The purpose of this essay was to describe how it is possible for a treatment centre to create favourable conditions for a successful moving out, and what support is required after moving out to maintain a positive way of life. My central questions were: what does a person need to be able to develop/change and how can you work with this at the treatment centre? What are the required conditions for

Our main purpose was to enlighten the importance for the "samverkans-" project for the children of parents with a psychological disorder. The purpose of our empirical study was to examine if this project supports and give benefit to the children, a threatened group. Our questions were: How does the reality appear for a child of parents with a psychological disorder from a professional po

There are many children in Sweden today, approximately between 100.000 and 200.000, who have a parent that abuse drugs. Under what circumstances are they living and what consequences will it have for the children's development? In this essay, I will describe some of the literature about these children. I have also interviewed 8 children, who have participated in a groupactivity for children th

The purpose of this essay was to examine and shed light on how girls in their late teens look upon themselves, their present situation and their future. The aim was also to show how they through different experiences have shaped and developed their identity. ¨ What is the girls point of view according to general ideals and norms directed to women, and what do they think about different characters,

This is a study of disabled student’s situation at the University of Lund. The aim was to examine the situation of disabled students by looking at how some of the educations consider the needs of these students and how they experience their own situation. These were the main issues: Are disabled students social discriminated at the University of Lund? How do disabled students experience other stud

This thesis analyses the debate in Swedish newspapers concerning syringe exchange schemes (SES) during two periods, the late 1980s and the early 2000s. Firstly, we compared the debate between the two periods. Secondly, we made a more thorough analysis of the late period using social constructionist theory. Which are the main issues for the different actors in the debate? How do their views differ

The aim was to find out how nurses at a county hospital, came to the conclusion to bring about contact with the hospital social worker. A qualitative method was used. Unstructured interviews focused on different themes connected to the aim of the study. The questions at issue intended to shed light on what it means that the occupational field of the nurses is nursing when it comes to understanding

The purpose of this essay is to investigate if there are any factors in the childhood and in the creating of our self- image which can explain why some people become drug abusers, and the feelings they live with under the abuse. This essay investigates the importance of self-image in an individual’s choice of a life of drug abuse, the strategies used to hide deviant behaviour, the emotions that un

The purpose for this study was to see if Swedish handicap policy is living up to the goal too give disabled women full citizenship. Handicap policy is studied from outcomes of the decisions from the Swedish law of help and service for some disabled (LSS) and from the socially law (SoL) during year 2000 in Staffanstorp community. The main question is; How's the welfare for disabled women? The m

The purpose of our essay was to conduct a comparative study of development of competence within child welfare in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen and Kirseberg in the city of Malmö. The purpose was also to describe and analyse the social workers individual experiences of needs and possibilities to take part of recent knowledge within child welfare. Central questions were; is the development of competence

The purpose of this study was to examine what possibilities and obstacles there are in using art as a method in social work with children and youth. Our questions were: · When and where is art as a method used in social work with children and youth? · How is art as a method used with children and youth? · What are the possibilities and obstacles in using art as a method with children and youth? ·

Sjöbo - countryside in Sweden, became famous for something that isn´t flattering. They made a vote against refugees with residence permit and didn´t change their minds for more than 12 years. Since the year 2000 they have recieved refugees. This is an explorative study where we have chosen to interview four local politicians and two clerks from Sjöbo community. We looked at the change from a no to

The purpose of this paper was to study how gender is represented and passed on in a small number of juvenile books. I wanted to find out what parts girls and boys play in the stories, in what circumstances they figure and which problems they are ascribed. I chose six popular books for the youth, and studied them meticulously. The study is qualitative and I asked the text questions just like you wo

This essay tries to find out if the big city, the metropolis, can offer a free life for its inhabitants. The criteria for a free life are that you have individual freedom, tolerance, anonymity and heterogeneity. This means that the big city holds a diverse population with different life styles, views on life, attitudes and more. Do these heterogeneous consequences come from a tolerant atmosphere?

Anorexia nervosa is a psychological disorder characterized by an aversion to eating and fear of gaining weight. Our aim was to examine and obtain an understanding of what causes the individual to develop anorexia nervosa. We also wanted to point out different methods of treatment available to the patients. Our questions at issue were: What major causes and life events might initiate the developmen

The goal for this essay was to achieve knowledge about the discoveries and experiences with the Marte Meo- method through the interviews with professional social workers and a client. The four questions in the essay were: · What expectations did the social workers have of the lessons in the method? · What experiences did they have of the lessons in the method? · What expectations did the social wo

The purpose of this essay was to study how four municipalities have arranged their support to women who are exposed to violence. The purpose was also to study if the legislator's intentions and the National board of health and welfare's recommendations about Socialtjänstlagen 5:11 were fulfilled. The legislator and the National board of health and welfare recommended the welfare offices to

The aim of this paper was to examine which theories on suicide that exist, and to compare the reasons given by the different theories why some people kill themselves. This has been done as an analysis of litterature within the field. The two main theories are the sociological theory and the psychological theory. The sociological theory explains suicides to be due to factors in society, while the p

This is a qualitative study of the children's home Onesimus' Brothers. In 1992 pastor Dugulescu decided to start a program to meet the streetchildrens needs. The purpose of this paper was to explore how the children's orphanage is organised and what the purpose and the methods of the work are. The question asked were: * How has the institutional care on the orphanage developed and chan

Keywords: Migration, Women, Germany, Sweden, the Welfare State The purpose with this research was to study ten Swedish women’s immigration to North Rhine - Westphalia in Germany. The main questions covered: 1. Reasons for immigration. 2. Experiences of the immigration process. 3. Description of everyday life in Germany. The research is based on a qualitative method. The interviews were half struct