Socialtjänsten och våld i nära relation i en samisk kontext : En kvalitativ studie om socialtjänstens möjligheter att ge stöd till våldsutsatta kvinnor inom samisk kultur i Sverige

• Main Authors: Östberg, Malin, Siggelin, Angelica
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Juridiska institutionen 2022
• Subjects: Sami; Women; Domestic Violence; Social workers; Cultural Knowledge; Cultural Sensitive; Samer; Våld i nära relation; Socialarbetare; Kulturell kunskap; Kultursensitiv; Law and Society; Juridik och samhälle; sami; samisk
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-480135

Social services and violence in close relationship in a sami context A qualitative study of the social services opportunities to provide support to women exposed to violence in a sami culture in Sweden Background: There is a lack of studies in Sweden that includes and describes violence against Sami women and how important the social worker's ambition is to create and maintain basic knowledge and efforts to support Sami women who’s exposed to domestic violence. Aim: The aim of this study is to clarify how the social services in Sweden work for the Sami women to be able to get the help they need. Methods: The study is based on four individual qualitative interviews with social workers from Norrbottens och Västerbottens län. For analysis intersectionality and postcolonial theory has been used. Results: The results have shown us that there are both similarities and differences for social workers who’s involved with Sami women as clients. What all social services had in common was that they all had to seek cultural knowledge by themselves. What differd was the view of cultural relevance. Some of the social workers thought there should be more of importance to have cultural knowledge when working with Sami women who’s exposed to domestic violence, others had the opinion that the aim is to treat every client based on the guidelines that have been determined at the social service office and is directed to all abused women. Socialtjänsten och våld i nära relation i en samisk kontext En kvalitativ studie om socialtjänstens möjligheter att ge stöd till våldsutsatta kvinnor inom samisk kultur i Sverige Bakgrund: Det saknas studier i Sverige som inkluderar och beskriver våld mot samiska kvinnor och hur viktig socialsekreterarens ambition är för att skapa och upprätthålla grundläggande kunskaper och insatser för att stödja samiska kvinnor som är utsatta för våld i hemmet. Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att skapa en förståelse hur socialarbetare i Sverige arbetar för att de samiska kvinnorna ska ...