Professionellas syn på stöd till personer som befinner sig i social hemlöshet. En jämförande studie utifrån synsätt mellan Bostad först och Socialtjänsten

• Main Authors: Månsson, Nancy, Rahn Langguth, Celine
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS) 2018
• Subjects: Housing First; Homelessness; Social Services; Social work; Social workers; Social Sciences; Samhällsvetenskap
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-25008

The number of homeless people in Malmö has increased in recent years, which makes it a relevant subject to study. Structural homelessness has grown to be the most common reason to homelessness. Earlier social homelessness was the most common reason. How does that effect the work with the clients in social homelessness and how is the support designed. The reasons above makes it an interesting subject to study.This study mainly focuses on similarities and differences in the view of the support between professionals at Social Services and Housing First for people in social homelessness.The study has been conducted with a qualitative approach in which six semi structured interviews have been carried out with social workers at the Social Services and at Housing First.The results from the interviews were then analyzed through a thematic analysis using organizational theory.The main differences that were shown in the results were differences in support between Social Services and Housing First in the way they work with clients in social homelessness. The result also shows a common view of the need for more support efforts.