Coherent triads and successful inter-professional collaboration: narratives of professional actors in the Swedish child welfare system
2019 (English)In: Nordic Social Work Research, ISSN 2156-857X, E-ISSN 2156-8588, Vol. 9, no 3, p. 235-249Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The aim of this study is to analyze how and when the professional actors within the Swedish child welfare system portray successful cooperation and determine which discursive patterns are involved in the construction of this phenomenon. The empirical basis for this study is formed by 147 recorded interviews with institution-placed youths, their parents, and different occupational categories within the social services and the Swedish National Board of Institutional Care. Analytical findings with the following themes are presented: (1) coherent vision triad, (2) coherent rhetorically accepted triad, and (3) coherent exclusive triad. The personal interactive aspect of cooperation among professional actors in the care of children is important for successful collaboration. This aspect also appears to be significant for producing and reproducing joint collaboration identities. However, joint collaboration identities and the coherence triad can limit the sphere of cooperation to the entities involved in the care of youths and the juvenile or his/her parents are left out.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2019. Vol. 9, no 3, p. 235-249
Keywords [en]
triad coherence, interprofessional collaboration, interview studies, social work practice, social care, inclusion, integration
National Category
Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology) Pedagogy Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Research subject
Education, Substance Abuse Treatment; Education, Social Pedagogy; Social Work, Social Psychology; Social Sciences, Social Work; Social Sciences, Sociology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-77800DOI: 10.1080/2156857X.2018.1518817Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85062375878OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-77800DiVA, id: diva2:1251439
Conference
International Conference: Innovation and Research in Arts and Humanities, Institute of Mobin Cultural Ambassadors, Istanbul, Turkey, August 27, 2015
Projects
Successful collaboration2018-09-272018-09-272023-04-18Bibliographically approved