Samverkan och vikten av kunskapen - En studie om vad som hindrar och främjar samverkansprocesser inom socialtjänsten
(2025) SOPB63 20241School of Social Work
- Abstract
- Social work has a longstanding tradition of cooperation with other professionals. In Sweden, social workers and other professionals who deal with the health and social standing of people are mandated by law to cooperate. Social service administrators are central in the scientific field of professional cooperation because of their frequent cooperation with other professionals. The purpose of this paper is to understand the relations between professionals within professions in the Swedish welfare system, based on interviews with 6 different administrators within Swedish social services. We aim to research how this cooperation affects our informants' work as well as the processes that complicate collaborative work between professionals. Our... (More)
- Social work has a longstanding tradition of cooperation with other professionals. In Sweden, social workers and other professionals who deal with the health and social standing of people are mandated by law to cooperate. Social service administrators are central in the scientific field of professional cooperation because of their frequent cooperation with other professionals. The purpose of this paper is to understand the relations between professionals within professions in the Swedish welfare system, based on interviews with 6 different administrators within Swedish social services. We aim to research how this cooperation affects our informants' work as well as the processes that complicate collaborative work between professionals. Our results showed a collective dissatisfaction that showed that gaps in knowledge between different professionals caused issues in the cooperation processes. These gaps are rooted in the professions themselves, and a cognitive bias relating to knowledge. The road to bridging these gaps can be found in professional relationships, based on mutual understanding. We found that professional relationships thrived with frequent and informative communication, which helped bridge the knowledge gaps between professionals. Furthermore, we found that certain organisations tended to cooperate more frequently with each other, which resulted in more effective relationships and cooperation between professionals. (Less)
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- author
- Löfgren, Isak LU and Svensson, Viktor LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- "Collaboration and the Weight of Knowledge” - A Study on What Hinders and Advances Collaborative Processes within Social Services
- course
- SOPB63 20241
- year
- 2025
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- profession, professional, cooperation, communication, jurisdiction, curse of knowledge, relationship, social work, professionell, samverkan, kommunikation, jurisdiktion, kunskapens förbannelse, relation, socialt arbete
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9198209
- date added to LUP
- 2025-06-13 12:02:16
- date last changed
- 2025-06-13 12:02:16
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abstract = {{Social work has a longstanding tradition of cooperation with other professionals. In Sweden, social workers and other professionals who deal with the health and social standing of people are mandated by law to cooperate. Social service administrators are central in the scientific field of professional cooperation because of their frequent cooperation with other professionals. The purpose of this paper is to understand the relations between professionals within professions in the Swedish welfare system, based on interviews with 6 different administrators within Swedish social services. We aim to research how this cooperation affects our informants' work as well as the processes that complicate collaborative work between professionals. Our results showed a collective dissatisfaction that showed that gaps in knowledge between different professionals caused issues in the cooperation processes. These gaps are rooted in the professions themselves, and a cognitive bias relating to knowledge. The road to bridging these gaps can be found in professional relationships, based on mutual understanding. We found that professional relationships thrived with frequent and informative communication, which helped bridge the knowledge gaps between professionals. Furthermore, we found that certain organisations tended to cooperate more frequently with each other, which resulted in more effective relationships and cooperation between professionals.}},
author = {{Löfgren, Isak and Svensson, Viktor}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Samverkan och vikten av kunskapen - En studie om vad som hindrar och främjar samverkansprocesser inom socialtjänsten}},
year = {{2025}},
}