"Det kanske låter jättetydligt men i praktiken är det inte det" - En kvalitativ intervjustudie om socialsekreterares upplevelser utav och förberedelser inför den nya socialtjänstlagen
(2025) SOPB63 20251School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The current Swedish Social Services Act is based on the law that entered into force in 1982. The society has since then extensively changed, and new social issues have arisen. Therefore, the Swedish government handed over a proposition on the 23rd of January 2025, suggesting the implementation of a new law for social services. The purpose of this study has been to investigate perceptions of and preparations for the new Social Services Act among social workers within social services. Six semi-structured interviews with social workers in municipal social services were conducted. Lipsky's (2010) theory, Street-level bureaucracy, and Lundquist's (1992) conceptual concepts understand, able, and will [own translation] were used as an analytical... (More)
- The current Swedish Social Services Act is based on the law that entered into force in 1982. The society has since then extensively changed, and new social issues have arisen. Therefore, the Swedish government handed over a proposition on the 23rd of January 2025, suggesting the implementation of a new law for social services. The purpose of this study has been to investigate perceptions of and preparations for the new Social Services Act among social workers within social services. Six semi-structured interviews with social workers in municipal social services were conducted. Lipsky's (2010) theory, Street-level bureaucracy, and Lundquist's (1992) conceptual concepts understand, able, and will [own translation] were used as an analytical framework. The study has shown that workload, lack of support, and accountability shifting affected how the social workers perceived the law and its impact. The analysis first presented that social workers understand the content of the new Social Services Act, but not how the law will affect their way of working in practical terms. This affects the social workers’ discretion in their professional role. Secondly, the analysis indicates that resource constraints within the social services, partly due to current duties, results in difficulties for the social workers to be able to implement the new law. Finally, social workers express a positive perception of the new Social Services Act and are therefore willing to adapt to the new law, despite strategies such as withdrawal. (Less)
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- author
- Holmlund, Liv LU and Björkgren, Embla LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPB63 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Social Services Act, social services, social worker, social work, implementation, implementation of law, street-level bureaucracy, Sweden. Socialtjänstlagen, socialtjänsten, socialsekreterare, socialt arbete, implementering, implementering av lag, gräsrotsbyråkrati, Sverige
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9201384
- date added to LUP
- 2025-06-19 15:20:40
- date last changed
- 2025-06-19 15:20:40
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abstract = {{The current Swedish Social Services Act is based on the law that entered into force in 1982. The society has since then extensively changed, and new social issues have arisen. Therefore, the Swedish government handed over a proposition on the 23rd of January 2025, suggesting the implementation of a new law for social services. The purpose of this study has been to investigate perceptions of and preparations for the new Social Services Act among social workers within social services. Six semi-structured interviews with social workers in municipal social services were conducted. Lipsky's (2010) theory, Street-level bureaucracy, and Lundquist's (1992) conceptual concepts understand, able, and will [own translation] were used as an analytical framework. The study has shown that workload, lack of support, and accountability shifting affected how the social workers perceived the law and its impact. The analysis first presented that social workers understand the content of the new Social Services Act, but not how the law will affect their way of working in practical terms. This affects the social workers’ discretion in their professional role. Secondly, the analysis indicates that resource constraints within the social services, partly due to current duties, results in difficulties for the social workers to be able to implement the new law. Finally, social workers express a positive perception of the new Social Services Act and are therefore willing to adapt to the new law, despite strategies such as withdrawal.}},
author = {{Holmlund, Liv and Björkgren, Embla}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{"Det kanske låter jättetydligt men i praktiken är det inte det" - En kvalitativ intervjustudie om socialsekreterares upplevelser utav och förberedelser inför den nya socialtjänstlagen}},
year = {{2025}},
}