Att placera eller inte placera i släktinghem, det är frågan : En studie kring familjehemsplaceringar - lagstiftning, attityder och handläggning inom socialtjänsten
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description: In the licentiate thesis my starting point is the Social Service Act and specifically, chapter 6, paragraph 5 which directs one to primarily consider the suitability of placing a child with a relative or a person known to the family. The objective of the thesis is to examine how the topic concerning placement with relatives arose and how the regulation reflects on child care within social work. An additional objective is to further examine the social workers attitude towards placement with relatives. Interviews, mainly with social workers and a few key persons, were carried out and, in addition, studies of case files from four towns were made.The regulation regarding the primary consideration of placement with relatives or known persons originates from a Parliament initiative in 1998. The Congress Parties demanded that a regulation should be introduced and referred to claims from the public and from International research findings that demonstrated the advantages from the child's perspective of placement with relatives.Of the placements initiated during the year 2003, 15% of the placements of the children and youngsters were with relatives. In 2004 this figure was reduced to 14% including also placements with persons known to the child's family. According to the statistics there has been no significant increase in the number of children that have been placed with relatives between the years 1998 and 2003.According to my research there is a positive attitude amongst the social workers interviewed to place the children with relatives. What the interviewees saw as a positive outcome of placements with relatives, was primarily that it is less difficult for the child to adapt to this familiar environment compared to the experiences when subjected to strangers. In addition, the placement with relatives gives the child a much greater opportunity for continuity. In contrast to this view some social workers were fearful that inherited harmful family patterns and behaviour co…
abstract: In the licentiate thesis my starting point is the Social Service Act and specifically, chapter 6, paragraph 5 which directs one to primarily consider the suitability of placing a child with a relative or a person known to the family. The objective of the thesis is to examine how the topic concerning placement with relatives arose and how the regulation reflects on child care within social work. An additional objective is to further examine the social workers attitude towards placement with relatives. Interviews, mainly with social workers and a few key persons, were carried out and, in addition, studies of case files from four towns were made.The regulation regarding the primary consideration of placement with relatives or known persons originates from a Parliament initiative in 1998. The Congress Parties demanded that a regulation should be introduced and referred to claims from the public and from International research findings that demonstrated the advantages from the child's perspective of placement with relatives.Of the placements initiated during the year 2003, 15% of the placements of the children and youngsters were with relatives. In 2004 this figure was reduced to 14% including also placements with persons known to the child's family. According to the statistics there has been no significant increase in the number of children that have been placed with relatives between the years 1998 and 2003.According to my research there is a positive attitude amongst the social workers interviewed to place the children with relatives. What the interviewees saw as a positive outcome of placements with relatives, was primarily that it is less difficult for the child to adapt to this familiar environment compared to the experiences when subjected to strangers. In addition, the placement with relatives gives the child a much greater opportunity for continuity. In contrast to this view some social workers were fearful that inherited harmful family patterns and behaviour co…
author: Linderot, Sofia
language: swe
keywords: Social Work
date published: 2006
date modified: 2026-07-24T03:00:02Z
provider: University of Lund
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: Lund University