Search for dissertations about: "social work profession"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 112 swedish dissertations containing the words social work profession.

2. 1. Managing social work : Organisational conditions and everyday work for managers in the Swedish social services

   Author : Emelie Shanks; Tommy Lundström; Åke Bergmark; Staffan Höjer; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social work; managers; social work management; social work administration; social work leadership; human service management; managerialism; marketisation; New Public Management; organisational conditions; social services; Social Work; socialt arbete;

   Abstract : The personal social services in Sweden have undergone major changes during recent decades, partly due to the reforms caused by the influence of New Public Management (NPM) and partly due to the trend towards greater specialisation. These changes have had consequences for both social work management and for social work practice. READ MORE

4. 2. Shifting Subordination : Co-located interprofessional collaboration betweenteachers and social workers

   Author : Anette Bolin; Högskolan Väst; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interprofessional collaboration; social work; teaching; professions; Social work; Socialt arbete; Socialt arbete; Social work; interprofessional collaboration; social work; teaching; professions; jurisdiction; subordination; discretion;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to describe and analyse the practice processes involved in colocated interprofessional collaboration. The study took place in a resource school where social workers and teachers collaborate on an everyday basis around children who are both in receiptof special educational support and interventions from social services. READ MORE

5. 3. Localised Globalities and Social Work : Contemporary Challenges

   Author : Jessica H. Jönsson; Masoud Kamali; Mona Livholts; Vishanthie Sewpaul; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Globalisation; global social problems; glocalisation; multiple modernities; neoliberalism; social work; West-centric development;

   Abstract : Recent global and structural transformations, a West-centric development agenda and the triumph of neoliberal politics have led to destructive consequences for many local communities and individual life chances. The global dominance of the West-centric development agenda, with its roots in the colonial past, has created uneven developments and an unjust world in which Western countries continue to gain advantages and increase their prosperity. READ MORE

6. 4. To Blend in or Stand out? - Hospital Social Workers' Jurisdictional Work in Sweden and Germany

   Author : Manuela Sjöström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cross-national case study; health care; hospital social work; jurisdiction; profession; professional association; professional subgroup; subordination;

   Abstract : This dissertation describes, analyses, and compares the means by which hospital social work associations in Sweden and Germany pursue their members’ professionalization through ‘jurisdictional work’. The time period covered by the research is 1989 through 2008. READ MORE

7. 5. Knowledge in practice : The feasibility of recovery capital in Swedish alcohol and other drug treatment

   Author : Sofia Härd; Ninive von Greiff; Lisa Skogens; Kerstin Svensson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; the recovery model; recovery capital; alcohol and other drug treatment; assessment tools; feasibility study; transferability; applicability; jurisdiction; social work practice; socialt arbete; Social Work;

   Abstract : The recovery model, endorsed by various governmental bodies, emphasises the integration of a recovery perspective into alcohol and drug policy, with a focus on post-treatment interventions such as housing, employment and education needs. In an effort to enhance the utility of the recovery perspective in treatment, the concept of recovery capital (RC) has been used as a foundation for operationalisations used to measure treatment needs and progress. READ MORE