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"Eleven som stafettpinne" - En kvalitativ studie om professionellas upplevelser av samverkan mellan socialtjänsten och skolan i arbetet med problematisk skolfrånvaro

Persson, Lovisa LU (2023) SOPB63 20231
School of Social Work
Abstract
The aim of this study is to create an understanding of how professionals experience the collaboration between social services and school functions in regard to pupils that have problematic school absenteeism. The study focuses on a social services office and two schools in a small town in Södermanland, Sweden. The method was qualitative and based on six semi-structured interviews with social workers, school counselors, and school- and family coordinators. The coordinators, specifically, were identified as a profession unique to the county in question and a result of recent initiatives taken towards improving collaboration efforts between county schools and social services. I have drawn attention to the fact that professionals define... (More)
The aim of this study is to create an understanding of how professionals experience the collaboration between social services and school functions in regard to pupils that have problematic school absenteeism. The study focuses on a social services office and two schools in a small town in Södermanland, Sweden. The method was qualitative and based on six semi-structured interviews with social workers, school counselors, and school- and family coordinators. The coordinators, specifically, were identified as a profession unique to the county in question and a result of recent initiatives taken towards improving collaboration efforts between county schools and social services. I have drawn attention to the fact that professionals define problematic school absences differently and have different approaches to the problem, which create obstacles in the cooperation between the social services and the schools. The result suggests that present collaboration efforts do pay off while also having room for improvement. The study also draws attention to the role and function of school- and family coordinators and their presumable impact on cross-professional collaborative efforts. The study also suggests further development of the collaboration. (Less)
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author
Persson, Lovisa LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPB63 20231
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
problematic school absence, cooperation, school, social services
language
Swedish
id
9124654
date added to LUP
2023-06-14 15:01:07
date last changed
2023-06-14 15:01:07
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this study is to create an understanding of how professionals experience the collaboration between social services and school functions in regard to pupils that have problematic school absenteeism. The study focuses on a social services office and two schools in a small town in Södermanland, Sweden. The method was qualitative and based on six semi-structured interviews with social workers, school counselors, and school- and family coordinators. The coordinators, specifically, were identified as a profession unique to the county in question and a result of recent initiatives taken towards improving collaboration efforts between county schools and social services. I have drawn attention to the fact that professionals define problematic school absences differently and have different approaches to the problem, which create obstacles in the cooperation between the social services and the schools. The result suggests that present collaboration efforts do pay off while also having room for improvement. The study also draws attention to the role and function of school- and family coordinators and their presumable impact on cross-professional collaborative efforts. The study also suggests further development of the collaboration.}},
  author       = {{Persson, Lovisa}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{"Eleven som stafettpinne" - En kvalitativ studie om professionellas upplevelser av samverkan mellan socialtjänsten och skolan i arbetet med problematisk skolfrånvaro}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}