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- Denvall, Verner, et al.
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Dunderhonung för socialt arbete? En studie av MI:s användbarhet inom försörjningsstöd
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Ingår i: Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift. - Norrköping : Linköpings universitet. - 1104-1420 .- 2003-5624. ; 27:3-4, s. 227-248
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- MI, motivational interviewing, is a counseling method for increasing a person's motivation for behavior change with a large prevalence in social work. MI emphasizes building trusting social worker-client relationships and is presented as concrete and simple to follow. MI's benefit is limited by actual opportunities for change through poverty, the labor market and health. The article aims to critically examine MI's usefulness in connection with the handling of social assistance. It is based on a study of the use of an assessment instrument and of individual action-plans (contracts) in a municipality where MI is a central tool. The study is based on analyzes of documents, individual interviews and group interviews with staff as well as observations of meetings and training.The results show that MI has been integrated into a comprehensive implementation of other elements to standardize initiatives within income support. The client's obligations are emphasized through a strong individual focus, despite that extensive efforts may be needed from actors in the environment. The action-plans have inherent problems in terms of clarity and legal certainty. The authors argue that it is paradoxical to use a method based on alliances and collaboration in connection with conditional decisions. The use of MI becomes a commitment that lacks reciprocity and whose activation of self-technologies can be questioned.
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- Denvall, Verner, et al.
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Metagoverning social work knowledge structures.
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Ingår i: Nordic Social Work Research. - : Taylor & Francis. - 2156-857X .- 2156-8588. ; 12:5, s. 808-822
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The increasing fragmentation and the rising number of organizations in society create major challenges when implementing policy. In this article, we propose that the concept of metagovernance is useful when addressing these challenges in the governance of knowledge structures. The enhancement of knowledge structures in the Swedish social services is our study object. Networks at national, regional and local levels have been organized and facilitated by national resources and agreements since 2003. The shifting of participants, switching assignments and ambiguity about the networks’ purposes created difficult conditions for successful implementation. In this paper we argue that fragile top-down government and shifting local network organization provide limited opportunities to ensure that new knowledge structures will have an impact on social work practice. Research is based upon monitoring a national program that started in 2003, affecting five universities and their surrounding regions and municipalities. The article is also based upon observations and interviews among national and regional actors. Results show that national agencies are hands-off, but still in control by setting up legal and discursive frameworks for those networks. It is argued that this creates new challenges for participating organizations and professionals in social work.
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- Fred, Mats, et al.
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Effektmätning : en överblick
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Ingår i: Alla pratar om det, men få gör det. - : Mötesplats Social Innovation. ; , s. 62-67
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Vi lever i en tid där så gott som allt skall dokumenteras, mätas och utvärderas. Men det är inte vilken typ av utvärdering som helst som på senare tid uppmuntras och förespråkas, utan framför allt den som säger sig sätta fokus på effekter, och det är just denna typ av mätning som är ämnet för detta kapitel.
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- Nordesjö, Kettil, 1981-, et al.
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Coping with Tensions between Standardization and Individualization in Social Assistance
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Ingår i: Nordic Social Work Research. - : Taylor & Francis Group. - 2156-857X .- 2156-8588. ; 12:4, s. 435-449
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Today’s ambition to adapt and individualize welfare delivery poses a challenge to human service organizations at the same time seeking to standardize clients, with consequences for street-level bureaucrats. In this article, the implementation of an instrument for standardized assessment of income support (IA) in Swedish social services is used to investigate what strategies street-level bureaucrats use to cope with tensions between standardization and individualization. Results from six focus groups in two organizations show how job coaches cope by individualizing their practice towards the client, while caseworkers equally often cope through standardization, which could work towards or against the client, in order to keep their discretion and handle organizational demands. Results point to a loose coupling between IA as an organizational tool for legitimacy, and as a pragmatically used questionnaire. Conflicts and contradictions are left to street-level bureaucrats to deal with.
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