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Kvalitetens mange facetter - Et kvalitativt casestudie af Stilken som alternativ social indsats

[The many facets of quality - a qualitative case study of Stilken as an alternative social offer]

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Semester

4. semester

Uddannelse

Udgivelsesår

2021

Afleveret

2021-05-31

Antal sider

110 pages

Abstract

The many facets of quality – a qualitative case study of Stilken as an alternative social offer where the aim is to research how it affects Stilken not to be a part of Tilbudsportalen, hence what impact it has on the quality of its social work. The thesis is based on empirical narratives from the two owners of Stilken, a mentor and four young people who either is or has been a part of the program. The young people of discussion all find themselves in a vulnerable and deviant position in society, and all share complex and composed problems including different kinds of abuse, criminality, homelessness, social and mental challenges. The thesis challenges how Tilbudsportalen, which is a central tool when caseworkers in the municipalities are searching for social offers to help the young, contributes to maintaining a normative understanding of what quality in social work involves. The thesis proves on one hand, how the organization of Stilken, and on the other hand how dominating governance logics influence the way Stilken supplies and establish its social effort. The findings of the thesis points towards that the organization of Stilken supports the employees to work in a flexible way, act fast and offer individual activities. Stilken depends on the municipalities buying services from them i.e., it adjusts its work to their demand. Furthermore, the thesis investigates how the young experience the quality in Stilken and how the employees approach the young from a methodical perspective. The thesis discovered that the young find it positive when the employees at Stilken offers them a change of environment, a new chance, acknowledges them and believes in them. The young struggles with navigating in the expectations and requirements they are met with when the topics are education and employment. Their reaction is opposition and push-back when they do not find the demands meaningful. Additionally, the young find it difficult to navigate in the systems by themselves, hence they perceive it as quality when the owners act as coordinators between the different actors involved in their lives. The thesis shows that the employees of Stilken has methodical freedom of action which creates coherence and meaning for the young as they feel involved, heard, and understood. Keywords: Quality, Tilbudsportalen, complex issues, education, employment, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, the youth, holistic, alternative social effort, exposure.

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