”Jag är ju van att prata med vanliga barn” : En kvalitativ studie om socialsekreterares upplevelser av utredningsarbetet med klienter med en neuropsykiatrisk funktionsnedsättning inom socialtjänsten.

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this study is to examine social workers’ experiences of treatment and knowledge about clients with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). The qualitive method that was used to accomplish the intention of the study was semi-structured interviews established on hermeneutics, to be able to comprehend the social workers’ experience of working with clients with NDD. The social workers selected for the study was working in the child and family units, where nine interviews took place. The gathered material was coded within different themes with a thematic analysis, where the themes were identified. The theories that were used in correlation to the analysis were street-level bureaucracy, research minded practitioner and stigma to provide more understanding of the social workers’ position in the authority and their work with clients with NDD. The identified main themes were the social workers’ experience of meeting with clients with NDD, professional knowledge of NDD and no man land. The subtheme treatment in meeting were identified in the first main theme. The conclusions are that social workers’ do not have enough knowledge to meet clients with NDD in a functional way. This means that clients need to rely on the socialworkers’ experience, personality and actively seeking knowledge.