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- "Det är så lätt att barnet försvinner i allt virrvarr...": Socialsekreterares resonemang kring återföreningsprincipen i arbetet med familjehemsplaceringar
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Social Work and Criminology.
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Social Work and Criminology.
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

Denna uppsats syftade till att undersöka hur socialsekreterare resonerar kring återföreningsprincipens betydelse för arbetet i familjehemsärenden. I två fokusgrupper diskuterades vad som ansågs vara hindrande respektive främjande faktorer för återförening, samt hur socialsekreterarna ser på sin egen roll i arbetet med familjehemsplaceringar. Mest framträdande främjande faktorer var biologiska föräldrars vilja och förmåga att tillgodose sig stöd och behandling (till exempel missbruksvård), ett regelbundet umgänge samt välfungerande familjehem. Som hindrande faktorer framkom främst barnets anknytning till familjehemmet och samarbetssvårigheter mellan familjehem och biologiska föräldrar. Gällande socialsekreterares syn på den egna rollen framkom en betydande komplexitet bestående av ett samspel med barnets nätverk, familjehemmets nätverk samt övriga samhällsaktörer. Resultatet analyserades utifrån ett anknytningsteoretiskt- och ett systemteoretiskt perspektiv, vilket synliggjorde anknytningens betydelse gällande en eventuell återförening. Dessutom framträdde komplexiteten i det system som omger det familjehemsplacerade barnet, vilket socialarbetaren både hanterar och är en del av. 

Abstract [en]

The aim of this essay was to study social workers’ reasoning regarding the principle of reunification in foster care cases. In two focus group interviews, factors hindering or promoting reunification were discussed, as well as the social worker’s perceptions regarding their own role in the work with foster care cases.  The biological parents’ willingness and ability to receive and utilize offered support and treatment (eg. addiction treatment), continuous contact with their children, and well functioning foster homes emerged as central promoting factors. The strength of the child's existing attachment to the foster parents, and the level of uncooperativeness between foster families and biological parents appeared as most hindering. The social workers' discussions about their own role, highlighted the complexity of handling both private and professional networks in foster care. The results were analysed from both attachment theory and ecological systems theory perspectives, which highlighted the crucial importance of attachment between children and foster parents. Furthermore, the complex adaptive system in foster care work both in which social workers are participatory and by which they are affected.  

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2021. , p. 53
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Social Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-36736OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-36736DiVA, id: diva2:1577789
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Social work
Educational program
Social work
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Available from: 2021-08-09 Created: 2021-07-04 Last updated: 2025-10-02Bibliographically approved

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