Föräldrars deltagande vid institutionsvård av unga - ur ett professionellt perspektiv
(2014) SOPA63 20132School of Social Work
- Abstract
- This essay is based on a qualitative study about parents’ involvement in children’s treatment in residential care. The study is based on semi-structured interviews with professionals working at institutions for youth between the age 13-20 and litterature related to the chosen subject.
The purpose of this essay is to examine how the professionals reason about parents’ involvement in residential youth care and which impact it may have on the care of the youth, both positive and negative. By using system theory we have been able to get an overall perspective of the family and how the residential placement can effect their lives. The results of the interviews indicate that the professionals had a simular comprehension about parents’... (More) - This essay is based on a qualitative study about parents’ involvement in children’s treatment in residential care. The study is based on semi-structured interviews with professionals working at institutions for youth between the age 13-20 and litterature related to the chosen subject.
The purpose of this essay is to examine how the professionals reason about parents’ involvement in residential youth care and which impact it may have on the care of the youth, both positive and negative. By using system theory we have been able to get an overall perspective of the family and how the residential placement can effect their lives. The results of the interviews indicate that the professionals had a simular comprehension about parents’ involvement and considered it to be an important part in the care of the youth. However, there were some differences in the approach when working with the families. Some residentials used established methods in family treatment with therapeutic intentions, while most of the residentials used the every-day-contact to influence the parent-child relationship. Among other reasons, the overall perception was that the parents are the most important people in a child’s life because no one can be able to replace them. We found that in cases of oppression in the name of honour or sexual abuse the professionals chose not to involve the parents because of the fact that the contact could create more damage than actually help the youth. The professionals argued that a good collaboration with the parents depended on the parents’ attitude towards the treatment. To create a working relationship between professionals and parents and between professionals and youth, respect and honesty were important, equally so flexibility in formation of the treatment. (Less)
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- author
- Henningsson, Tine LU and Larsson, Sofia LU
- supervisor
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- Erika Werner LU
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20132
- year
- 2014
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- involvement, family, professionals, youth, Residential care
- language
- Swedish
- additional info
- Examiner: Hans-Edvard Roos
- id
- 4254744
- date added to LUP
- 2014-01-27 09:13:48
- date last changed
- 2014-01-27 09:13:48
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abstract = {{This essay is based on a qualitative study about parents’ involvement in children’s treatment in residential care. The study is based on semi-structured interviews with professionals working at institutions for youth between the age 13-20 and litterature related to the chosen subject.
The purpose of this essay is to examine how the professionals reason about parents’ involvement in residential youth care and which impact it may have on the care of the youth, both positive and negative. By using system theory we have been able to get an overall perspective of the family and how the residential placement can effect their lives. The results of the interviews indicate that the professionals had a simular comprehension about parents’ involvement and considered it to be an important part in the care of the youth. However, there were some differences in the approach when working with the families. Some residentials used established methods in family treatment with therapeutic intentions, while most of the residentials used the every-day-contact to influence the parent-child relationship. Among other reasons, the overall perception was that the parents are the most important people in a child’s life because no one can be able to replace them. We found that in cases of oppression in the name of honour or sexual abuse the professionals chose not to involve the parents because of the fact that the contact could create more damage than actually help the youth. The professionals argued that a good collaboration with the parents depended on the parents’ attitude towards the treatment. To create a working relationship between professionals and parents and between professionals and youth, respect and honesty were important, equally so flexibility in formation of the treatment.}},
author = {{Henningsson, Tine and Larsson, Sofia}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Föräldrars deltagande vid institutionsvård av unga - ur ett professionellt perspektiv}},
year = {{2014}},
}