The purpose of this study is to show and discuss the work and the efforts that are made for children and young asylum seekers in the Swedish society, focusing on the rights of the child. My aim was also to discuss whether Sweden complies with the Convention on the rights of the child in asylum cases. My questions were: What rights do children and young asylum seekers have compared to adults? How a

The purpose of this essay was to describe and analyze how media report on Swedish social services’ work with children and adolescents and if this has changed over time. The theoretical and methodological perspective applied was a discourse analytic approach from which 15 articles from a big national Swedish newspaper was selected. In addition have two qualitative interviews been carried out, one w

For the whole family, the baptism of a child is a meaningful event. In Sweden, parents are often not married when the first child is born. For these families the baptism is the first event the couple experiences together in the church. This paper examines how the understanding of baptism differs between married and unmarried couples. The thesis I am going to investigate assumes, that unmarried cou

Author: Emil Bengtsson Title: Diversity perspectives – a hermeneutic study of successful diversity management in three organizations in southern Sweden[translated title] Supervisor: Annika Capelán Assessor: Gunilla Lindén The purpose of this study was to investigate the perspectives held regarding diversity in Swedish organizations considered successful in their diversity management. The first f

The purpose of this essay was to study and analyze which ethical problems civil servants that work with LVM (law of non-voluntary treatment for addicts) experience and their point of view at their work with LVM. Civil servants in this essay, refers to the workers at LVM-homes that treat the addicts and the investigators at social office for grownup addicts. The method used was qualitative intervie

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka vilket drogförebyggande arbete som görs inom grundskolan idag samt vilka attityder skolsköterskor, kuratorer och drogsamordnare har till införandet av slumpmässiga, frivilliga drogtester i skolan. Med studiens syfte som utgångspunkt valdes kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer som metod för insamling av empiriskt material. Teorier som vi har valt att använThis study aims at examining which type of drug prevention programs exist in compulsory schools today and what school nurses, counsellors and drug coordinators attitudes are towards Landskrona Kommuns decision to introduce random voluntary drug testing in schools. With the aim of this study as a starting point we chose to take a qualitative approach to gathering empirical data through semi structu

English title: Song writing and gender. The purpose of this study has been to find out if there are any differences between women's and men's song writing processes, primarily in the singer/songwriter genre. I have interviewed three female songwriters and three men about their way of writing songs. The result shows mainly that there are not any gender related differences in the way songs a

The cases of sexually transmitted diseases and abortions among teenagers in Sweden are increasing. Mainly among youth in the ages 15 to 24 years. Our purpose with this study was to look at the reason for this by answering the question; why do youth expose themselves to the risks associated with unprotected sex? To answer this question we chose to do a quantitative survey by letting students in Lun

Studien vill genom analys och komparation av två litterära verk, sprungna ur olikartade genrer, visa hur berättelsens förhållande till verkligheten kan te sig. Diskussionen förs kring de sanningsbegrepp och sanningsanspråk som kommer till uttryck i de två verken, liksom kring författarroller och genretillhörighet. Studien utgår från det grundläggande antagandet att det föregår en ständig växelverk

When the law that allowed same-sex couples register as partners gained legal force, the possibility for being considered as adoptive parents also opened up. This raised the question of whether homosexuals should be treated differently during the adoption proceedings. In this essay we have chosen to investigate the adoption social workers perception regarding family and sexual orientation and how t

Detta är en etnografisk studie vars syfte är att ur ett miljöpedagogiskt perspektiv analysera vad djur har för medverkan på ett behandlingshem och vad djuren kan betyda för de människor som finns på behandlingshemmet. Denna undersökning ska alltså belysa djurs betydelse inom socialt arbete. Detta intresse är under utveckling i Sverige men vi ligger långt efter många andra länder inom detta område.

Supervisor: Annika Capelán Assessor: Olle Frödin The purpose of this study was to explore the participants' experience of the ongoing integration project “Integration through work” in the south of Sweden. This was done empirically by performing semi-structured, qualitative interviews with eight of the project´s participants from a theoretical perspective based on the concepts of marginalizati

ABSTRACT Authors: Lina Allerkrans, Erika Ericsson Title: Between bitch and glamour Supervisor: Maria Bangura Arvidsson Assessor: Torbjörn Hjort Our purpose with this essay was to study the movie “High School Musical” and examine how young people interpreted gender roles and how it affects them when exposed to it in media. Using Giddens theory regarding media and identity in modern society and S

Att organisationer använder personalpolicys som en del i ett värdegrundsarbete är idag vanligt förekommande. Det finns gott om tidigare forskning kring organisationsförändringar, men inte som specifikt inriktar sig på värdegrundsfrågor. Den här studien har berört tankegångar hos en arbetsgrupp som varit ledande i framtagningen av en ny personalpolicy för Malmö Stad. Studien har genomförts i form a

Exhaustion due to long term stress, commonly known as burnout, is becoming increasingly frequent in Swedish society. There are different theories regarding the cause of burnout. However, our point of departure was to consider burnout as a work related problem rather than a private life related problem. The purpose of this study is to investigate preventive methods against burnout in the social ser

Anställningsbarhet lanseras som en nyckel till framgång i arbetslivet, i det arbetsliv där förändring och utveckling är tongivande och fortsatt lärande anses nödvändigt. Vad anställningsbarhet är kan ses som exempel på en diskurs; alltså vad som i en viss given kontext uttrycks som självklart och naturligt. Att diskutera språkets makt ger upphov till intressanta perspektiv på hur diskursen påverka

Vi har genomfört en fallstudie på ett svenskt säljbolag som ingår i ett internationellt koncernbolag. Koncernchefen för det internationella bolaget styrde på ett mycket hierarkiskt sätt, vilket stred mot ägarfamiljens värderingar. Då klyftan mellan deras värderingar var för stor för att kunna överbryggas avsattes koncernchefen år 2001. Sedan dess har företaget satsat mycket på att förändra organis

Abstract Authors: Katarina Dahlqvist, Helena Paulsson Title: Best interests of the child – An essay on the child's right to the stepparent Supervisor: Maria Bangura Arvidsson Assessor: Anders Östnäs Our work started in Föräldrabalken 6:9, 1 pcs, which says that if parents have joint custody and should one of them die the custody goes to the other parent. This reason finds its right in the core

The aim of this essay is to examine discourses in statements for young offenders aged 15 to 17 years written by the social service in closed criminal cases. The discourses are based on constructions of social background, social values and behavior and acceptance. We have also chosen to look at how statements written by the social service are being used in the verdict and the possible impact on the

Motivational work is a complex subject as well as being an extensive part of the modern addiction treatment. A national survey from 2001 report that motivational work is a necessity in a successful addiction treatment. On the other hand the same survey also identifies a lack of evidence-based methods. The purpose of this essay was to examine the motivational work within the social services and hea