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- Anttila, Sten, 1958-, et al.
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"Utvärdering av sociala insatser kräver medverkan av folk från fältet"
- 2016
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Ingår i: Medicinsk vetenskap & praxis : information från SBU. - Stockholm : Statens beredning för medicinsk och social utvärdering (SBU). - 1104-1250. ; :1, s. 8-9
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Framgångsrika utvärderingar på socialtjänstens område är beroende av information från både forskare, socialarbetare och brukare. Det skriver Sten Anttila på SBU och Björn Blom, professor i socialt arbete i Umeå.
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- Blom, Björn, 1965-, et al.
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A Comparative Analysis of Social Services Organizations in Sweden and China. Lessons for Social Work and Social Development Practice
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Ingår i: SWSD 2016. - Seoul.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The presentation covers a comparative analysis of social services organizations in Sweden and China, which includes lessons for social work and social development practice.The presentation describes how social services organizations in Sweden and China have developed since the 1970s, as well as their current state. This is followed by an analysis of these country's social services organizations, which focus on main advantages and disadvantages, for social workers and service users/clients. In conclusion, we present lessons for social work as well as the social development practice. The presentation is based on our own empirical research and a review of previous research in this area.Sweden is one of the world’s most developed welfare states and has had publicly organized social services, on a municipal level, since the 1950s. China has not had well-developed and modern systems of social welfare and social service. Moreover, the traditional social welfare system in China, formed during the planned economy era (1953-1978), is not adequate for the modern China. However, China is currently developing a welfare system with publicly organized social services. The Chinese transformation project is partly inspired from other countries, including Sweden.The presentation includes a discussion of two common assumptions: 1) that social services organizations in western welfare states have been developed optimally, and that non-welfare states only need to copy them to obtain well-functioning social services, and 2) that welfare states like Sweden have little to learn from countries like China, concerning social services organizations. We argue that these assumptions are incorrect, e.g. by showing that social services organizations are not universally appropriate, and that such organizations cannot be detached from the culture and mentality in a country.
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- Blom, Björn, 1965-, et al.
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Decision-making in problematic situations : reflections on social workers’ use of knowledge and implications for social work research
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Currently there is an effort to make social workers act according to principles of evidence-based practice. This approach assumes that by supporting social workers with reviews of “what works”, or practice guidelines, decision-making, and knowledge use will improve.Our paper discusses decision-making and knowledge use in social work practice. What kind of knowledge is used? How is decision-making conditioned by contextual contingencies? What are the implications for social work research?The paper draws on two studies of social workers. From the study Social Workers and Doctors Use of Knowledge in Practice, written narratives describing problematic situations where decision-making were hampered were collected. The participants (29 social workers) were experienced and came from different areas of the Swedish social services.The project “Specialization or integration in the Personal Social Services?” studied how specialised respectively integrated organisations condition interventions and outcomes. We studied three organisational models using several research methods: 1) survey among social workers, 2) interviewing politicians, mangers and social workers, 3) focus groups with social workers, 4) analysing official documents, guidelines etc.Decision-making and knowledge use proved to be more complex than usually assumed within the EBP paradigm. It is seldom just a matter of rational decision-making and matching specific interventions and well-defined social problems. The character of the interaction with clients conditions social workers’ decision-making and use of knowledge. Interaction with clients, perceived as being “problematic”, causes a rupture in social workers’ professional routine practice, which affects decision-making and knowledge use.The predominant discourse on decision-making and knowledge use focuses on "the best” kind of knowledge, how knowledge should be implemented, as well as professionals’ motivation and competence. Professional action is largely viewed as a rational cognitive process. However, this is insufficient and policy-makers and social work researcher should focus more on social and relational aspects (i.e. client encounters) of decision-making and knowledge use.
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- Blom, Björn, 1965-
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Generative mechanisms in social work practice : how they differ from other types of mechanisms
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The focus of my presentation is generative mechanisms, a basic concept and phenomenon within the meta-theoretical perspective of critical realism. Briefly, a generative mechanism is as a trans-empirical but real existing entity, making events occur. Mechanisms are mostly possible to grasp only indirectly by analytical work (theory building), based however on empirical observations. More specifically I will concentrate on generative mechanisms in social work practice, and how they differ from other types of generative mechanisms.
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- Blom, Björn, 1965-, et al.
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Hur bör socialtjänstens IFO organiseras?
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Ingår i: Tidskriften Socionomen. - Stockholm : Akademikerförbundet SSR. - 0283-1929. ; :4, s. 12-16
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Blom, Björn, 1965-, et al.
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Inledning : Utvärdering i socialt arbete
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Ingår i: Utvärdering i socialt arbete. - Stockholm : Natur & Kultur. - 9789127119826 ; , s. 17-33
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- Blom, Björn, 1965-, et al.
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Kritisk realistisk utvärdering
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Ingår i: Utvärdering i socialt arbete. - Stockholm : Natur & Kultur. - 9789127119826 ; , s. 139-154
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