“Det är nog kuratorn som fixar det här” – En kvalitativ studie om kuratorers yrkesroll och jurisdiktionsarbete i psykiatrin
(2022) SOPA63 20221School of Social Work
- Abstract
- Professional counselors are often seen as responsible for highlighting the need of, and to operate the social work in healthcare. To have that expertise in an otherwise medical context can lead to it being a difficult task. It is also suggested that the social worker’s role and professional identity is vague, which also influences social worker’s jurisdictional work. The aim of this study was to investigate how professional counselors operating in psychiatric care experienced their professional role. We used Michael Lipsky’s theoretical term discretion, and Manuela Sjöström’s reasoning of the use of mimetic and aposematic strategies in professional counselor’s jurisdictional work as our theoretical framework. We have conducted qualitative... (More)
- Professional counselors are often seen as responsible for highlighting the need of, and to operate the social work in healthcare. To have that expertise in an otherwise medical context can lead to it being a difficult task. It is also suggested that the social worker’s role and professional identity is vague, which also influences social worker’s jurisdictional work. The aim of this study was to investigate how professional counselors operating in psychiatric care experienced their professional role. We used Michael Lipsky’s theoretical term discretion, and Manuela Sjöström’s reasoning of the use of mimetic and aposematic strategies in professional counselor’s jurisdictional work as our theoretical framework. We have conducted qualitative interviews with six counselors working in psychiatric care in two different areas in south Sweden. The material was coded and categorized using a thematic analysis. Results showed that professional counselors operate in a role where expectations and their job description are unclear. Counselors are therefore forced to maneuver the assumptions others make, as well as their own view of what they contribute with to psychiatric care. All this while they operate in an organizational setting that does not allow them to have an explicit role. We noticed that the counselors used both mimetic and aposematic strategy in managing this situation, and to strengthen their jurisdictional work. We also noticed that they at times did not use either of the strategies, due to having the patient’s best interest in mind. This led the jurisdictional work to become deprioritized. (Less)
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- author
- Möller Johnsson, Louise LU and Malm, Emelie
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Interprofessional teamwork, Social work, Counselor, Kurator, Tvärprofessionella team
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9084077
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- 2022-06-08 10:25:55
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abstract = {{Professional counselors are often seen as responsible for highlighting the need of, and to operate the social work in healthcare. To have that expertise in an otherwise medical context can lead to it being a difficult task. It is also suggested that the social worker’s role and professional identity is vague, which also influences social worker’s jurisdictional work. The aim of this study was to investigate how professional counselors operating in psychiatric care experienced their professional role. We used Michael Lipsky’s theoretical term discretion, and Manuela Sjöström’s reasoning of the use of mimetic and aposematic strategies in professional counselor’s jurisdictional work as our theoretical framework. We have conducted qualitative interviews with six counselors working in psychiatric care in two different areas in south Sweden. The material was coded and categorized using a thematic analysis. Results showed that professional counselors operate in a role where expectations and their job description are unclear. Counselors are therefore forced to maneuver the assumptions others make, as well as their own view of what they contribute with to psychiatric care. All this while they operate in an organizational setting that does not allow them to have an explicit role. We noticed that the counselors used both mimetic and aposematic strategy in managing this situation, and to strengthen their jurisdictional work. We also noticed that they at times did not use either of the strategies, due to having the patient’s best interest in mind. This led the jurisdictional work to become deprioritized.}},
author = {{Möller Johnsson, Louise and Malm, Emelie}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{“Det är nog kuratorn som fixar det här” – En kvalitativ studie om kuratorers yrkesroll och jurisdiktionsarbete i psykiatrin}},
year = {{2022}},
}