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"Ibland kan vi inte göra det jobbet vi behöver göra, ska göra och måste göra" - En kvalitativ intervjustudie om desinformationskampanjen som påstår att socialtjänsten tar barn och dess påverkan på socialsekreterares arbete

Staf, Julia LU and Örmon, Rebecca LU (2023) SOPB63 20231
School of Social Work
Abstract
The aim of this study was to explore how Swedish social workers were affected by the disinformation campaign claiming that social services take children. The study explored how social workers were affected by this in their work revolving around meetings with clients and assessments. We used a qualitative method with semi-structured interviews. The result is based on interviews with seven Swedish social workers within the Department of child protection services. To analyze our findings we used a theoretical framework consisting of street-level bureaucrats, discretion, and social constructivism. The most important result was that social workers experienced a higher sense of fear among parents which made it more challenging to cooperate. The... (More)
The aim of this study was to explore how Swedish social workers were affected by the disinformation campaign claiming that social services take children. The study explored how social workers were affected by this in their work revolving around meetings with clients and assessments. We used a qualitative method with semi-structured interviews. The result is based on interviews with seven Swedish social workers within the Department of child protection services. To analyze our findings we used a theoretical framework consisting of street-level bureaucrats, discretion, and social constructivism. The most important result was that social workers experienced a higher sense of fear among parents which made it more challenging to cooperate. The fear also contributed to less information from clients during meetings. Social workers thought this made their work difficult because of the limited information to base their assessments on. A consequence of this was that the possibility to protect children has become more challenging. In conclusion, did our respondents experience that the disinformation campaign had a negative impact on their client meetings and an indirect or unconscious influence on assessments. (Less)
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author
Staf, Julia LU and Örmon, Rebecca LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPB63 20231
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Swedish social workers, child protecting services, media, disinformation campaign, client meetings, professional assessments
language
Swedish
id
9120473
date added to LUP
2023-06-06 20:13:38
date last changed
2023-06-06 20:13:38
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this study was to explore how Swedish social workers were affected by the disinformation campaign claiming that social services take children. The study explored how social workers were affected by this in their work revolving around meetings with clients and assessments. We used a qualitative method with semi-structured interviews. The result is based on interviews with seven Swedish social workers within the Department of child protection services. To analyze our findings we used a theoretical framework consisting of street-level bureaucrats, discretion, and social constructivism. The most important result was that social workers experienced a higher sense of fear among parents which made it more challenging to cooperate. The fear also contributed to less information from clients during meetings. Social workers thought this made their work difficult because of the limited information to base their assessments on. A consequence of this was that the possibility to protect children has become more challenging. In conclusion, did our respondents experience that the disinformation campaign had a negative impact on their client meetings and an indirect or unconscious influence on assessments.}},
  author       = {{Staf, Julia and Örmon, Rebecca}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{"Ibland kan vi inte göra det jobbet vi behöver göra, ska göra och måste göra" - En kvalitativ intervjustudie om desinformationskampanjen som påstår att socialtjänsten tar barn och dess påverkan på socialsekreterares arbete}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}