Socialsekreterare, kollega, chef och relationen dem emellan : En kvalitativ studie om påverkansfaktorer vid socialsekreterarens bedömning och beslutsfattande i barnavårdsärende

Sammanfattning: Many children are being investigated every year within the Swedish social services and criticism has been directed at the investigations' lack of quality and legal certainty in recent years. The criticism is also about how different Swedish municipalities assess and investigate. How can these differences be explained? What are the grounds for the assessments? This is the background to this qualitative study. The purpose of this study has been to investigate which factors affect a social secretary's assessment and which factors play a role in the investigation work. Through a focus group from one municipality and a social secretary from another municipality, I have tried to answer my study. The results of the study are aimed at identifying factors that influence the social secretary's assessment, but also provide a basis for ongoing discussions and reflections on how the investigative work can be improved.