“Du har gjort detta och detta, här är en insats som passar just dig” : En kvalitativ studie om socialsekreterares handlingsutrymme i arbetet med ungdomar med kriminellt beteende.
(2019) SOPA63 20182School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to describe and understand the social secretaries’ experiences regarding their discretion in relation to the client group (young people with criminal behavior 15-20 years) from an o. We used a qualitative method through semi-structured interviews with six different social secretaries within one and the same social service in a municipality in southern Sweden. When analyzing our collected material, we have used following theory and concepts; Street-level bureaucracy theory, organizational professionalism, professional professionalism and power based on the clients user influence.
The result of this study showed how different factors and aspects could be seen affecting the social secretary's discretion. This... (More) - The purpose of this paper is to describe and understand the social secretaries’ experiences regarding their discretion in relation to the client group (young people with criminal behavior 15-20 years) from an o. We used a qualitative method through semi-structured interviews with six different social secretaries within one and the same social service in a municipality in southern Sweden. When analyzing our collected material, we have used following theory and concepts; Street-level bureaucracy theory, organizational professionalism, professional professionalism and power based on the clients user influence.
The result of this study showed how different factors and aspects could be seen affecting the social secretary's discretion. This emerged through a complexity and relativity between ensuring how the organization, their own profession and the client groups influence would interact within one and the same space for discretion. Important aspects that were highlighted during interviews with the social secretaries were financial resources, different forms of knowledge, relationships among the professionals and relationships between the professional and the client. (Less)
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- author
- Jönsson, Lisa LU and Berendji, Denise LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20182
- year
- 2019
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Discretion, Street-level bureaucracy, Social service, Youths with criminal behaviors, Professionals
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8967954
- date added to LUP
- 2019-01-28 16:22:00
- date last changed
- 2019-01-28 16:22:00
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abstract = {{The purpose of this paper is to describe and understand the social secretaries’ experiences regarding their discretion in relation to the client group (young people with criminal behavior 15-20 years) from an o. We used a qualitative method through semi-structured interviews with six different social secretaries within one and the same social service in a municipality in southern Sweden. When analyzing our collected material, we have used following theory and concepts; Street-level bureaucracy theory, organizational professionalism, professional professionalism and power based on the clients user influence.
The result of this study showed how different factors and aspects could be seen affecting the social secretary's discretion. This emerged through a complexity and relativity between ensuring how the organization, their own profession and the client groups influence would interact within one and the same space for discretion. Important aspects that were highlighted during interviews with the social secretaries were financial resources, different forms of knowledge, relationships among the professionals and relationships between the professional and the client.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{“Du har gjort detta och detta, här är en insats som passar just dig” : En kvalitativ studie om socialsekreterares handlingsutrymme i arbetet med ungdomar med kriminellt beteende.}},
year = {{2019}},
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