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Socialtjänstens handläggning av akut hemlösa barnfamiljer - en fråga om barnperspektiv och handlingsutrymme.

Frankiewicz, Isabella LU (2014) SOPA63 20141
School of Social Work
Abstract
Dealing with Homeless Families – a matter of child perspective and discretion.
The aim of this study was to examine social workers' discussion about the child perspective in dealing with acute homelessness. Semi-structured interviews were made with help of three social workers in the homelessness sector. The main subject was the workers' ability to use a child perspective when finding homes for families in urgent need, in a society that lacked such resources. The analysis was made with help of Lipsky's theory about ”Street-level bureaucracy”, using terms of discrection and resources to describe the complexity of using a child perspective in the social work with homeless families. The results showed that the lack of resources diminished... (More)
Dealing with Homeless Families – a matter of child perspective and discretion.
The aim of this study was to examine social workers' discussion about the child perspective in dealing with acute homelessness. Semi-structured interviews were made with help of three social workers in the homelessness sector. The main subject was the workers' ability to use a child perspective when finding homes for families in urgent need, in a society that lacked such resources. The analysis was made with help of Lipsky's theory about ”Street-level bureaucracy”, using terms of discrection and resources to describe the complexity of using a child perspective in the social work with homeless families. The results showed that the lack of resources diminished the social workers' discretion to fully consider the child perspective. The responsibility to do this was laid on homeless parents. (Less)
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author
Frankiewicz, Isabella LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20141
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Homeless families, acute homelessness, child perspective, discretion, social worker, Sweden
language
Swedish
id
4628776
date added to LUP
2014-09-09 16:21:00
date last changed
2014-09-11 13:06:25
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  abstract     = {{Dealing with Homeless Families – a matter of child perspective and discretion.
The aim of this study was to examine social workers' discussion about the child perspective in dealing with acute homelessness. Semi-structured interviews were made with help of three social workers in the homelessness sector. The main subject was the workers' ability to use a child perspective when finding homes for families in urgent need, in a society that lacked such resources. The analysis was made with help of Lipsky's theory about ”Street-level bureaucracy”, using terms of discrection and resources to describe the complexity of using a child perspective in the social work with homeless families. The results showed that the lack of resources diminished the social workers' discretion to fully consider the child perspective. The responsibility to do this was laid on homeless parents.}},
  author       = {{Frankiewicz, Isabella}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Socialtjänstens handläggning av akut hemlösa barnfamiljer - en fråga om barnperspektiv och handlingsutrymme.}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}