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Socialarbetarens hjälpande hand – en stjälpande hand för den egna psykiska hälsan?: En studie om socialarbetares arbetsbelastning, psykiska ohälsa samt stöd på arbetsplatser
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Social Work and Criminology, Social Work.
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Social Work and Criminology, Social Work.
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
The Social Worker’s Helping Hand – a Harmful Hand for Their Own Mental Health? : A Study of Social Workers’ Workload, Mental Health Issues and Job Support (English)
Abstract [sv]

Syftet med studien var att undersöka om det fanns ett samband mellan arbetsbelastning och psykisk ohälsa hos socialarbetare. Syftet var även att jämföra arbetsbelastning, psykisk ohälsa samt stöd i form av rollförväntningar, egenkontroll samt socialt stöd på arbetsplatser hos olika enheter inom socialtjänsten. Totalt deltog 69 socialarbetare från tre olika typer av enheter: ekonomiskt bistånd (n=34), bistånd Socialtjänstlagen (SoL) och Lag om stöd och service till vissa funktionshindrade (LSS) (n=34) samt barn och familj (n=1). Barn och familj exkluderades utifrån låg svarsfrekvens. En korrelationsanalys visade att det fanns ett samband mellan arbetsbelastning och psykisk ohälsa och fyra oberoende t-tester visade att endast socialt stöd skiljde sig åt mellan enheterna. I diskussionen diskuteras förklaringsmodeller till resultatet utifrån krav-, kontroll- och stödmodellen, tidigare forskning och metod. 

Abstract [en]

The aim of the study was to examine if there was a correlation between workload and mental health issues for social workers. The aim was also to compare workload, mental health issues and support in terms of role expectations, control, and social support in Swedish social services. A total of 69 social workers from three different kinds of units participated: economic support (n=34), support from Law of Social Welfare (SoL) and the Law of Support and Service for Persons with certain Functional Impairments (LSS) (n=34) and child welfare (n=1). Child welfare was excluded due to the low response rate. A correlation analysis showed that there was a significant correlation between workload and mental health issues. Four independent t-tests showed that only social support differed between the units. In the discussion the results are being discussed through the Job-Demand-Control-Support Model, previous research and the method. 

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2021. , p. 44
Keywords [en]
job support, mental health issues, social worker, workload
Keywords [sv]
arbetsbelastning, arbetsplatsers stöd, psykisk ohälsa, socialarbetare
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Social Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-36700OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-36700DiVA, id: diva2:1576992
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Social work
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Social work
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Available from: 2021-07-02 Created: 2021-07-01 Last updated: 2021-07-02Bibliographically approved

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