Kulturell kompetens och mångkulturalism i arbetet med familjer: En fenomenologisk studie av socialarbetare
(2024) SOPB63 20241School of Social Work
- Abstract
- Multiculturalism and cultural competence is often discussed within research but a consistent definition of practice regarding these terms is rarely agreed upon. The aim of this phenomenological study was therefore to examine how social workers in Sweden defined and reasoned regarding multiculturalism and cultural competence in their work with families. Six semi-structured interviews with Swedish social workers active in family-oriented work were conducted and later thematically analyzed. Through the thematic analysis, one major theme consisting of three sub-themes was identified regarding social workers’ views on cultural competence. These were described as the “balance of humility and competence”, “structural knowledge”,... (More)
- Multiculturalism and cultural competence is often discussed within research but a consistent definition of practice regarding these terms is rarely agreed upon. The aim of this phenomenological study was therefore to examine how social workers in Sweden defined and reasoned regarding multiculturalism and cultural competence in their work with families. Six semi-structured interviews with Swedish social workers active in family-oriented work were conducted and later thematically analyzed. Through the thematic analysis, one major theme consisting of three sub-themes was identified regarding social workers’ views on cultural competence. These were described as the “balance of humility and competence”, “structural knowledge”, “alliance-building knowledge” and “self-consciousness”. Furthermore, one major theme consisting of two sub-themes regarding social workers’ views on the implementation of multiculturalism in their work were identified as “the impossibility of color blindness”, “generalization of culture” and “making culture visible”. The study’s findings have pointed toward an understanding of cultural competence as based on a balance between curiosity and humility on one side and specified knowledge to help guide the social worker’s attention on the other. The findings also contradict the ambition of color blindness discussed in earlier research. By summarizing social workers’ actual experiences regarding the work with culture through the lens of phenomenology this study has contributed to a greater understanding of how culture is approached in social work practice. (Less)
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- author
- Andersson, Anton LU and Hallebrand, Isak LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPB63 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- cultural competence, multiculturalism, culture, cultural humility, social work, kulturell kompetens, multikulturalism, kulturell ödmjukhet, socialt arbete
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9159808
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- 2024-06-07 12:24:34
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abstract = {{Multiculturalism and cultural competence is often discussed within research but a consistent definition of practice regarding these terms is rarely agreed upon. The aim of this phenomenological study was therefore to examine how social workers in Sweden defined and reasoned regarding multiculturalism and cultural competence in their work with families. Six semi-structured interviews with Swedish social workers active in family-oriented work were conducted and later thematically analyzed. Through the thematic analysis, one major theme consisting of three sub-themes was identified regarding social workers’ views on cultural competence. These were described as the “balance of humility and competence”, “structural knowledge”, “alliance-building knowledge” and “self-consciousness”. Furthermore, one major theme consisting of two sub-themes regarding social workers’ views on the implementation of multiculturalism in their work were identified as “the impossibility of color blindness”, “generalization of culture” and “making culture visible”. The study’s findings have pointed toward an understanding of cultural competence as based on a balance between curiosity and humility on one side and specified knowledge to help guide the social worker’s attention on the other. The findings also contradict the ambition of color blindness discussed in earlier research. By summarizing social workers’ actual experiences regarding the work with culture through the lens of phenomenology this study has contributed to a greater understanding of how culture is approached in social work practice.}},
author = {{Andersson, Anton and Hallebrand, Isak}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Kulturell kompetens och mångkulturalism i arbetet med familjer: En fenomenologisk studie av socialarbetare}},
year = {{2024}},
}