KRAMI: EN BRO MELLANTVÅ VÄRLDAR : En studie av ett samarbete mellan Kriminalvården, Arbetsförmedlingen och Socialtjänsten för att hjälpa tidigare dömda in på arbetsmarknaden

Sammanfattning: The studie aims to increase the understanding of ex-offenders need of support while establishing themselves in the labour market and to examine what knowledge of counselling can provide in order to develop Krami. Krami is a co-operation between Kriminalvården, Arbetsförmedlingen and in many cases even local authorities in Sweden. The aim of Krami is to help ex-offenders enter the labour market. Interviews with the staff and studies of policy documents give an idea of the contents of the initial counselling- course and show what the staff consider the challenges and needs for the participants. The study shows that the counselling course focuses on strengthening both self knowledge as well as knowledge about the labour market. The course also provides opportunities to develop the ability of making choices and to handle the consequences of the choices made. All those activities are central elements of counselling theories. Knowledge of counselling can contribute wtih methods and models of mapping and widening perspectives which many counsellor use in their daily work.