Det komplicerade stödet. En studie om socialarbetares upplevelser av att tillgodose våldsutsatta kvinnor med uppföljning och långsiktiga stödinsatser
(2022) SOPA63 20212School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to explore how social workers at sheltered housing for women and at the social services experience their ability to provide follow-up and long-term supportive measures to abused women, after a placement at a sheltered housing has been finished. The study was conducted by using a qualitative method with semistructured interviews with a total of eight interviewees from different municipalities around Sweden. Four interviewees work at the social services and four interviewees work at sheltered housing for women. The empirical material was processed in a thematic analysis and analyzed by using Lipsky's (2010) theory of street-level bureaucracy to illustrate how the use of discretion both can enable and prevent the... (More)
- The aim of this study was to explore how social workers at sheltered housing for women and at the social services experience their ability to provide follow-up and long-term supportive measures to abused women, after a placement at a sheltered housing has been finished. The study was conducted by using a qualitative method with semistructured interviews with a total of eight interviewees from different municipalities around Sweden. Four interviewees work at the social services and four interviewees work at sheltered housing for women. The empirical material was processed in a thematic analysis and analyzed by using Lipsky's (2010) theory of street-level bureaucracy to illustrate how the use of discretion both can enable and prevent the possibility of meeting the needs of abused women. This study found that several factors contribute to a lack of follow-up and long-term supportive measures. Due to the absence of formal follow-up routines, social workers at women's shelters experience that they perform some kind of ”volunteer work” in their efforts to provide abused women with support and help. Social workers at women's shelters can therefore be characterized as advocates. Further, this study shows that a transfer of responsibility occurs between social workers at the social services and at the sheltered housing regarding the responsibility to provide abused women with follow-up and long-term supportive measures. This study also shows that the women’s needs are not necessarily what determines the help offered. Instead, the help is determined by other factors such as knowledge about violence against women, available resources and housing shortages. However, social workers can to some extent perceive and use discretion both generously or restrictively. The current housing shortage in Sweden is pointed out as one of the biggest obstacles for social workers when it comes to meeting the needs of long-term supportive measures to abused women. (Less)
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- author
- Eberil, Rebecca LU and Todevska, Ellen LU
- supervisor
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- David Hoff LU
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20212
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- violence against women, social service, follow-up measures, long-term support, street-level bureaucracy
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9072182
- date added to LUP
- 2022-01-18 17:41:21
- date last changed
- 2022-01-18 17:41:21
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abstract = {{The aim of this study was to explore how social workers at sheltered housing for women and at the social services experience their ability to provide follow-up and long-term supportive measures to abused women, after a placement at a sheltered housing has been finished. The study was conducted by using a qualitative method with semistructured interviews with a total of eight interviewees from different municipalities around Sweden. Four interviewees work at the social services and four interviewees work at sheltered housing for women. The empirical material was processed in a thematic analysis and analyzed by using Lipsky's (2010) theory of street-level bureaucracy to illustrate how the use of discretion both can enable and prevent the possibility of meeting the needs of abused women. This study found that several factors contribute to a lack of follow-up and long-term supportive measures. Due to the absence of formal follow-up routines, social workers at women's shelters experience that they perform some kind of ”volunteer work” in their efforts to provide abused women with support and help. Social workers at women's shelters can therefore be characterized as advocates. Further, this study shows that a transfer of responsibility occurs between social workers at the social services and at the sheltered housing regarding the responsibility to provide abused women with follow-up and long-term supportive measures. This study also shows that the women’s needs are not necessarily what determines the help offered. Instead, the help is determined by other factors such as knowledge about violence against women, available resources and housing shortages. However, social workers can to some extent perceive and use discretion both generously or restrictively. The current housing shortage in Sweden is pointed out as one of the biggest obstacles for social workers when it comes to meeting the needs of long-term supportive measures to abused women.}},
author = {{Eberil, Rebecca and Todevska, Ellen}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Det komplicerade stödet. En studie om socialarbetares upplevelser av att tillgodose våldsutsatta kvinnor med uppföljning och långsiktiga stödinsatser}},
year = {{2022}},
}