"Det är viktigt att ta med att man är utsatt varenda gång man går in genom dörren"  : En kvalitativ studie om hot och våld bland personal inom tvångsvård

Sammanfattning: This paper examines treatment staff’s experience of threats and violence at The Swedish National Board of Institutional Care (SiS homes). The following study is based on eight different qualitative interviews with treatment staff at four different SiS homes around southern Sweden. The results show that the treatment staff experience threats and violence as a part of their everyday life at SiS homes and that it might negatively affect their work environment as well as their emotional well-being. The conclusion of the study highlights the importance of paying attention to and managing the problem of the normalized threats and violence in residential care facilities and the urgent need for increased support and further resources for the staff in order to create a safer working environment, mainly by limiting the youths usage of electronic communication resources i.e. Ipads. The study emphasizes urgent need for future research in order to adress the overwhelming issues of threats and violence in the workplace for the staff working in these high-risk environments.