"Konstruktionen av lämplighet": - En kvalitativ studie om socialsekreterares resonemang vid placering av ensamkommande barn i nätverkshem
2015 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
“The construction of suitability” : - Social workers reasoning regarding placing unaccompanied children in kinship care (English)
Abstract [en]
The main purpose of this study was to examine how social workers in Swedish social services reason and construct suitability regarding placing unaccompanied children in kinship care. In total five social workers participated in this study, attending qualitative semi-structured interviews where they ranked twenty characteristics regarding suitability. We wanted to examine their reasoning through theories about childrens needs and the characteristics of suitability regarding the relatives. Through the result we found that social workers in Swedish social services have similar experiences about placing unaccompanied children in kinship care. In their assessments the social workers tend to think about what the children would want for themselves. When it comes to the relatives’ suitability the social workers appreciate the fact that they come from the same culture and speak the same language.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2015. , p. 65
Keywords [en]
Unaccompanied children, suitability, kinship care, foster care, social worker
Keywords [sv]
Ensamkommande barn, lämplighet, nätverkshem, familjehem, socialarbetare
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-46341OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-46341DiVA, id: diva2:854363
Educational program
Social Work Study Programme, 210 credits
Supervisors
Examiners
2015-09-162015-09-162015-09-16Bibliographically approved