Arbetsmarknadsstatus, krav och stöd. Ensamstående bidragsmottagare med problematisk
alkoholkonsumtion
Engelsk titel: Labor market status, requirements and social support. Single clients with problematic alcohol
consumption
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Författare:
Skogens L
Email: lisa.skogens@socarb.su.se
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 37
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 06113199
Sammanfattning
Aims: In the study social assistance case files
of single male clients with problematic
alcohol consumption were studied. The
aim was to see whether actions by the
social worker also did focus on treating
the client´s drinking problem and if so,
if the client´s labour-market status
influenced the decision made by the
social worker.
Methods & data: The study investigated all case files from
nine municipalities during 1999 that
involved social assistance to single men
over an extended period (six months or
more) or contacts over several intervals
(three contacts or more).
Alcohol-related notes were present
in 297 case files and in these files, data
were collected on the client’s age, first
contact with the social service system,
ability to support oneself financially
through work, type of alcohol-related
notes and notes on type of actions and
decisions by the social worker.
Within the 297 case files, four groups
of clients emerged. Two of them were
chosen: those judged as fully capable
of working (C group = 122 clients) and
those not able to work at all (N group=
48 clients): These were then compared
mainly in relation to the notes of
actions/decisions by their social worker.Data were not randomly
sampled and the results
can thus not be interpreted
as representative for a
larger population. However,
there is no obvious reason
to believe that the social
work done in the study
municipalities differs from
the work done in other
similar municipalities.
Results: The main result shows that
demands for participation
in some kind of treatment
and/or providing "proof"
of soberness in order to
receive a higher extent
of social assistance were
found more in the C group
than in the N group
Conclusions
The fewer demands for
treatment/soberness in
the N group might be
interpreted as reflecting
a greater extent of social
care for this group, in terms
of social assistance, but a
lesser extent of social care
in terms of concerns of
their possible problematic
drinking.