essay I study how the employees interpret how the responsibility is divided and how they look at their own work tasks. By using semi-structured interviews with people who work with refugee children coming to Sweden and modernised theory about street-level bureaucrats and a theory about interworking I seek to expose the challenges this division of responsibility create. I have, in this essay, concluded that it is difficult to work in an organisation where the division of responsibility is unclear. According to the professionals who were interviewed some matters remain unattended to since there is a lack of clarity in the instructions about who is in charge. (Less)
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Hamre, Malin LU
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Who takes responsibility for unsupervised refugee children? About the divided responsibility between the Migration office and the social workers
course
SOPA63 20092
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
interworking, street-level bureaucracy, migration, social workers, children, refugee, unaccompanied
language
Swedish
id
1579836
date added to LUP
2010-05-10 12:16:23
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2010-05-10 12:16:23
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  abstract     = {{Abstract

Author: Malin Hamre
Title: Who takes responsibility for unsupervised refugee children? About the   divided responsibility between the Migration office and the social workers [translated title]                                                                 
Supervisor: Kristina Göransson
Assessor: Lars Harrysson 

The purpose of this essay was to study the divided responsibility between the Migration office and the social workers when it comes to unsupervised refugee children. In this essay I study how the employees interpret how the responsibility is divided and how they look at their own work tasks. By using semi-structured interviews with people who work with refugee children coming to Sweden and modernised theory about street-level bureaucrats and a theory about interworking I seek to expose the challenges this division of responsibility create. I have, in this essay, concluded that it is difficult to work in an organisation where the division of responsibility is unclear. According to the professionals who were interviewed some matters remain unattended to since there is a lack of clarity in the instructions about who is in charge.}},
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