Vi når ungdomarna med respekt : En studie om hur fältarbetare skapar professionella relationer med ungdomar

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this study is to examine how outreach workers create professional relationships with youngsters. The result was based on six professional outreach workers. The results were presented in the form of four individual interviews and one group interview. The theoretical framework of the study was the theory of communication and the theory of “the different levels of professional meetings” The results showed that the outreach workers used different methods and approaches based on professional communication in social work. The different methods th at the outreach workers used was based on communication capabilities to reach the youngsters in the field. The study also showed that the workers developed different types of strategies to even out the power leveling between them and the youngsters.