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- Cedersund, Elisabet, et al.
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Förändring och lärande i socialt arbete : Att utveckla metoder i socialt arbete med barn och familj samt inom äldreomsorgen via samarbete mellan organisationer
- 2012
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- De verksamheter som bedrivs inom socialt arbete är i ständigt i behov av utveckling och förändring. Samhället förändras och därmed villkoren för de människor som socialarbetare möter. Även de problem människor brottas med i sin vardag förändrar karaktär. Problemen tenderar i dag att vara mer komplexa och svårare att bemästra än tidigare. De krav som ställs innebär ofta att flera huvudmän ska samverka för att framgångsrika lösningar ska åstadkommas. Detta medför att socialarbetare måste bygga upp stabila strukturer för samarbete även utanför den egna organisationen, vilket ställer krav på god förmåga till samverkan på interorganisatorisk nivå. De förändringar som sker inom socialt arbete innebär att socialarbetarna förvänts ta del i ett eget lärande som bör fortgå under hela yrkeskarriären. Det ”livslånga lärandet” blir principen för att socialarbetaren ska kunna ta del av de nya metoder och arbetssätt som successivt utvecklas inom området. I detta paper kommer jag att utgå från följande två FoU-projekt som bedrivits i Sverige under det senaste årtiondet: 1. Ett projekt som rört utveckling av äldreomsorgens kultur- och fritidsaktiviteter riktade till äldre personer (Anbäcken, 2002); 2. Ett projekt som inriktats på utveckling av samtalsstöd för barn och föräldrar inom kommunal socialtjänst genomfört i samarbete med vuxenpsykiatrin (Cedersund, mfl. 2011). Syftet med papret är att beskriva och analysera de två utvalda projekten avseende följande:Vilka har initierat de två projekten och vilka aktörer har varit drivande under projektets genomförande? Vilka strukturer för samarbete med aktörer utanför den egna organisationen (utanför äldreomsorgen, alternativt utanför den kommunala socialtjänstens familjeverksamhet) har byggts upp under genomförandet av projekten? Vilka nya kunskaper har socialarbetarna i respektive FoU-projekt förvärvat under projektens gång, samt vilka metoder har utvecklats? Hur har det sociala arbetet förändrats och utvecklats inom projekten?Material som använts för beskrivning och analys av de två projekten består av den rapportering som genomförts av respektive projekt (Anbäcken, 2002; Cedersund. Mfl, 2011). Dessutom finns dokument samt annan skriftlig dokumentation av aktiviteter som genomförts i projekten, bl.a. i form av anteckningar från möten och utskrifter av intervjuer med deltagare i projekten. De analyser som genomförts utgår dels från perspektiv där interorganisatoriskt samarbete (se Jaffee 2008) står i fokus, dels med inriktning på livslångt lärande och kunskapsformer (Ellström mfl, 1996; Gustavsson, 2000).Resultaten visar att båda projekten baseras på en utveckling av interorganisatoriskt samarbete. I projekt 1 med inriktning på kultur- och fritidsverksamhet inom äldreomsorgen har samarbete med personal i äldreomsorg i andra kommuner utvecklats, samt samarbete med kulturarbetare och med forskare växt fram. I projekt 2 om samtalsstöd för barn och föräldrar har ett nära samarbete mellan socialtjänsten och vuxenpsykiatrin etablerats. Även här har forskare deltagit i projektet för dokumentation, som ”bollplank” och via partnerskap. I båda projekten har de professionella bidragit med utveckling av metoder i det egna arbetet, som innefattar utveckling av olika typer av kunnande. Nya perspektiv på socialt arbete har utvecklats, där socialarbetarens samarbete med andra aktörer fått en tydligare bas samt en större hållbarhet över tid.
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- Cedersund, Elisabet, 1950-, et al.
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Introduction
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Ingår i: New Tools in Welfare Research. - Uppsala : NSU-Press. - 9788787564977 ; , s. 9-16
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The anthology New Tools in Welfare Research presents various tools for qualitative and quantitative research on welfare, building on both new and established theoretical perspectives and research methods. The contributions were developed within the framework of the Nordic Summer University, and were thus influenced by different research traditions at colleges and universities in the Nordic countries.Research tools that get people involved are described; people's own statements and experiences are utilized and interpreted on the basis of established theoretical perspectives such as phenomenology, hermeneutics, and interactionism. The research approaches presented enable people of different ages to participate in formulating the image of their living conditions. This can be done together with children, adults, or old people in different life situations. It is also shown that comparative approaches may offer new insight into the various dimensions of the welfare system as a cultural practice.
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- Cedersund, Elisabet, et al.
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Introduction
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Ingår i: New Tools in Welfare Research. - Aarhus : Aarhus Universitetsforlag. - 9788787564977 ; , s. 19-32
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- Kvarnström, Susanne, 1958-
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Collaboration in Health and Social Care : Service User Participation and Teamwork in Interprofessional Clinical Microsystems
- 2011
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis addresses the relationship between citizens and the welfare state with a focus on the collaboration between service users and professionals in Swedish health and social care services. The overall aim of the thesis was to explore how professionals and service users experience collaboration in health and social care. Descriptive and interpretative study designs were employed in the four studies that comprise this thesis. A total of 87 persons participated in the four studies, including 22 service users and 65 front-line professionals. The research methods included focused group interviews, individual interviews and interactive participant reflection dialogues. The first study describes the discursive patterns in the front-line professionals’ constructions of ‘we the team’ which positions the service user as both a member and a non-member of the interprofessional team. The second study surfaces the difficulties of interprofessional teamwork as perceived by professionals. The third and the fourth studies explore how service users and professionals construct and perceive the concept of service user participation. The findings show that collaboration in terms of service user participation cannot only be understood as contract relationships between consumers and service providers. Service users and professionals perceive that there are several other ways to act as a citizen and for people to exercise human agency in relation to the welfare state. This thesis shows that the various conceptions of service user participation in interprofessional practice encompass dimensions that include themes of togetherness, understanding and interaction within the clinical microsystem. The findings of the four studies are discussed and used to create models that aim to conceptualise collaboration. These models can contribute to learning and improvement processes which facilitate the development of innovative service user-centered clinical microsystems in health and social care.
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- Kvarnström, Susanne, 1958-, et al.
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The dual faces of service user participation : Implications for empowerment processes in interprofessional practice
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Ingår i: Journal of Social Work. - : SAGE Publications. - 1468-0173 .- 1741-296X. ; 13:3, s. 287-307
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Summary: This article reports on an empirical research study exploring and describing variations in how front-line practitioners perceive service user participation (SUP), specifically in interprofessional practice. The settings comprised three Swedish health and social care organizations where the professionals worked in interprofessional teams: a program for chronic pain rehabilitation, a program for surgical treatment of obesity, and a short-term municipal home for older adults. The qualitative study design was informed by a phenomenographic approach and conducted as semi-structured individual interviews with 15 professionals representing nine professions, including social work.Findings: The main findings show seven qualitative variations in understanding of SUP: 1) inclusion in activities and social events, 2) obtaining guidance, 3) having self-determination and choice, 4) getting confirmation from and contact with professionals, 5) negotiating for adjustment, 6) personal responsibility through insight, and 7) circumstance surrounding SUP.Applications: The interprofessional dimensions discerned in the meaning attributed to SUP are mainly described in terms of amplified opportunities for participation. An interesting aspect of the findings is that in all the variations of perceptions of SUP, there are potentials to reverse to their opposites, that is, paradoxes that can be termed ‘the dual faces of service user participation’. These aspects stress the need for continuing reflection on practices among both front-line practitioners and managers in empowering and paternalistic processes and on constantly improving organizational and policy conditions to facilitate SUP.
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- Laragy, Carmel, et al.
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Support as a complement, intrusion and right : Evidence from ageing and disability support service users in Sweden and Australia
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. - : Wiley. - 0283-9318 .- 1471-6712. ; 25:4, s. 745-753
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- How service users conceptualise their personal support services is under researched, even though this understanding is important for responsive policy development and service implementation. This paper tests the proposition that service users understand formal support in three ways: support is a complement to their other arrangements, an intrusion into their personal life and a right. These three concepts were identified using discourse analysis in a Swedish study of older people wanting in-home support services. To test generalisability of these concepts, they were applied to data from an Australian study of people using disability personal support. The analysis found that the three concepts were core to people’s views of their support, although the construction of the concepts differed in the two countries. Service users in Sweden asserted their right to services more forcefully than those in Australia, and they had higher expectations that their support needs would be met. These differences reflect the impact of each country’s social policy environment on service users’ expectations. The analysis suggests that service users and their families want to control their formal support arrangements to complement their informal care and their life preferences and to minimise the intrusive aspects of formal support. The findings imply that the three concepts have utility for theorising service users’ perspectives, informing policy and developing implementation strategies which enhance peoples’ quality of life.
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New Tools in Welfare Research
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The anthology New Tools in Welfare Research presents various tools for qualitative and quantitative research on welfare, building on both new and established theoretical perspectives and research methods. The contributions were developed within the framework of the Nordic Summer University, and were thus influenced by different research traditions at colleges and universities in the Nordic countries.Research tools that get people involved are described; people's own statements and experiences are utilized and interpreted on the basis of established theoretical perspectives such as phenomenology, hermeneutics, and interactionism. The research approaches presented enable people of different ages to participate in formulating the image of their living conditions. This can be done together with children, adults, or old people in different life situations. It is also shown that comparative approaches may offer new insight into the various dimensions of the welfare system as a cultural practice.
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