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Title [sv]
Samordnade interventionssystem mot våld i nära relationer (SIVIN)
Title [en]
Coordinated intervention systems against violence in close relationships
Abstract [sv]
Med utgångspunkt i såväl barns utsatthet som rätt till delaktighet syftar detta sexåriga forskningsprogram till att utforska förutsättningarna för, samt bidra till utvecklingen av, ett barncentrerat, samordnat interventionssystem mot våld mot barn i nära relationer. I fokus står socialtjänstens insatser för upptäckt, utredning och bedömning, skydd och stöd för barn och deras omsorgspersoner. Programmets design och det forskningssamarbete med lokala socialtjänster som är inbyggt i den, ska lägga grunden för ett långsiktigt åtagande från både forskare och deltagande organisationer att i samarbete bygga strukturer som kan åstadkomma varaktig förändring i socialtjänstens ordinarie praktik. Programmet är uppdelat i två perioder, där den första ska lägga grunden för det systematiska utvecklingsarbete som under programmets andra period ska skapa modeller för ett samordnat interventionssystem i en lokal kontext, och stärka förutsättningen för att detta också kan implementeras. Det övergripande syftet uppfylls genom 13 sammanlänkade delprojekt vilka fokuserar på barn som brukare, organisering och samverkan, forskningsbaserade metoder samt kunskapsanvändning i den professionella vardagen. Delprojekten genomförs som case-studier, genomförbarhetsstudier, en kvalitativ intervjustudie och en longitudinell studie med både kvalitativ och kvantitativ metod. Programmet samlar forskare från fyra forskningsenheter: Institutionen för Socialvetenskap vid Ersta Sköndal högskola, FoU Södertörn, Psykologiska institutionen vid Göteborgs universitet och CESAR Centrum för socialt arbete vid Uppsala universitet, och bygger på samarbete med Stockholms stad, de 10 kommunerna på Södertörn samt Rädda Barnens centrum för stöd och behandling.
Abstract [en]
Taking both children’s vulnerability and their rights to participation as key points of departure, the aim of this six-year programme is to explore the preconditions for, and to contribute to the development of, a child centred coordinated intervention system against violence against children in close relationships, with a focus on social work interventions to detect, investigate, assess, protect and support children and their carers. The programme design and the research collaboration with local social services built into it, is intended to establish long term commitment among both researchers and particpating organisations to collaborate in buildning structures that can create sustainable change in everyday practice. The programme is divided into two periods, where the first period aims at laying the foundation for systematic development work, and the second aims at developing models for a coordinated intervention system in a local context, and at strengthening the opportunities to implement such systems. The overarching aim will be fulfilled through a series of 13 interlinked work packages, focusing on children as service users, organisation and coordination between different parts of the social services, research based method development, and knowledge use in everyday professional practice. The work packages are carried out as a qualitative multiple case studies, mixed methods feasibility studies, a single method qualitative interview study and a longitudinal mixed methods study. The programme gathers researchers from four different research institutions: Department of Social Sciences at Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College, FoU Södertörn, Department of Psychology at University of Gothenburg and CESAR Centre for Social Work at Uppsala University, and collaboration with the City of Stockholm, the 10 local authorities in the Södertörn area, and Save the Children’s centre for support and treatment.
Publications (10 of 33) Show all publications
Landberg, Å., Kaldal, A. & Eriksson, M. (2025). Fighting for opportunities for protection, validation, and rehabilitation after child sexual abuse. Children and youth services review, 169, Article ID 108104.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Fighting for opportunities for protection, validation, and rehabilitation after child sexual abuse
2025 (English)In: Children and youth services review, ISSN 0190-7409, E-ISSN 1873-7765, Vol. 169, article id 108104Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The objective was to explore how children and young people retrospectively described their own strategies to get access to protection and support for recovery after disclosing child sexual abuse. Thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with 14 young people who had disclosed sexual abuse during childhood shows that the participants adopted a range of strategies to be able to access protection and support for recovery. The strategies include finding allies among adults, arguing their case, resisting adult agendas, taking initiatives, and choosing exit. The results demonstrate how a child’s agency may contribute to the outcomes for a particular child, while children’s opportunities for protection and recovery are both restricted by parental rights and heavily depend on responsive adults pushing a children’s rights agenda.

Keywords
Child abuse, Child agency, Protection, Recovery, Sexual abuse
National Category
Social Work
Research subject
Människan i välfärdssamhället, Socialt arbete
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11180 (URN)10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.108104 (DOI)
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2019-01492
Available from: 2025-01-04 Created: 2025-01-04 Last updated: 2025-01-16Bibliographically approved
Kassman, A., Wollter, F. & Eriksson, M. (2024). Childhood trajectories in the aftermath of a child welfare investigation of children exposed to violence. In: : . Paper presented at Nationella barnavårdskonferensen, Växjö, Sverige, 23-24 September, 2024.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Childhood trajectories in the aftermath of a child welfare investigation of children exposed to violence
2024 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Previous research indicates that child welfare services reach out to children exposed to violence unequally depending on the child’s social background, living conditions and violence type, and that once children are investigated by the child welfare services, inequalities in access to interventions prevail (e.g. Kalin et al. 2022; Knezevic 2021; Persdotter & Andersson 2020; Quarles van Ufford et al. 2022). There is a lack of systematic knowledge about the long term outcomes for children investigated by the child welfare services. The current study explores different childhood trajectories in the aftermath of a child welfare investigation initiated due to children’s exposure to violence. A register was set up including all children (n= 1 764) between 7-12 years that were investigated by child welfare services in Stockholm in 2019 for suspected exposure to violence. As a baseline this cohort was systematically compared to demographic data and a national self-report prevalence study to explore possible biases regarding which children the child welfare services investigates (Kassman et al. 2023). In the current paper, the study group development in the first three years following upon the child welfare investigation was explored as regards living conditions, out of home care, health care consumption and school grades. The development of the study group was also systematically compared to a comparison group of children (n=5 000). Descriptive analysis, cluster analysis and logistic regressions were used. 

Keywords
Child welfare investigation, Long term outcomes, Violence
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11047 (URN)
Conference
Nationella barnavårdskonferensen, Växjö, Sverige, 23-24 September, 2024
Available from: 2024-10-05 Created: 2024-10-05 Last updated: 2025-01-16Bibliographically approved
Kassman, A., Wollter, F. & Eriksson, M. (2024). Children’s exposure to violence and child welfare services’ investigations in Sweden. In: : . Paper presented at International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect ISPCAN Congress, Uppsala, Sverige, 18-21 Augusti, 2024.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Children’s exposure to violence and child welfare services’ investigations in Sweden
2024 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Objective: Based on the notion of selective recognition of vulnerability and risk, this study explores which children CWS pursue to a complete child welfare investigation.

Methods: A register was set up including all children (n= 1 764) between 7-12 years that were investigated for suspected exposure to violence by CWS in Sweden in 2019. This cohort was systematically compared to demographic data and a national self-report prevalence study. 

Results: Children exposed to violence have reduced access to material resources and inferior living conditions compared to non-exposed children. Physical abuse was more prevalent among boys of foreign backgrounds in stable, two-parent families residing in higher-status suburbs. Conversely, neglect was more common among children of Swedish backgrounds in low-income, single-parent households living in low-status suburbs. In comparison with self-reported prevalence studies, sexual and psychological abuse seem underrepresented in the study group.

Conclusions: The results indicate that CWS should develop its methods to reach certain vulnerable groups that are underrepresented for safeguarding and support, for example, girls exposed to sexual abuse.

National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11048 (URN)
Conference
International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect ISPCAN Congress, Uppsala, Sverige, 18-21 Augusti, 2024
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2019-01492
Available from: 2024-10-05 Created: 2024-10-05 Last updated: 2025-01-16Bibliographically approved
Wollter, F. & Eriksson, M. (2024). Emergency Risk Assessments in Child Welfare Services: Developing Structured Support to Professional Assessments. Child & Family Social Work
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Emergency Risk Assessments in Child Welfare Services: Developing Structured Support to Professional Assessments
2024 (English)In: Child & Family Social Work, ISSN 1356-7500, E-ISSN 1365-2206Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

The article presents a study on structured support for the professional assessment of emergent domestic violence in families with children. Data are presented on the development and study of a new structured support called iRiSk emergency, which was developed jointly by the authors of this article, and an emergency social work unit in Stockholm, Sweden. The model was developed from the iRiSk model, which, translated from Swedish, stands for ‘Interventions and Risk and Protection Assessments for children exposed to violence’. Structured support for emergency risk assessments is rare as existing instruments mainly focus on screening for violence and are not designed to guide professionals in situations of identified violence. The purpose of the research project is elaborated through two research questions: (1) Which information is needed for emergency assessments, and how can it be collected? (2) What are the specific preconditions of the child welfare service emergency work to be taken into account in terms of emergency risk assessments? The feedback from the social workers was that iRiSk emergency was flexible to use, decreased the risk of missing important risk factors and made the assessments more child-centred. The model appears to be a viable approach for enhancing the systematic evaluation and testing of structured support for emergency risk assessment in social work, surpassing the limitations of the current study.

Keywords
Child abuse, Child welfare services. Domestic violence. Intimate partner violence, Professional assessments, Risk assessment
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10817 (URN)10.1111/cfs.13195 (DOI)
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2019‐01492
Available from: 2024-05-20 Created: 2024-05-20 Last updated: 2024-05-20Bibliographically approved
Jonsson, L., Linell, H. & Eriksson, M. (2024). Implementering av Efter barnförhöret i Stockholms stad. Stockholm: Marie Cederschiöld högskola
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Implementering av Efter barnförhöret i Stockholms stad
2024 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Rapporten fokuserar på implementeringen av modellen ”Efter barnförhöret” via det mobila teamet på Barnahus i Stockholms stad. Syftet med implementeringsstudien var att undersöka möjligheterna till att implementera en familjeorienterad krisinventionsmodell som Efter barnförhöret för att stödja barn och deras familjer efter ett polisförhör som rör våld i familjen. I projektet skulle fokus vara på genomförbarhet och användning av arbetsmodellen samt vilka organisatoriska och personella förutsättningar som främjar respektive hindrar implementeringen av arbetsmodellen. Befintligt dokumenterat material inhämtades i kombination med att intervjuer genomfördes under 2021-2022 med ledning och krisstödsteamets personal. I projektet framkom flera utmaningar som att få till ett jämt remissflöde, att kunna hantera situationer när det blir få respektive många barn och familjer som behöver stöd utifrån personalens arbetssituation. Vidare beskrev personalen behov av att få tid och resurser till utbildning och metodutveckling och ett behov av ett ökat stöd från ledningen.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Marie Cederschiöld högskola, 2024. p. 38
Series
Marie Cederschiöld högskola arbetsrapportserie, ISSN 1402-277X ; 109
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10683 (URN)
Available from: 2024-02-15 Created: 2024-02-15 Last updated: 2024-02-15
Kassman, A., Eriksson, M. & Persdotter, B. (2024). Risk assessments within child welfare investigations. In: : . Paper presented at International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect ISPCAN Congress, Uppsala, Sverige, 18-21 Augusti, 2024.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Risk assessments within child welfare investigations
2024 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Objective: The study explores risk assessment methods used in CWS investigations, and the impact of these instruments on documented risk factors, assessments of risk and need, and interventions offered. 

Methods: Data was drawn from the SAVE study 2023. 

Results: The risk assessment instrument may implact upon the riskfactors documented, and riskfactors were documented to a higher degree regarding children with a Swedish background, older children and children with known or suspected disabilities, and in relation to psychological violence to children including exposure to intimate partner violence. No clear links were found between documented risk factors, the overall assessment or the interventions offered.

Conclusions: The results indicate that there is a clear need practice improvement as regards research-based risk assessments in CWS investigations in cases of violence to children.

National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11050 (URN)
Conference
International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect ISPCAN Congress, Uppsala, Sverige, 18-21 Augusti, 2024
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2019-01492
Available from: 2024-10-05 Created: 2024-10-05 Last updated: 2025-01-16Bibliographically approved
Eriksson, M., Robertsson, K. & Bergman, A.-S. (2024). Specialiserade team vid våld i nära relation: en studie i tre kommuner. Stockholm: Marie Cederschiöld högskola
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Specialiserade team vid våld i nära relation: en studie i tre kommuner
2024 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

I föreliggande rapport redovisas resultat av en studie av hur tre kommuner hanterar socialnämndens ansvar för insatser på våldsområdet. Den undersöker hur kommunerna organiserar och genomför arbetet med att ge stöd till vuxna personer som utsatts för våld i nära relation respektive insatser till personer som utövar våld i nära relation. Studien genomfördes under åren 2020-2022 av forskare knutna till Institutionen för socialvetenskap vid Marie Cederschiöld högskola, inom ramen för det sexåriga forskningsprogrammet ”Samordnade interventionssystem mot våld i nära relationer” finansierat av Forte (2019-01492).

Resultaten pekar på betydelsen av särskilda enheter eller mottagningar inriktade på våld i nära relation för att säkra god kvalitet i kommunernas insatser. Samtidigt synliggör både brukares och personalens beskrivningar utmaningar i socialtjänstens arbete med våld i nära relationer. Dessa handlar om implikationer av socialtjänstens funktionsindelning och specialisering, komplexiteten i att komma ur våld i förhållande till begränsade resurser till stödet till våldsutsatta, särskilt sårbara våldsutsatta brukare och hur arbetet är anpassat till deras behov, samt problemet med att interventionssystemet kring våld i nära relationer tenderar att vara vuxencentrerat trots att det finns minderåriga barn i familjen de flesta fall av våld i nära relationer som socialtjänsten kommer i kontakt med.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Marie Cederschiöld högskola, 2024. p. 65
Series
Marie Cederschiöld högskola arbetsrapportserie, ISSN 1402-277X ; 103
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10216 (URN)
Available from: 2024-01-09 Created: 2024-01-09 Last updated: 2024-01-09
Eriksson, M. & Wollter, F. (2023). Akuta bedömningar av våld i familjer med barn: Utvecklingen av ”iRiSk Akut”. Stockholm: Marie Cederschiöld högskola
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Akuta bedömningar av våld i familjer med barn: Utvecklingen av ”iRiSk Akut”
2023 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Under 2021 och 2022 samarbetade socialjouren i Stockholms stad med Marie Cederschiöld högskola i ett pilotprojekt för att utveckla ett strukturerat och barncentrerat metodstöd för akuta risk- och skyddsbedömningar för våldsutsatta barn. Samarbetet initierades av socialjouren, med anledning av arbetet med Islandsmodellen i Stockholm. Den här rapporten redovisar genomförande och resultat från detta pilotprojekt, som alltså var ett första steg i utvecklingen av ett strukturerat stöd för professionella bedömningar av risk i akuta situationer av våld i familjer där det finns barn.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Marie Cederschiöld högskola, 2023. p. 44
Series
Marie Cederschiöld högskola arbetsrapportserie, ISSN 1402-277X ; 101
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10074 (URN)
Available from: 2023-02-06 Created: 2023-02-06 Last updated: 2023-09-22Bibliographically approved
Eriksson, M. & Lagerlöf, H. (2023). BRA-samtal för barn i ekonomisk utsatthet & osäkra boendeförhållanden: En pilotstudie. Stockholm: Marie Cederschiöld högskola
Open this publication in new window or tab >>BRA-samtal för barn i ekonomisk utsatthet & osäkra boendeförhållanden: En pilotstudie
2023 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

I denna rapport presenteras resultat från en pilotstudie där BRA-samtal för barn i ekonomisk utsatthet och osäkra boendeförhållanden införts och studerats i två olika kontexter: myndighetsutövande socialtjänst respektive skyddat boende. Studien genomfördes under perioden 2019-2022 med finansiering från Stiftelsen Stockholmsfonden. Studien visar att BRA-samtal som samtalsmodell betraktat är en användbar modell i möte med målgrupperna barn i ekonomisk utsatthet och osäkra boendeförhållanden inklusive skyddat boende. De synpunkter som framkommit om behov av vissa anpassningar i den version av modellen som prövats i projektet pekar på vikten av pågående utvecklingsarbete med att anpassa BRA-samtal till yngre barn. Medan modellen varit genomförbar i skyddat boende återstår det att pröva på vilket sätt BRA-samtal kan bli genomförbara inom ramen för myndighetsutövande socialtjänst.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Marie Cederschiöld högskola, 2023. p. 71
Series
Marie Cederschiöld högskola arbetsrapportserie, ISSN 1402-277X ; 102
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10075 (URN)
Available from: 2023-06-12 Created: 2023-06-12 Last updated: 2023-09-22
Kassman, A., Wollter, F. & Eriksson, M. (2023). Children subjected to violence and the orientation of child welfare services. In: : . Paper presented at The 5th European Conference on Domestic Violence, Reykjavik, Iceland, September 11-13, 2023.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Children subjected to violence and the orientation of child welfare services
2023 (English)Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Drawing on a register study of all children aged 7-12 (n=1 764) investigated due to exposure to violence in Stockholm 2019, this paper explores the orientation of the Swedish child welfare services and what this means for investigations regarding and services to children exposed to different forms of violence. Children were clustered into five groups and each group analyzed with binary logistic regressions, in relation to paths of referral, living conditions, family background and type, school grades and contacts with health care. The most common ground for investigation was violence in the family (including intimate partner violence), followed by physical abuse against the child. Children with a non-Swedish background were over-represented in the physically abused group, even when controlling for other variables. Other differences were also found, e.g. regarding paths of referral.

National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11053 (URN)
Conference
The 5th European Conference on Domestic Violence, Reykjavik, Iceland, September 11-13, 2023
Funder
Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2019-01492
Available from: 2024-10-05 Created: 2024-10-05 Last updated: 2025-01-16Bibliographically approved
Co-InvestigatorBergman, Ann-Sofie
Co-InvestigatorLagerlöf, Hélène
Co-InvestigatorKassman, Anders
Co-InvestigatorHultmann, Ole
Co-InvestigatorEngwall, Kristina
Co-InvestigatorSchiratzki, Johanna
Co-InvestigatorBörjeson, Martin
Co-InvestigatorIversen, Clara
Principal InvestigatorEriksson, Maria
Co-InvestigatorVainik, Anne-Lie
Co-InvestigatorAxberg, Ulf
Co-InvestigatorEkström, Veronica
Co-InvestigatorHvenmark, Johan
Co-InvestigatorRöbäck de Souza, Karin
Coordinating organisation
Marie Cederschiöld University
Funder
Period
2019-12-01 - 2024-11-30
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
DiVA, id: project:2933Project, id: 2019-01492_Forte

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