Y-OQ 2.0 SR : En studie om behandlingens villkor och att tillämpa mätinstrument i behandling av ungdomar

Sammanfattning: The Youth Outcome Questionnaire 2.0 Self Report (Y-OQ 2.0 SR) has been implemented in residential treatment centre in the Municipality of Örebro as a result of the strive for a more evidence-based working approach within social work. This study aims to examine how personnel and adolescents describe the treatment/counseling and support and the application of the Y-OQ 2.0 SR in the units. The questions cover the values the personnel and adolescents ascribe to the application of the Y-OQ 2.0 SR, if the result from Y-OQ 2.0 SR is congruent with how the adolescents have been affected during the placement, which obstacles and/or possibilities emerge in the management of the instrument and if there are any indications that the Y-OQ 2.0 SR is advantageous or disadvantageous in the treatment process. The study has a qualitative approach; four interviews were carried out with adolescents and five with personnel. The result shows that structure is an important component in attaining a change in behaviour. The adolescents' functional ability is to some extent congruent with the result from the Y-OQ 2.0 SR. The instrument is primarily used to evaluate the treatment and to guarantee the quality of the work of the personnel. Both obstacles and possibilities emerged in the management of the instrument. The personnel's attitude towards the instrument's purpose is positive. The adolescents' attitudes vary and this seems to be connected with how involved they are in the feedback process of the instrument's result. Whether or not the feedback of the result from the Y-OQ 2.0 SR is an advantage or disadvantage in the treatment process on the basis of involvement is discussed.