Omvärldens snabba förändringstakt har bidragit till att det idag ställs högre krav på kommunernas socialtjänster. En utmaning är de nya krav som ställs på ledarskapet. Mot bakgrund av detta samt att den studerade kommunen identifierat ett behov av att kartlägga krav och förutsättningar gällande enhetschefer inom socialförvaltningen fann vi det relevant att titta närmare på enhetschefers arbetssitu

The aim of this study is to examine how social workers in child welfare identify and reflect on stress in order to research to what extent social workers understand and use empathy in their professional role. The aim was also to examine the extent to which these social workers have developed an understanding of secondary traumatic stress, a particular type of stress where empathy is identified as

Denna kandidatuppsats är en litteraturstudie som beskriver och analyserar definitionen samt användningen av mindfulness. Rapporter från Försäkringskassan och SBU visar på en skrämmande ökning av sjukfall relaterade till stress och psykisk ohälsa, vilket har lett till stor problematik för företag och organisationer ekonomiskt såväl som vid rekrytering och bemanning. Mindfulness är ett begrepp som p

Ångest och oro hos unga vuxna är idag ett aktuellt ämne. I denna studie undersöktes universitetsstuderande sistaårsstudenters oro inför sitt inträde på arbetsmarknaden och om denna oro kan bero på generell self-efficacy, egenskapsångest och/eller branschrelaterad arbetslivserfarenhet. Undersökningen var en enkätbaserad tvärsnittsstudie där stickprovet bestod av 93 studenter på Lunds universitet. TAnxiety and worry among young adults is a relevant topic today. In this study, the worry felt by last year university students as they enter the workforce were examined, and whether or not this worry can be due to self-efficacy, trait anxiety and/or branch related work experience. The study was based on a cross sectional poll, where the sample was 93 students enrolled at Lund University. Thirty si

This study aims to examine how support persons at anonymous support chat services describe their role in conversations with children who are abused by relatives and how they use their discretion to fulfil this role. Semistructured interviews were made with five support persons working at different anonymous support chats in Sweden. The analysis of data was guided by an interactionist perspective a

Uppsatsen handlar om den så kallade ansvarsgenombrottsteorin och dess principer. En hörnsten för aktiebolaget som associationsform är aktieägares begränsade ansvar för bolagets förpliktelser enligt 1 kap. 3 § Aktiebolagslagen (2005:551, ABL). Trots det har Högsta domstolen vid ett flertal fall ålagt aktieägare ansvar för ett bolags förpliktelser enligt principen om ansvarsgenombrott. AnsvarsgenombThe essay is about the so-called corporate veil and its principles. A cornerstone of a corporation as an association form is the limited liability of shareholders for the company's obligations under Chapter 1. § 3 Companies Act. Nevertheless, the Supreme Court has in several cases charged shareholders with liability for a company's obligations according to the principle of the corporate ve

Denna kvalitativa studie har genomförts i Lunds kommun och syftat till att beskriva och analysera, med utgångspunkt i HR-medarbetares upplevelser, hur HR-funktionen stödjer chefer i arbetet med kompetensförsörjning i en offentlig organisation. En avgränsning har gjorts genom valet att endast studera HR-medarbetares upplevelser kring stödet till cheferna i verksamheten. Då en induktiv ansats antagi

The purpose of this review is to evaluate effective distraction techniques that could be applicable to preschool children in the radiology department. Databases used for search were MEDLINE and CINAHL. Due to a lack of literature on distraction techniques in the radiology setting, studies included were from auxiliary health care practices. Results in less invasive interventions were positive when

Society and technology is constantly developing at an accelerating speed and today's health care is getting more advanced than ever. Advanced health care requires increasingly high levels of competence. In order to comply with the demands, organizations need to be flexible and encourage a learning environment in the workplace. One of the main issues in meeting the requirements is that there is

In 1968 the alternative artist Sture Johannesson was assigned the task of creating a poster for Underground, an exhibition that took place at Lunds Konsthall. The poster named Revolution means revolutionary consciousness! recieved tremendous attention due to its all too clear subversive messages. It seemed as if Johannesson was promoting a psychedelic, sexual and marxist revolution. The official d

It's not just boys that get ADHD- a quantitative attitudinal survey of social work students The purpose of this quantitative study was to research the attitudes that social work students in Sweden have towards people who have been diagnosed with ADHD. ADHD has been recognized and established within the medical community for over a century but the controversy surrounding the diagnosis has over

It can be seen as if though Zumba has taken it upon themselves to mend the growing gap between humans of different ethnicities and cultural backgrounds in the world. Zumba and the Other investigates Zumba from a postcolonial perspective and questions the methods which Zumba use to reach their supposed ambition of uniting the world in one dance class. Zumba and the Other asks the question of who Z

This study investigates unemployment from the unemployed individuals´ perspective. Its main focus has been to portrait the experiences, feelings and attitudes of people who already have disadvantages on the labor market and has experience of unemployment. Data was collected from five different individuals who were selected on the basis of belonging to different specific groups of society that tend

The purpose of our study was to examine the prevailing norms of mental illness, and how it is portrayed in popular culture, by analyzing four selected feature films that all highlight mental illness of some kind. We have done this through a qualitative study with a thematic analysis, in which all four films have been studied thoroughly. The study has a social constructivist approach since our way

Målet med denna studie var att få ökad kunskap om hur professionella inom människobehandlande organisationer resonerar kring narkotikapolitik, mer specifikt harm reduction och nollvision. Studiens analys är baserad på semi-strukturerade intervjuer med två socialsekreterare som arbetar med missbruk i en kommun i Södra Sverige samt en kvalitativ dokumentanalys av debattartiklar, författade av profesThe aim of this study was to gain knowledge regarding how professionals working in human service organizations reasons around drug policy, more specifically harm reduction and zero tolerance. The analysis is based on semi-structured interviews with two social workers who work towards drug addicts in a municipal human service organization and a qualitative document analysis of discussion articles,

“It pierces the heart” Social workers’ challenges regarding closeness and distance The aim of this study was to examine how social workers working within nonprofit women’s shelters describe closeness and distance in the relationship with clients. The analysis was based on the theory of professionalism with influence of role theory. The study is based of six qualitative interviews with social work

This paper highlights the complexity and ambiguity regarding the phenomenon of so called honour-related violence and oppression and explores how these matters are taken into consideration in the field of social work. In order to explore this field of study we used qualitative research as the method of inquiry. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six female social workers working with pe

“If they would have told me on my first day that I was supposed to walk 20 K, I would have told them that they were completely out of their minds” - A study about how physical activity can be a part of the treatment at an institution for substance users. (Translated title) The aim of this study was to examine physical activity as a part of the treatment at an institution for substance users. More

Dagligen vistas röntgensjuksköterskor i sin fysiska arbetsmiljö under flera timmar. Befintlig forskning inom arbetsmiljö visar att den fysiska arbetsmiljön kan påverka både personalens välbefinnande och deras arbetsprestation. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka och beskriva röntgensjuksköterskans uppfattning av den fysiska arbetsmiljön på en röntgenavdelning. Metod: Kvalitativ studie har ge