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"Det är ju fängelse för barn": Institutionsvård ur socialsekreterares perspektiv
Mälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Health and Welfare.
Mälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Health and Welfare.
Mälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Health and Welfare.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

Hur samhället hanterar de barn med störst problematik och beteendeproblem har länge debatterats i Sverige. Socialtjänsten har begränsade vårdalternativ för dessa barn och de placeras ofta på institution. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka socialsekreterares erfarenheter av dilemman och komplexitet kring att behöva fatta beslut om institutionsvård för barn. Studien bygger på en kvalitativ metodansats med semistrukturerade intervjuer. Totalt intervjuades sju socialsekreterare från tre kommuner i Mellansverige som har valts ut genom bekvämlighetsurval och snöbollsurval. Tematisk analys har använts för att analysera resultatet. Studiens teoretiska utgångspunkter är gräsrotsbyråkrati och Goffmans teori om totala institutioner. Resultatet visar att socialsekreterare upplever det komplext att bedöma barns bästa och att socialsekreterare upplever dilemman när de beslutar om placering på institution eftersom det ses som en “sista utväg”. Socialsekreterare beskriver stora brister i institutionsvården och de önskar mer utbildning för personalen på institutionerna. Därtill önskar de att det finns andra placeringsalternativ som är mer familjära för barn och unga som hamnar på institution.

Abstract [en]

In Sweden, there is a debate on how society handles children with extensive social and behavioral problematics, where the social services have limited care options and often place these children in institutional care. The aim of the study was to investigate social secretaries’ experiences of the dilemmas and complexity of deciding compulsory institutional care for children. The study is built on a qualitative method with semi structured interviews. In total, seven social secretaries from three municipalities in Sweden were interviewed. Convenience- and snowball sampling was used to find the respondents. The data was analysed using thematic analysis. The study’s theories are street level bureaucracy and Goffmans theory of total institution. The result shows that making decisions that are for the child’s best interest is complex and that social secretaries experiences dilemmas whilst deciding about placing children at institutions, because it is often a “last resort”. Social secretaries experience large flaws in compulsory care and they wish that the staff that works at the institutions, could get more education. In addition the social secretaries wish that there were other placements that were more family-like for children that usually end up at institution. 

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2023. , p. 39
Keywords [sv]
institutioner, dilemman, tvångsvård, komplexitet, socialsekreterare, statens institutionsstyrelse
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-61487OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-61487DiVA, id: diva2:1726909
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Available from: 2023-01-20 Created: 2023-01-13 Last updated: 2023-01-20Bibliographically approved

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