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Subjectivity and change in process of supervision
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10)Supervising texts with a bachelor thesis as its outcome, has been prioritized in the Norwegian Early Childhood Teacher Education. The focus has been on recruiting enough supervisors, and on qualifying supervisors. There ... -
‘The art of kindergarten drop off’: how young Norwegian-Somali parents perform ethnicity to avoid reports to Child Welfare Services
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01)Denne artikkelen bygger på en etnografisk studie av somaliske foreldre i Oslo, om deres syn på det norske barnevernet. I denne artikkelen utforsker vi hvordan unge andregenerasjons foreldre fremstiller en norsk ... -
Social workers understanding of extended family's position in child welfare in Lithuania, Chile and Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-09)Child welfare services around the world deal with families and family complexities. The study from Chile, Lithuania and Norway explores how social workers define family and more specific the position of extended families ... -
The Use of a Client Feedback System in Activation Encounters
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-05)This article builds on 13 audio-recorded and transcribed encounters between counsellors and users in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration, where a client-feedback system plays a mediating role in interactions. ... -
‘Warm Eyes’, ‘Warm Breath’, ‘Heart Warmth’: Using Aroha (Love) and Warmth to Reconceptualise and Work towards Best Interests in Child Protection
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)The attributes ‘warm eyes’, ‘breathe warm air’, ‘heart warmth’ and aroha (love) guide our work in child protection. These quotes are from a young person from the Change Factory 2020, a MFAMILY student in 2020 and Jan Erik ... -
The role of social support for social workers engaged in preventing radicalization and violent extremism
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08)Over the last decade, social workers have been engaged in prevention work against violent extremism in the United Kingdom and the Nordic countries. There are scholarly findings of professional uncertainty among social ... -
Research Note: ‘How Can I Get Them Offstage?’ – Critical Reflections on a Researcher’s Approach to Qualitative Data Collection with Social Workers Involved in Preventing Violent Extremism in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06)Researching sensitive topics, such as individuals about whom concern for radicalisation and violent extremism has been raised, demands a thoroughly contemplated approach. This is necessary for establishing trust with and ... -
Current human ecology in the Amazon and beyond: A multi-scale ecosemiotic approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Umwelt theory is an expression of von Uexküll’s subjective biology and as such usually applied in analysis of individual animals, yet it is fundamentally relational and therefore also suitable for analysis of more complex ... -
What are the perspectives of children in child protection work among social workers in Norway and Chile?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08)The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child outlines universal standards for children’s welfare and position in society. Among other aspects, the convention advocates for a balance between seeing children as ... -
Is it meaningful to distinguish between Facebook addiction and social networking sites addiction? Psychometric analysis of Facebook addiction and social networking sites addiction scales
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01)Studies conducted on Social Networking Sites (SNSs) addiction have to a large extent focused on Facebook as a prototypical example of SNS. Nonetheless, the evolution of SNSs has spawn conceptual and methodological controversies ... -
The child, the parents, the family and the state - Chile and Norway compared
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)There is a lack of research comparing Latin American and European countries alongside how family policy relates to social work practices. This study fills in the research gap, and compares Chilean and Norwegian social ... -
Liv, død – evig liv. Liv, død og evig liv drøftet med bakgrunn i Kant og nykantianismen
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Artikkelen diskuterer oppfatninger av livet, døden og muligheter for evig liv. Tradisjonelle før-moderne religiøse og mer moderne verdslige og religiøst relaterte oppfatninger blir drøftet. Muligheter for at døden og liv ... -
Trusting the Mistrusted: Norwegian Social Workers’ Strategies in Preventing Radicalization and Violent Extremism
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06)Social workers are a part of the wider counter-terrorism efforts in many European countries, such as the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Belgium. While there are several theoretical and discursive studies on ... -
Private and public families: Social workers’ views on children’s and parents’ position in Chile, England, Lithuania and Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Social workers around the world work with families and family complexities in their everyday practice. In this cross-national study, we explore social workers’ family intervention practices related to family definitions ... -
Children and childhood in Chile: Social worker perspectives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This study explores understandings of children and childhood among 21 social workers from five child protection services in Chile. To help grasp multiple ideas about children and childhood, we use Q methodology and the ... -
Team Supervision of Doctoral Students: A Qualitative Inquiry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01)Aim/Purpose The aim of this study is to contribute to current knowledge of team supervision. Specifically, we examine the relationship between main supervisor and cosupervisor regarding credibility in the division of roles ... -
Children's experiences with Child Protection Services: A qualitative synthesis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)Background Research shows that young adults, previously in contact with Child Protection Services (CPS) often have lower overall wellbeing when compared to their peers in the general population. To redress this balance ... -
Arbeidsmarkedstiltak som læringsarena: Nav-veiledere og unge arbeidsledige om 'læring i tiltak'.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Arbeidsmarkedstiltak har som mål å styrke tiltaksdeltakeres muligheter for inntektsgivende arbeid. I artikkelen retter vi søkelys på hvordan veiledere og unge arbeidsledige med nedsatt arbeidsevne (18-29 år) samtaler om ... -
Sosialarbeidarar og skjøn - fagleg fridom i yrkesutøvinga?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Dei siste årtia har det pågått ein debatt om skjønsutøvinga sine vilkår innan sosialt arbeid under New Public Management. New Public Management har vore kjenneteikna av at styresmaktene ønskjer å effektivisere tenesteproduksjonen ... -
“Help goes around in a circle”: young unaccompanied refugees’ engagement in interpersonal relationships and its significance for resilience
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11)Abstract Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address how young unaccompanied refugees in Norway actively engage in interpersonal relationships. It explores the significance of these relationships in doing well following ...