Jakten på evidens – hur påverkas socialsekreterares handlingsutrymme?
(2014) SOPA63 20141School of Social Work
- Abstract
- My purpose with my study is to find out how an evidence-based social service effects the discretion of today social worker. The empirical material of my study consists of five semi-structured interviews with five social workers in the southern part of Sweden. I have analyzed the empirical material with Michael Lipsky theories of street-level bureaucracy and discretion. I have deepened Lipsky´s theory with the anthology Discretion– challenges in social work written by Johnsson , Laanemet & Svensson (2008). I found that social workers want their work to be evidence-based but they don’t have the time to read the latest research due to their workload. Most of their work was based on their professional experience and what kind of experience and... (More)
- My purpose with my study is to find out how an evidence-based social service effects the discretion of today social worker. The empirical material of my study consists of five semi-structured interviews with five social workers in the southern part of Sweden. I have analyzed the empirical material with Michael Lipsky theories of street-level bureaucracy and discretion. I have deepened Lipsky´s theory with the anthology Discretion– challenges in social work written by Johnsson , Laanemet & Svensson (2008). I found that social workers want their work to be evidence-based but they don’t have the time to read the latest research due to their workload. Most of their work was based on their professional experience and what kind of experience and wishes the service user’s had. The social services in Sweden has a goal to have an evidence-based practice and my study shows that more research is needed on how this objective can be achieved. (Less)
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- author
- Eriksson, Robert LU
- supervisor
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- Em Andersson LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Hunting for evidence - how it impacts on the social workers discretion
- course
- SOPA63 20141
- year
- 2014
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Evidence-based social work, discretion, decision-making, street-level-bureaucrats, street level bureaucracy Evidensbaserat socialt arbete, handlingsutrymme, beslutsfattande, gräsrotsbyråkrater, gräsrotsbyråkrati
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 4463492
- date added to LUP
- 2014-06-12 08:45:10
- date last changed
- 2014-06-12 08:45:10
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