| Summary: | In many different national and international studies, the social workers work environment is characterized by quite high workload and stressful situations. In most studies, attention has been focused on the various negative work environment factors that have contributed to the fact that many social workers have chosen to switch jobs. In my study, I have instead chosen to investigate the factors that have contributed to the social workers having chosen to stay in their workplaces. In order to achieve the purpose of my survey, I have chosen to conduct semi-structured interviews. I have interviewed nine social secretaries in total. The interviews have been conducted at an office in the Social Administration. The concepts and theories that I have chosen to use in my study are Lipskys (2010) theory about street- level bureaucrats and Antonovskys KASAM theory. The result of the study shows that all informants are comfortable at their workplace. At the same time, it appears that colleagues are one of the most important factors that, according to the social workers, help to stay in the workplace. The study also shows that the informants sometimes experience quite a high amount of workload and workload, but the positive work environment factors contribute to the fact that they remain stubborn at times. The most important factors for ensuring that the social workers are comfortable in the workplace appears to be a clear work roll, support from both colleagues and management, the ability to develop skills and less administrative work.
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