”Vi vill placera ett barn i en så normal familj som möjligt” : En kvalitativ studie om familjehemssekreterares erfarenheter av samkönade familjehem

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Authors: Linn Andersson and Malin Olsson Title: “We want to place a child in such a normal family as possible”- A qualitative study of social workers experiences of same-sex foster care parents. [Translated title] Supervisor: Kristina Göransson Assessor: Gabriella Scaramuzzino In contemporary swedish society there are many different ways of “making” family beyond the so-called nuclear family, such as single parent families or same sex families. In what ways are these variations of family formation visible in the foster care system? The aim of this study was to examine social workers´ experiences of working with same sex families in the foster care system. The purpose was also to analyze how social workers define and conceptualize the notion of a “suitable” foster care home. To obtain our results, we used a qualitative method containing semi-structured interviews with seven social workers in two cities located in the south of sweden. Our theoretical framework was informed by a social co

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