Varför vill ingen jobba med försörjningsstöd? : En studie om socionomstudenters intresse för arbetet
(2019) SOPA63 20182School of Social Work
- Abstract
- This study examined the interest in working with social assistance among 211 Swedish BSW (Bachelor of Social Work) students. It also focused the relationship between the students’ interest and i) their prior work experience in the field, ii) their attitudes towards the Swedish social assistance system and iii) their attitudes towards the work situation within the field of social assistance. This was examined through a survey distributed to students. The results suggested that the students had limited interest in working with social assistance. Students with personal experience of working with social assistance were slightly more interested than those lacking such experience, but the differences were small. The students’ limited interest in... (More)
- This study examined the interest in working with social assistance among 211 Swedish BSW (Bachelor of Social Work) students. It also focused the relationship between the students’ interest and i) their prior work experience in the field, ii) their attitudes towards the Swedish social assistance system and iii) their attitudes towards the work situation within the field of social assistance. This was examined through a survey distributed to students. The results suggested that the students had limited interest in working with social assistance. Students with personal experience of working with social assistance were slightly more interested than those lacking such experience, but the differences were small. The students’ limited interest in working with social assistance correlated with their negativity towards the work situation within the field. This suggested that primary challenges for today’s employers, who are struggling to attract social workers to the field of social assistance, are to respond to these presumptions and find ways to attract students to the field. Another challenge is to ensure that students willing to work with social assistance remain interested even after gaining experience. Lastly, the students were generally positive towards the social assistance system, but had limited interest in working with social assistance themselves. A possible interpretation of this result was that today’s BSW students do not necessarily see their own future within the traditional welfare state professions, despite being positive towards the services performed within the welfare state (e.g. the administration of social assistance). (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Denna enkätstudie undersökte 211 svenska socionomstudenters intresse av att arbeta med försörjningsstöd, samt relationen mellan intresset och i) studenternas erfarenheter av arbete med försörjningsstöd, ii) studenternas syn på försörjningsstödssystemet och iii) studenternas syn på arbetssituationen på försörjningsstöd. Resultatet visade att studenterna hade ett begränsat intresse av att arbeta med försörjningsstöd. Studenter med egna erfarenheter av arbetet var något mer intresserade än de som saknade sådan erfarenhet, men skillnaderna var små. Studenternas begränsade intresse samvarierade främst med deras negativa inställning till arbetssituationen på fältet. Detta ledde till slutsatsen att dagens arbetsgivare, som har svårt att rekrytera... (More)
- Denna enkätstudie undersökte 211 svenska socionomstudenters intresse av att arbeta med försörjningsstöd, samt relationen mellan intresset och i) studenternas erfarenheter av arbete med försörjningsstöd, ii) studenternas syn på försörjningsstödssystemet och iii) studenternas syn på arbetssituationen på försörjningsstöd. Resultatet visade att studenterna hade ett begränsat intresse av att arbeta med försörjningsstöd. Studenter med egna erfarenheter av arbetet var något mer intresserade än de som saknade sådan erfarenhet, men skillnaderna var små. Studenternas begränsade intresse samvarierade främst med deras negativa inställning till arbetssituationen på fältet. Detta ledde till slutsatsen att dagens arbetsgivare, som har svårt att rekrytera socialarbetare till arbetet med försörjningsstöd, står inför två centrala utmaningar. För det första behöver de bemöta och arbeta med studenternas föreställningar om arbetets ofördelaktiga arbetsvillkor. För det andra behöver de i sin helhet locka socionomstudenter (och examinerade socionomer) till arbetet. Ytterligare en utmaning ligger i att verka för att de studenter (eller socionomer) som väljer att arbeta med försörjningsstöd behåller sitt intresse även efter att de har blivit anställda. Slutligen var studenterna positiva till försörjningsstödssystemet, även om de hade ett begränsat intresse av att själva arbeta med försörjningsstöd. En möjlig tolkning av detta resultat var att dagens socionomstudenter inte nödvändigtvis vill arbeta med välfärdsstatens grundläggande funktioner (som handläggningen av försörjningsstöd) trots att de är positiva till att dessa funktioner existerar. (Less)
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- author
- Svensson, Sofie LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20182
- year
- 2019
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- interest, social assistance, social work student, work experience, working situation, arbetssituation, erfarenhet, försörjningsstöd, intresse, socionomstudent, socialtjänst.
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8967986
- date added to LUP
- 2019-02-07 11:44:45
- date last changed
- 2019-02-07 11:44:45
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abstract = {{This study examined the interest in working with social assistance among 211 Swedish BSW (Bachelor of Social Work) students. It also focused the relationship between the students’ interest and i) their prior work experience in the field, ii) their attitudes towards the Swedish social assistance system and iii) their attitudes towards the work situation within the field of social assistance. This was examined through a survey distributed to students. The results suggested that the students had limited interest in working with social assistance. Students with personal experience of working with social assistance were slightly more interested than those lacking such experience, but the differences were small. The students’ limited interest in working with social assistance correlated with their negativity towards the work situation within the field. This suggested that primary challenges for today’s employers, who are struggling to attract social workers to the field of social assistance, are to respond to these presumptions and find ways to attract students to the field. Another challenge is to ensure that students willing to work with social assistance remain interested even after gaining experience. Lastly, the students were generally positive towards the social assistance system, but had limited interest in working with social assistance themselves. A possible interpretation of this result was that today’s BSW students do not necessarily see their own future within the traditional welfare state professions, despite being positive towards the services performed within the welfare state (e.g. the administration of social assistance).}},
author = {{Svensson, Sofie}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Varför vill ingen jobba med försörjningsstöd? : En studie om socionomstudenters intresse för arbetet}},
year = {{2019}},
}