[{"_id":"project:2933","_type":"project","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.","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."},"project_id":"2019-01492_Forte","identifier_short":"2019-01492","local_ids":{"esh":["70903"]},"dates":{"start_date":"2019-12-01","end_date":"2024-11-30"},"organizations":[{"funding":[{"_id":93,"id":"202100-5240","sv":"Forte, Forskningsrådet för hälsa, arbetsliv och välfärd","en":"Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare"}]},{"coordinating":[{"_id":886305,"id":"556688-5280","sv":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","en":"Marie Cederschiöld University"}]}],"people":[{"project_leaders":[{"_id":"authority-person:30523","orcid":"0000-0002-7261-6643","name":"Eriksson, Maria","role":"principal_investigator","affiliation":[{"_id":886305,"id":"556688-5280","sv":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","en":"Marie Cederschiöld University"}]}]},{"other_personnel":[{"orcid":"0000-0001-5202-0722","name":"Bergman, Ann-Sofie","role":"co_investigator"},{"_id":"authority-person:59606","orcid":"0000-0001-5220-0221","name":"Lagerlöf, Hélène","role":"co_investigator","affiliation":[{"_id":886305,"id":"556688-5280","sv":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","en":"Marie Cederschiöld University"}]},{"_id":"authority-person:77290","orcid":"0000-0001-6158-3279","name":"Kassman, Anders","role":"co_investigator","affiliation":[{"_id":886305,"id":"556688-5280","sv":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","en":"Marie Cederschiöld University"}]},{"orcid":"0000-0001-6574-4340","name":"Hultmann, Ole","role":"co_investigator"},{"orcid":"0000-0001-9367-4028","name":"Engwall, Kristina","role":"co_investigator"},{"_id":"authority-person:77292","orcid":"0000-0002-2105-0301","name":"Schiratzki, Johanna","role":"co_investigator","affiliation":[{"_id":886305,"id":"556688-5280","sv":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","en":"Marie Cederschiöld University"}]},{"_id":"authority-person:29074","orcid":"0000-0002-2531-7018","name":"Börjeson, Martin","role":"co_investigator","affiliation":[{"_id":886305,"id":"556688-5280","sv":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","en":"Marie Cederschiöld University"}]},{"orcid":"0000-0002-6941-5760","name":"Iversen, Clara","role":"co_investigator"},{"_id":"authority-person:77288","orcid":"0000-0002-8959-2238","name":"Vainik, Anne-Lie","role":"co_investigator","affiliation":[{"_id":886305,"id":"556688-5280","sv":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","en":"Marie Cederschiöld University"}]},{"orcid":"0000-0003-0622-0621","name":"Axberg, Ulf","role":"co_investigator"},{"_id":"authority-person:28395","orcid":"0000-0003-2416-0124","name":"Ekström, Veronica","role":"co_investigator","affiliation":[{"_id":886305,"id":"556688-5280","sv":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","en":"Marie Cederschiöld University"}]},{"_id":"authority-person:77282","orcid":"0000-0003-4159-8478","name":"Hvenmark, Johan","role":"co_investigator","affiliation":[{"_id":886305,"id":"556688-5280","sv":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","en":"Marie Cederschiöld University"}]},{"name":"Röbäck de Souza, Karin","role":"co_investigator"}]}],"tags":[{"_id":11749,"id":"50402","sv":"Socialt arbete","en":"Social Work"}],"titles":{"sv":"Samordnade interventionssystem mot våld i nära relationer (SIVIN)","en":"Coordinated intervention systems against violence in close relationships"},"total_funding":"23987000","type_of_awards":{"sv":"Övrigt","en":"Other"},"publications":[{"id":"diva2:2045243","type":"article-journal","status":"Epub ahead of print","issued":{"date-parts":[[2026]]},"title":"'Good Dialogues’ and Participation for Children Staying in Shelters for Victims of Domestic Violence","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]},{"family":"Lagerlöf","given":"Hélène","ORCID":"0000-0001-5220-0221","localId":"hellag","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]}],"abstract":"Participation is a key issue for children moving to a shelter for victims of domestic violence. To get information, be consulted and be able to take part in decisions regarding the move could potentially make the often hasty and unplanned transition to and stayin an unfamiliar context easier for the child and support the child's sense of coherence in spite of a challenging situation. There is currently a lack of research on methods aiding children's participation. The aim of the current study is to explore how the practice model Good Dialogues, which is intended to facilitate and enhance children's participation, is put into practice in a women's shelter context. Drawing on a pilot project with interviews with practitioners in a women's shelter in Sweden, and a sample of audio recorded Good Dialogues conversations between practitioners and children, the study shows that implementation of this method is possible in a shelter context and that it can be put into practice as intended: to enhance children's participation. However, more research is needed to fully understand how this practice model works in a shelter context and how participation for children in shelters for victims of domestic violence can be enhanced in the best way possible.","DOI":"10.1111/chso.70036","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11947","page":"1-11","container-title":"Children & society","ISSN":"1099-0860","keyword":"Children's rights; Domestic violence; Participation; Practice models; Women's shelters","published":[{"raw":"2026-03-11T23:57:54.251+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2026-03-11T23:57:54.325+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2026-03-12T11:23:59.541+01:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11947"},{"id":"diva2:2034466","type":"article-journal","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2026]]},"title":"Vardag i väntan : En kvalitativ analys av civilsamhällets möte med barn i vårdnadstvist","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Kazemi","given":"Baharan","ORCID":"0000-0002-5884-8894","localId":"23bahkaz","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]},{"family":"Gyberg","given":"Fanny","ORCID":"0000-0002-0617-3813","affiliation":[{"name":"Karlstads universitet, Sverige"}]}],"abstract":"Artikeln utforskar hur civilsamhällets aktörer möter barn som har upplevt våld i nära relationer och som varit med om familjerättsliga processer rörande vårdnad, boende och umgänge. Med utgångspunkt i sju kvalitativa intervjuer med elva medarbetare inom kvinnojourer, barnrättsorganisationer och juridisk praktik undersöks hur de upplever att barns vardag formas i skärningspunkten mellan familj, civilsamhälle och myndigheter. Studien är etnologiskt orienterad och analyserar deltagarnas beskrivningar av hur barns positioner, handlingsutrymme och känslomässiga erfarenheter ges mening i mötet med civilsamhället. Med stöd i begrepp som temporalitet och liminalitet analyseras utsagor om hur barns liv präglas av väntan, osäkerhet och vardagliga former av styrning. Metodologiskt används etnografiska hyperberättelser, vilket är fiktiva men empiriskt förankrade narrativ, som ett analytiskt och etiskt grepp för att gestalta centrala teman och relationella mönster i materialet. Artikeln bidrar till kulturanalytisk forskning genom att synliggöra civilsamhällets roll som en arena där barns erfarenheter tolkas, omförhandlas och ges betydelse.","DOI":"10.54807/kp.v35.57205","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11904","volume":"35","page":"1-16","container-title":"Kulturella perspektiv - Svensk etnologisk tidskrift","ISSN":"1102-7908","keyword":"Family law; Civil society; Childhood; Domestic violence; Social work; Familjerätt; Civilsamhälle; Barndom; Våld i nära relation; Socialt arbete","published":[{"raw":"2026-02-02T10:53:46.074+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2026-02-02T10:53:46.141+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2026-02-04T13:32:57.088+01:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11904"},{"id":"diva2:1924331","type":"article-journal","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2025]]},"title":"Fighting for opportunities for protection, validation, and rehabilitation after child sexual abuse","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Landberg","given":"Åsa","ORCID":"0000-0003-3352-8250","localId":"asalan","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]},{"family":"Kaldal","given":"Anna","affiliation":[{"name":"Stockholm University, Sweden"}]},{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]}],"abstract":"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.","DOI":"10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.108104","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11180","volume":"169","number":"108104","container-title":"Children and youth services review","ISSN":"1873-7765","keyword":"Child abuse; Child agency; Protection; Recovery; Sexual abuse","published":[{"raw":"2025-01-04T11:19:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2025-01-04T11:19:12.119+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:38:08.305+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11180"},{"id":"diva2:2048239","type":"chapter","issued":{"date-parts":[[2025]]},"title":"Interview","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Iversen","given":"Clara","ORCID":"0000-0002-6941-5760","localId":"claiv157","affiliation":[{"id":"887950","name":"Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]},{"family":"Wirzén","given":"Madeleine","affiliation":[{"name":"Linköpings universitet"}]}],"ISBN":"9781035317257","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-583034","page":"457-474","container-title":"Research Handbook on Social Interaction","publisher-place":"Cheltenham","publisher":"Edward Elgar Publishing","note":"[ed] Melisa Stevanovic","published":[{"raw":"2026-03-24T12:55:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2026-03-24T12:55:50.800+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2026-04-30T10:04:59.170+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-583034"},{"id":"diva2:1956002","type":"article-journal","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2025]]},"title":"Shelters for victims of intimate partner violence and the issue of quality on an expanding quasi-market : The case of Sweden","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Ekström","given":"Veronica","ORCID":"0000-0003-2416-0124","localId":"vereks","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]},{"family":"Hvenmark","given":"Johan","ORCID":"0000-0003-4159-8478","localId":"johhve","affiliation":[{"id":"887150","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för civilsamhälle och religion"}]}],"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to explore how the marketisation of welfare shapes the organisation and provision of shelter services for victims of intimate partner violence. It does so by examining understandings of quality among senior shelter officials in Sweden, a context increasingly shaped by New Public Management reforms, where non-profit, for-profit, and public shelters compete for public funding. Based on interview data, three primary themes emerged: shelter environment, services provided, and the shelter workforce. Most officials stressed the need for a secure, dignified, and home-like setting, but differences also surfaced. Non-profit representatives emphasised counselling for long-term well-being, empowerment, and sustained support, while for-profit officials focused more on collaboration with residents. A recurring topic was prioritising professional staff over volunteers, signalling broader professionalisation trends within shelter work. Concerns were raised about how this shift might impact values traditionally upheld by non-profit shelters. The paper then initiates a critical discussion on how market forces might influence the construction of quality in shelters, with particular attention to non-profits' financial situation, advocacy work, and core mission. Finally, it underscores the need for further research on marketisation and non-profit shelters, both in Sweden and internationally, in light of evolving welfare systems.","DOI":"10.1080/13691457.2025.2484630","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11395","issue":"3","volume":"28","page":"577-589","container-title":"European Journal of Social Work","ISSN":"1468-2664","keyword":"Shelter; Intimate partner violence; Quality; Marketisation; Non-profit","published":[{"raw":"2025-06-27T15:01:20.356+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2025-05-04T11:41:02.029+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:35:21.197+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11395"},{"id":"diva2:2002222","type":"article-journal","status":"Epub ahead of print","issued":{"date-parts":[[2025]]},"title":"Understanding quality in domestic violence shelters through the experiences of abused women","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Forthmeiier","given":"Felicia","ORCID":"0009-0002-7456-9315","localId":"felfor","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]},{"family":"Ekström","given":"Veronica","ORCID":"0000-0003-2416-0124","localId":"vereks","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]}],"abstract":"Shelter is a crucial intervention for women and children exposed to intimate partner violence. Despite this, we know little about abused women’s perceptions of good quality in shelters. This study aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of quality in shelters by investigating abused women’s experiences of living in domestic violence shelters. The study is based on 19 semi-structured interviews with women who have lived in shelters in Sweden, analysed using thematic analysis. Our findings show a complex and contradictory picture of shelter, with quality varying widely between shelters. The analysis of the women’s experiences shows that (1) the living environment is crucial for the experience of living in a shelter, (2) the rules and design of the shelter can be perceived as a continuum of control, (3) the support offered should consist of a palette of interventions such as supportive counselling, practical help, relief and activities, (4) that living in shelters can lead to extensive loneliness and (5) shelter ought to be understood as more than a safe place; it is also a place of recovery, safety, and meaning-making for the future. Thus, these women’s experiences provide essential insights into understanding shelter quality.","DOI":"10.1080/2156857x.2025.2564951","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11653","container-title":"Nordic Social Work Research","ISSN":"2156-8588","keyword":"Intimate partner violence (IPV); Women's shelter; Quality; Domestic violence shelter","published":[{"raw":"2026-01-08T10:07:16.459+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2025-09-30T09:20:30.573+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2026-01-08T10:07:16.459+01:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11653"},{"id":"diva2:1943356","type":"chapter","issued":{"date-parts":[[2025]]},"title":"Utredande barnintervjuer och barns röster om våld och rädsla","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","affiliation":[{"name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola"}]},{"family":"Iversen","given":"Clara","ORCID":"0000-0002-6941-5760","localId":"claiv157","affiliation":[{"id":"887950","name":"Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]}],"ISBN":"9789144176475","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-552188","page":"161-178","container-title":"Våld i nära relation : barncentrerade och samordnade interventioner","publisher-place":"Lund","publisher":"Studentlitteratur AB","note":"[ed] Maria Eriksson; Martin Börjesson","published":[{"raw":"2025-03-10T13:51:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2025-03-10T13:51:09.299+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-11-25T15:39:37.237+01:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-552188"},{"id":"diva2:1903665","type":"paper-conference","issued":{"date-parts":[[2024]]},"title":"Childhood trajectories in the aftermath of a child welfare investigation of children exposed to violence","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"887151","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]},{"family":"Wollter","given":"Filip","ORCID":"0000-0001-7116-5601","localId":"filwol","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]},{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]}],"abstract":"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 &amp; 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. ","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11047","event":"Nationella barnavårdskonferensen, Växjö, Sverige, 23-24 September, 2024","keyword":"Child welfare investigation; Long term outcomes; Violence","published":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T22:23:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T22:23:34.859+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:39:48.754+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11047"},{"id":"diva2:1903666","type":"paper-conference","issued":{"date-parts":[[2024]]},"title":"Children’s exposure to violence and child welfare services’ investigations in Sweden","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"887151","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]},{"family":"Wollter","given":"Filip","ORCID":"0000-0001-7116-5601","localId":"filwol","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]},{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]}],"abstract":"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.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11048","event":"International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect ISPCAN Congress, Uppsala, Sverige, 18-21 Augusti, 2024","published":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T23:18:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T23:18:24.097+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:39:46.864+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11048"},{"id":"diva2:1858862","type":"article-journal","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2024]]},"title":"Emergency Risk Assessments in Child Welfare Services : Developing Structured Support to Professional Assessments","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Wollter","given":"Filip","ORCID":"0000-0001-7116-5601","localId":"filwol","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"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.","DOI":"10.1111/cfs.13195","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10817","issue":"4","volume":"30","page":"591-599","container-title":"Child & Family Social Work","ISSN":"1365-2206","keyword":"Child abuse; Child welfare services. Domestic violence. Intimate partner violence; Professional assessments; Risk assessment","published":[{"raw":"2024-05-20T09:17:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2024-05-20T09:17:00.752+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-12-18T11:15:33.895+01:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10817"},{"id":"diva2:1837998","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2024]]},"title":"Implementering av Efter barnförhöret i Stockholms stad","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Jonsson","given":"Linda","localId":"linjon","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Linell","given":"Hanna","affiliation":[{"name":"Institutionen för socialt arbete, Stockholms universitet"}]},{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"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.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10683","number-of-pages":"38","collection-title":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola arbetsrapportserie","collection-number":"109","publisher-place":"Stockholm","publisher":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","published":[{"raw":"2024-02-15T10:58:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2024-02-15T10:58:03.449+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:44:10.169+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10683"},{"id":"diva2:1903669","type":"paper-conference","issued":{"date-parts":[[2024]]},"title":"Risk assessments within child welfare investigations","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"887151","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]},{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]},{"family":"Persdotter","given":"Birgitta","affiliation":[{"name":"Karlstad universitet, Sverige"}]}],"abstract":"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.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11050","event":"International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect ISPCAN Congress, Uppsala, Sverige, 18-21 Augusti, 2024","published":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T23:25:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T23:25:56.244+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:39:43.329+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11050"},{"id":"diva2:1825632","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2024]]},"title":"Specialiserade team vid våld i nära relation : en studie i tre kommuner","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Robertsson","given":"Karin","localId":"karrob","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Bergman","given":"Ann-Sofie","affiliation":[{"name":"Institutionen för socialt arbete, Stockholms universitet"}]}],"abstract":"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.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10216","number-of-pages":"65","collection-title":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola arbetsrapportserie","collection-number":"103","publisher-place":"Stockholm","publisher":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","published":[{"raw":"2024-01-09T17:06:51.078+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2024-01-09T17:06:51.146+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:45:38.572+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10216"},{"id":"diva2:1734401","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2023]]},"title":"Akuta bedömningar av våld i familjer med barn : Utvecklingen av ”iRiSk Akut”","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Wollter","given":"Filip","ORCID":"0000-0001-7116-5601","localId":"filwol","affiliation":[{"id":"877104","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Avdelningen för forskning om det sociala arbetets villkor, former och utfall"},{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"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.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10074","number-of-pages":"44","collection-title":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola arbetsrapportserie","collection-number":"101","publisher-place":"Stockholm","publisher":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","published":[{"raw":"2023-02-06T13:28:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2023-02-06T13:28:37.133+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:51:47.126+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10074"},{"id":"diva2:1765654","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2023]]},"title":"BRA-samtal för barn i ekonomisk utsatthet &amp; osäkra boendeförhållanden : En pilotstudie","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Lagerlöf","given":"Hélène","ORCID":"0000-0001-5220-0221","localId":"hellag","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"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.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10075","number-of-pages":"71","collection-title":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola arbetsrapportserie","collection-number":"102","publisher-place":"Stockholm","publisher":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","published":[{"raw":"2023-06-12T08:24:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2023-06-12T08:24:01.680+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:49:24.434+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10075"},{"id":"diva2:1903672","type":"paper-conference","issued":{"date-parts":[[2023]]},"title":"Children subjected to violence and the orientation of child welfare services","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"887151","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]},{"family":"Wollter","given":"Filip","ORCID":"0000-0001-7116-5601","localId":"filwol","affiliation":[{"id":"877104","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Avdelningen för forskning om det sociala arbetets villkor, former och utfall"},{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]},{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]}],"abstract":"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.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11053","event":"The 5th European Conference on Domestic Violence, Reykjavik, Iceland, September 11-13, 2023","published":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T23:39:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T23:39:25.305+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:39:38.771+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11053"},{"id":"diva2:1903671","type":"paper-conference","issued":{"date-parts":[[2023]]},"title":"Children’s agency and narrations of fear in child welfare risk and safety interviews","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]},{"family":"Iversen","given":"Clara","affiliation":[{"name":"Uppsala universitet, Sverige"}]}],"abstract":"The paper presents results from a study of structured investigative child interviews developed to be used in the context of child welfare investigations: the “iRiSk” risk and safety interviews for children subjected to violence in the family. The data consists of 20 audio recorded interviews drawing on this interview protocol, carried out in Sweden 2017-2021, involving 21 children and 11 case workers from five different child welfare offices. The interviews were analyzed through Conversation Analysis (CA). The results presented concern the extent and context for children’s agency in terms of tackling leading components of interviewer questions regarding violence, as well as how children in the context of these interviews express experiences of fear associated with being exposed to different forms of violence in a family context. ","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11052","event":"5th European Conference on Domestic Violence, Reykjavik, Iceland, September 11-13, 2023","published":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T23:34:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T23:34:14.341+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:39:40.824+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11052"},{"id":"diva2:1903677","type":"speech","issued":{"date-parts":[[2023]]},"title":"Emergency risk assessments within child welfare : Developing structured support to professional assessments","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]},{"family":"Wollter","given":"Filip","ORCID":"0000-0001-7116-5601","localId":"filwol","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]}],"NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11057","event":"NaPSA Nationell paperkonferens i socialt arbete, Stockholm, Sverige, [DIGITAL], 22-23 mars, 2023","published":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T23:48:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T23:48:25.158+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:39:33.589+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11057"},{"id":"diva2:1903673","type":"paper-conference","issued":{"date-parts":[[2023]]},"title":"Emergency risk assessments within child welfare : Developing structured support to professional assessments","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]},{"family":"Wollter","given":"Filip","ORCID":"0000-0001-7116-5601","localId":"filwol","affiliation":[{"id":"877104","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Avdelningen för forskning om det sociala arbetets villkor, former och utfall"},{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]}],"abstract":"Background: A key issue to safeguard and support children exposed to violence in a family setting is the assessment of risk. In emergency situations, such as when the police are called out to a family with children due to violence and a decision on how to act to protect possible adult and child victims of violence is warranted, time is of essence and the opportunities to gather information are limited. There is a lack of support to professional risk assessments in emergency situations. The few existing methods tend to focus on the step of detecting cases that warrant further investigation. However, how to gather information and assess risk once a case has been identified has not been discussed to any greater extent. The aim of this pilot project was to develop a model for emergency risk assessments in cases of intimate partner violence in families with minor children.  Method: Drawing on research knowledge, the “iRiSk” model for structured risk assessments within child welfare investigations, and emergency social worker’s professional knowledge and experience, researchers and social workers within an emergency social services unit co-produced a model for emergency risk assessments to be piloted. Six of the social workers were then interviewed about their experiences of trying out the model and checklists with information from 32 cases were analyzed.  Results: The data indicates that the suggested model is feasible within emergency social services and can improve practice in the sense of enabling more child centered, research based and systematic risk assessments. In particular, it helped to highlight the child’s agency and perspective in the cases of intimate partner violence in families with children.  Conclusion: The paper outlines a model for structured support to professional emergency risk assessments in cases of violence in the family, to be further tested in other contexts. ","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11054","event":"The 5th European Conference on Domestic Violence, Reykjavik, Iceland, September 11-13, 2023","published":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T23:41:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T23:41:28.986+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:39:37.271+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11054"},{"id":"diva2:1805896","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2023]]},"title":"En modell för införandet av en akademisk socialtjänst i Stockholms stad : Slutrapport","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Börjeson","given":"Martin","ORCID":"0000-0002-2531-7018","localId":"marbor","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]}],"NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10451","number-of-pages":"42","publisher-place":"Stockholm","publisher":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","published":[{"raw":"2023-10-18T23:12:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2023-10-18T23:12:13.520+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:47:15.777+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10451"},{"id":"diva2:1807362","type":"paper-conference","issued":{"date-parts":[[2023]]},"title":"Fyra sätt att organisera socialtjänstens insatser mot våld i nära relation","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Robertsson","given":"Karin","localId":"karrob","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"Presentationen bygger på en studie av socialtjänstens organisering av insatser mot våld i nära relation. I fokus står frågan om hur myndighetsutövning rörande våldsutsatta och våldsutövande vuxna respektive stöd- och behandlingsinsatser rörande våldsutsatta och våldsutövande vuxna relateras till varandra organisatoriskt och professionellt. Utifrån exempel från 16 olika myndighetsutövande enheter och totalt 7 enheter som erbjuder stöd- och behandlingsinsatser diskuteras de fyra olika modeller för organiseringen av socialtjänstens arbete med våld i nära relation som framträder ur de olika exemplen.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10464","event":"Nationell konferens med fokus på samordnade interventioner inom socialt arbete med våld mot barn och vuxna i nära relationer, Stockholm, 2 oktober 2023","keyword":"Våld i nära relationer; Socialtjänst; Organisering; Organisation","published":[{"raw":"2023-10-26T08:13:41.668+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2023-10-26T08:13:41.738+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:46:59.864+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10464"},{"id":"diva2:1805898","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2023]]},"title":"Införandet av en akademisk socialtjänst i Stockholms stad : Utökad pilot i Farsta stadsdels-förvaltning","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Jonsson","given":"Linda","localId":"linjon","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Robertsson","given":"Karin","localId":"karrob","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Vainik","given":"Anne-Lie","ORCID":"0000-0002-8959-2238","localId":"annvai","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]}],"NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10452","number-of-pages":"31","publisher-place":"Stockholm","publisher":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","published":[{"raw":"2023-10-18T23:16:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2023-10-18T23:16:12.574+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:47:14.459+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10452"},{"id":"diva2:1903675","type":"paper-conference","issued":{"date-parts":[[2023]]},"title":"Professionalisation and service user needs : Dilemmas in social work with victims of intimate partner violence","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]}],"abstract":"Drawing on a study of the organization of services for adult victims of violence in Sweden, the paper discusses tensions in social work with women subjected to intimate partner violence. Over the last decades the issue of intimate partner violence has been integrated into the public part of the welfare system as the responsibility for offering protection and support has shifted at least to some degree from NGOs to statutory services. This shift has meant that social work with violence increasingly is carried out within the context of personal social services of Swedish municipalities, characterized by internal divisions and a high degree of specialization. Overall, the 34 women services users interviewed in the study described the help they had been offered in a positive way, and they emphasized that the professionals offering services were highly skilled in working with violence and had in-depth knowledge about the issue. At the same time, it was clear that a number of needs of help had not been met by the social services, and that was especially true for women with complex needs, due to, for example, economic hardship, practical needs, and/or responsibility for minor children. Interviews with 18 case workers within statutory services and 23 social workers offering support interventions indicated that some kinds of services, such as practical help to women subjected to violence or child minding in order to enable women with young children to take part in support interventions, were defined as “not part of the work tasks”. Thus, the study results point to ongoing processes of professionalization and professional boundary work within the specialized personal social services. The wider context for such processes as well as the implications for women services users are discussed.   ","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11056","event":"NaPSA Nationell paperkonferens i socialt arbete, Stockholm, Sverige, 22-23 mars, 2023","published":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T23:45:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T23:45:47.975+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:39:34.857+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11056"},{"id":"diva2:1802097","type":"paper-conference","issued":{"date-parts":[[2023]]},"title":"Quality in Shelters : Experiences from Female Victims of Domestic Violence","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Forthmeiier","given":"Felicia","ORCID":"0009-0002-7456-9315","localId":"felfor","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Ekström","given":"Veronica","ORCID":"0000-0003-2416-0124","localId":"vereks","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"Shelters in Sweden have been the subject of marketization and professionalization during the last decade. In most cases, it is the municipal social services who grants a woman placement in shelter and buys shelter services from either the women’s shelter movement or a private for-profit shelter. The social service are ought to ensure the shelters have a good qaulity standard. However, what good quality in shelter consists of is both relative and contextual. Different actors in a given context tend to represent different interests. Hence, it is difficult to define what quality is and therefore also ensuring and following up on measure of quality. This study investigates what quality in shelters is, according to female victims of domestic violence. The study has a qualitative design using semistructured interviews with 19 women who have experienced staying at a shelter. Several women describe quality in terms of the shelter’s staff members having miltifaceted traits. Simplified, quality of the staff is a combination of two different character types; the “professional staff member” who is educated, specialised on violence and can offer support and guidance and the “charitable staff member” who offers warmth, empathy and a more personal version of herself in order to meet the battered woman not only as a battered woman, but as a whole person with her own strengths, capacities and will. Another aspect of quality is the complexity of shelters’ rules; locked doors and security systems create a sense of unfairness when, as a victim, having to adjust to and living with daily-life restrictions as such. Diminishing the feeling of imprisonment seems to be an important aspect of improving quality in shelters. The study will provide knowledge about how quality in shelters can improve, knowledge that is important for further development of shelter practices for female victims of domestic violence.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10432","event":"European Conferences of Domestic Violence, Reykjavík, Iceland, 11-13 september 2023.","published":[{"raw":"2023-10-03T15:28:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2023-10-03T15:28:25.225+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:47:32.384+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10432"},{"id":"diva2:1805902","type":"article-journal","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2023]]},"title":"The selective child welfare funnel : Children's exposure to violence and CWS investigations in Sweden","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Kassman","given":"Anders","ORCID":"0000-0001-6158-3279","localId":"andkas","affiliation":[{"id":"887151","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Centrum för civilsamhällesforskning"}]},{"family":"Wollter","given":"Filip","ORCID":"0000-0001-7116-5601","localId":"filwol","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"<b>Background </b>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.<b>Objective </b>Based on the notion of selective recognition of vulnerability and risk, this study explores which children CWS pursue to a complete child welfare investigation.<b>Participants and setting</b> A register was set up including all children (n = 1764) between 7 and 12 years that were investigated for suspected exposure to violence by CWS in the municipality of the City of Stockholm, Sweden, in 2019.<b>Methods </b>This cohort was systematically compared to demographic data and national self-report prevalence studies to explore possible biases regarding which children CWS investigates. Descriptive analysis, cluster analysis and logistic regressions were used.<b>Results </b>The results confirm previous research that children exposed to violence have reduced access to material resources and inferior living conditions compared to non-exposed children. Physical abuse is more prevalent among boys of foreign backgrounds in stable, two-parent families residing in higher-status suburbs. Conversely, neglect is 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, while neglect and violence in the family are relatively more frequently investigated compared to self-reported prevalence studies.<b>Conclusions </b>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.","DOI":"10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106356","PMID":"37478732","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10454","volume":"144","number":"106356","container-title":"International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect","ISSN":"1873-7757","published":[{"raw":"2023-10-18T23:35:07.123+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2023-10-18T23:35:07.189+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:47:11.805+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10454"},{"id":"diva2:1805899","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2023]]},"title":"”Vi jobbar med familjer och barn i alla möjliga situationer” : Familjestödsenheten i Farsta och arbetet med barn som upplevt våld","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Jonsson","given":"Linda","localId":"linjon","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Meissner","given":"Malin","localId":"malmei","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Schillaci","given":"Carolina","localId":"carsch","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]}],"NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10453","number-of-pages":"25","publisher-place":"Stockholm","publisher":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","published":[{"raw":"2023-10-18T23:20:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2023-10-18T23:20:38.030+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:47:13.127+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10453"},{"id":"diva2:1710306","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2022]]},"title":"AVEC - The IDEAL model of child centred multiagency coordination : Experiences of development and implementation","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Jonsson","given":"Linda","localId":"linjon","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"Every year, thousands of children stay at least one night at women’s shelters in Sweden with their guardian. At shelters the violence stops, but children’s rights are at stake. To be exposed to violence against a parent or be subjected to violence directly can lead to trauma later in life. A safe environment with healthy relationships with adults that understand the consequences of abuse may be a support for the child´s recovery. However, children may have additional needs of support while staying at the shelter or there might be gaps in services when children leave the shelter.During 2021-2022 five organizations have been working together in the project AVEC – After the violence to improve the situation for children in shelters: Save the Children Sweden, Children´s Welfare Foundation Sweden, the Gothenburg Church City Mission Foundation, Marie Cederschiöld University (former Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College) and Barnafrid -National Centre on Violence Against Children at Linköping University. The project was based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the EU Charter, Directive 2019/29/EU and the Istanbul Convention. The overall objective of the AVEC project was the following: With a child rights approach, increase and improve protection and support for children at women’s shelters who are victims of domestic violence; increase the children’s mental well-being during and after their stay at the shelter.Through the AVEC project a working model called the “Puzzle” has been developed. The Puzzle consists of five puzzle pieces: 1) trauma informed care, 2) participation and information, 3) play and activity, 4) child centred cooperation, and 5) violence informed case management. The current report concerns the piece “child centred cooperation” (4). The report describes the work to design, pilot and evaluate model for multi-agency and multi-disciplinary coordination involving women’s shelters and social services, based on a child rights perspective, current research, and existing legislation.The work resulted in the IDEAL model for child centred cooperation which is outlined in the second part of this report. The model concerns different stages of the placement process, specifically aims and activities when children are coming into the shelter (I), during placement (D), when planning for and exiting the shelter (E), at the transition to life after the shelter stay (A), and finally activities securing a more long-term situation that aids children’s recovery (L). The model is focused upon cooperation between statutory services, that is, agencies making decisions on placements of adults or children at a women’s shelter and agencies responsible for child welfare investigations, as well as agencies offering support to victims of violence, and women’s shelters and similar.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9896","number-of-pages":"27","publisher-place":"Stockholm","publisher":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","note":"Forskningsfinansiär: Europeiska unionens program för Rättigheter, jämlikhet och medborgarskap, REC 2014-2020.","published":[{"raw":"2022-11-11T16:46:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2022-11-11T16:46:32.599+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:53:33.940+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9896"},{"id":"diva2:1710308","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2022]]},"title":"AVEC - The IDEAL model of child centred multiagency coordination : Short description","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Jonsson","given":"Linda","localId":"linjon","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"Every year, thousands of children stay at least one night at women’s shelters in Sweden with their guardian. At shelters the violence stops, but children’s rights are at stake. During 2021-2022 five organizations have been working together in the project AVEC – After the violence, to improve thesituation for children in shelters: Save the Children Sweden, Children´s Welfare Foundation Sweden, the Gothenburg Church City Mission Foundation, Marie Cederschiöld University (former Ersta Sköndal Bräcke University College) and Barnafrid -National Center on Violence Against Children at Linköping University. The project was based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the EU Charter, Directive 2019/29/EU and the Istanbul Convention. The overall objective of the AVEC project was the following: With a child rights approach, increase and improve protection and support for children at women’s shelters who are victims of domestic violence; increase the children’s mental well-being during and after their stay at the shelter.This report outlines one part of the results from the AVEC project: the IDEAL model for child centred cooperation. The IDEAL model concerns different stages of the placement process, when children are coming into the shelter (I), during placement (D), when planning for and exiting the shelter (E), at the transition to life after the shelter stay (A), and it includes activities securing a more long-term situation that aids children’s recovery (L). The model is focused upon cooperation between women’s shelters and statutory services, that is, agencies making decisions on placements of adults or children at a women’s shelter and agencies responsible for child welfare investigations, as well as agencies offering support to victims of violence.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9897","number-of-pages":"7","publisher-place":"Stockholm","publisher":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","note":"Forskningsfinansiär: Europeiska unionens program för Rättigheter, jämlikhet och medborgarskap, REC 2014-2020.","published":[{"raw":"2022-11-11T16:49:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2022-11-11T16:49:26.011+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:53:32.763+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9897"},{"id":"diva2:1710311","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2022]]},"title":"Efter våldet - IDEAL samverkan kring barn i skyddat boende : Kort beskrivning","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Jonsson","given":"Linda","localId":"linjon","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"Varje år vistas cirka tusentals barn i Sverige på skyddade boenden. Under två år har Barnafrid, Rädda Barnen, Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Göteborgs kyrkliga stadsmission och Stiftelsen Allmänna Barnhuset samarbetat i ett EU-finansierat projekt, Efter våldet – rättigheter för barn i skyddat boende. Efter våldet handlar om att stärka rätten till skydd, stöd och delaktighet för barn som upplevt våld i hemmet, under och efter deras tid i skyddat boende. Projektets fulla titel var ”After the Violence: Ensuring Child Rights Based Protection and Support to children who are victims of domestic violence, during and after their stay at women shelters in Sweden”. Det övergripande syftet med projektet baseras på Barnkonventionen, EU-direktiv 2012/29/EU och Istanbulkonventionen.Denna rapport beskriver ett av resultaten från projektet Efter våldet: IDEAL modellen för barncentrerad samverkan kring barn i skyddat boende. IDEAL modellen för barncentrerad samverkan fokuserar på de olika faserna i en placeringsprocess: när barnet kommer till det skyddade boendet (In:I), tiden i det skyddade boendet (During: D), planering för och utflyttning från det skyddade boendet (Exit: E), övergången till livet efter det skyddade boendet (After: A), och den syftar även till att mer långsiktigt stödja barnets återhämtning efter upplevelser av våld och boende i skyddad boende (Longterm: L). Modellen fokuserar samverkan mellan skyddade boenden och verksamheter/myndigheter som placerar i skyddat boende, verksamheter/myndigheter som ansvarar för skydd och stöd till utsatta barn, och verksamheter som erbjuder stöd.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9898","number-of-pages":"7","publisher-place":"Stockholm","publisher":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","note":"Forskningsfinansiär: Europeiska unionens program för Rättigheter, jämlikhet och medborgarskap, REC 2014-2020.","published":[{"raw":"2022-11-11T16:51:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2022-11-11T16:51:31.355+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:53:31.571+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9898"},{"id":"diva2:1749993","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2022]]},"title":"Efter våldet - IDEAL samverkan kring barn i skyddat boende : Utveckling och implementering","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Jonsson","given":"Linda S.","localId":"linjon","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"Varje år vistas tusentals barn i Sverige i skyddade boenden tillsammans med en förälder, typiskt sett mamma. I ett skyddat boende upphör våldet, men barnens vistelse där aktualiserar en rad frågor om barns rättigheter. Att uppleva våld mot en förälder eller själv bli direkt utsatt för våld kan skapa trauma och problem senare i livet. En trygg miljö med stödjande relationer till vuxna runtomkring vilka förstår våldets konsekvenser kan bidra till barns återhämtning efter upplevelser av våld. Barn kan dock ha ytterligare behov av hjälp under tiden i skyddat boende och det kan finnas luckor i stödet när barnen lämnar det skyddade boendet.Under två år, 2021-2022, har Barnafrid, Rädda Barnen, Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Göteborgs kyrkliga stadsmission och Stiftelsen Allmänna Barnhuset samarbetat i ett EU-finansierat projekt, Efter våldet – rättigheter för barn i skyddat boende. Efter våldet handlar om att stärka rätten till skydd, stöd och delaktighet för barn som upplevt våld i hemmet, under och efter deras tid i skyddat boende. Projektets fulla titel var ”After the Violence: Ensuring Child Rights Based Protection and Support to children who are victims of domestic violence, during and after their stay at women shelters in Sweden”. Det övergripande syftet med projektet baseras på Barnkonventionen, EU-direktiv 2012/29/EU och Istanbulkonventionen.Genom projektet “Efter våldet” utvecklades en modell för arbete med barn I skyddat boende kallat ”Pusslet”. Pusslet består av fem pusselbitar: 1) Traumamedveten omsorg, 2) Information &amp; delaktighet, 3) Lek &amp; aktivitet, 4) Barncentrerad samverkan och 5) Våldsmedveten handläggning. Den här rapporten handlar om pusselbiten ”barncentrerad samverkan” och beskriver arbetet med att designa, pröva och utvärdera en modell för samverkan kring barn i skyddat boende som involverar skyddat boende och socialtjänst, och som grundas på ett barnrättsperspektiv, aktuell forskning, och lagstiftning. Arbetet resulterade i IDEAL-modellen för barncentrerad samverkan kring barn i skyddat boende, vilken beskrivs nedan. IDEAL-modellen för barncentrerad samverkan fokuserar på de olika faserna i en placeringsprocess: när barnet kommer till det skyddade boendet (In: I), tiden i detskyddade boendet (During: D), planering för och utflyttning från det skyddade boendet (Exit: E), övergången till livet efter det skyddade boendet (After: A), och den syftar även till att mer långsiktigtstödja barnets återhämtning efter upplevelser av våld och boende i skyddad boende (Long term: L). Modellen fokuserar samverkan mellan skyddade boenden och verksamheter/myndigheter som placerar i skyddat boende, verksamheter/myndigheter som ansvarar för skydd och stöd till utsatta barn, och verksamheter som erbjuder stöd till barn och föräldrar.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10151","number-of-pages":"26","publisher-place":"Stockholm","publisher":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola","published":[{"raw":"2023-04-12T09:46:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2023-04-12T09:46:52.853+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:50:47.951+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10151"},{"id":"diva2:1742507","type":"article-journal","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2022]]},"title":"Ett pris man får betala? : Om kvalitet i socialtjänstens arbete med skyddat boende","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Ekström","given":"Veronica","ORCID":"0000-0003-2416-0124","localId":"vereks","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"},{"id":"877104","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Avdelningen för forskning om det sociala arbetets villkor, former och utfall"}]},{"family":"Hvenmark","given":"Johan","ORCID":"0000-0003-4159-8478","localId":"johhve","affiliation":[{"id":"887150","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för civilsamhälle och religion"}]}],"abstract":"While most shelters for abused women in Sweden used to be run by the women’s movement, about half of the shelters are, today, operated by private companies. The social services’ procurement of these shelters has resulted in increased demands for quality and monito-ring. This article examines perceptions of quality regarding shelters among local politicians on municipal level and managers in the social services. The analysis shows that perceptions of quality range from adherence to the social services’ assignment orders to evidence, cost-effectiveness, and competence among staff both at the social services and shelters. Moreover, an overly “caring” attitude among staff both at the social services and shelters is portrayed as problematic and unprofessional. The article concludes that the social services’ work with quality, procurement of, and placements in shelters can constitute an unwieldy conf lict surface where logics and practices typical of both market and welfare are pitted against each other","DOI":"10.37062/sf.59.24131","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10123","issue":"4","volume":"59","page":"447-471","container-title":"Sociologisk tidskrift","ISSN":"2002-066X","keyword":"Intimate partner violence; Shelter; Quality; Social services; Marketization","published":[{"raw":"2023-03-09T16:12:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2023-03-09T16:12:22.678+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:51:13.767+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-10123"},{"id":"diva2:1710299","type":"article-journal","status":"Published","issued":{"date-parts":[[2022]]},"title":"Safeguarding Children Subjected to Violence in the Family : Child-Centered Risk Assessments","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"886222","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Broberg","given":"Anders G.","affiliation":[{"name":"Göteborgs Universitet"}]},{"family":"Hultmann","given":"Ole","affiliation":[{"name":"Göteborgs Universitet"}]},{"family":"Chawinga","given":"Emma","affiliation":[{"name":"Göteborgs Universitet"}]},{"family":"Axberg","given":"Ulf","ORCID":"0000-0003-0622-0621","affiliation":[{"name":"VID Specialized University, Norway"}]}],"abstract":"Assessing risk, planning for safety and security, and aiding recovery for children subjected to violence in a family setting is a complex process. The aim of the article is to synthesize the current research literature about risks for children subjected to violence in the family and outline an empirical base for a holistic and practically usable model of risk assessments placing the individual child at the center. Such assessments need to recognize four different areas of risk: (1) child safety, i.e., known risk factors for severe and dangerous violence aimed at both adults and children and how they play out in the individual case; (2) the child’s response in situations with violence; (3) the child’s perspective, especially fear and feelings of powerlessness in situations with violence; (4) developmental risks, e.g., instability in the child’s situation and care arrangements, lack of a carer/parent as a “secure base” and “safe haven”, the child developing difficulties due to the violence (e.g., PTSD), problems in parents’ caring capacities in relation to a child with experiences of, and reactions to, violence, and lack of opportunities for the child to make sense of, and create meaning in relation to, experiences of violence. In addition to the four areas of risk, the article emphasizes the importance of assessing the need for immediate intervention and safety planning in the current situation as regards safety, the child’s responses, the child’s perspectives, and long-term developmental risks.","DOI":"10.3390/ijerph192113779","PMID":"36360659","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9894","issue":"21","volume":"19","number":"13779","container-title":"International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health","ISSN":"1660-4601","keyword":"Child abuse; Child agency; Child development; Risk assessment; Violence","published":[{"raw":"2022-11-11T16:40:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2022-11-11T16:40:07.445+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:53:35.158+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9894"},{"id":"diva2:1626153","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2021]]},"title":"AVEC : Work package 2 : ”Multi-disciplinary cooperation and referral pathways” : Summary of findings from mapping of experiences of multi agency cooperation (Milestone 2) 2021-07-05","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"877102","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Jonsson","given":"Linda","localId":"linjon","affiliation":[{"id":"877102","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]}],"NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9344","number-of-pages":"10","keyword":"Child Protection; Domestic Violence; Violence Against Children; Womens' Shelters; Capacity Building","publisher-place":"Stockholm","publisher":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola","published":[{"raw":"2022-01-10T16:51:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2022-01-10T16:51:02.044+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T17:00:11.472+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9344"},{"id":"diva2:1903678","type":"paper-conference","issued":{"date-parts":[[2021]]},"title":"Paths of disclosure : The process of sharing experiences of childhood sexual abuse","language":"eng","author":[{"family":"Landberg","given":"Åsa","ORCID":"0000-0003-3352-8250","localId":"asalan","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]},{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"890550","name":"Marie Cederschiöld högskola, Institutionen för socialt arbete"}]},{"family":"Kaldal","given":"Anna","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Stockholm, Sweden"}]}],"abstract":"Disclosure is often a pre-requisite for children to get access to their rights after child abuse. To have their experiences validated and to get access to protection and rehabilitation the abuse must be known. However, many children that are sexually do not disclose during childhood. The research question is: How do children and young people retrospectively describe disclosure of child sexual abuse in relation to their own agency? The research group consisted of 13 females and one male, aged 15 to 29 years when the interviews were conducted. All participants had gone through a police investigation due to suspicions of sexual abuse before the age of 18. The respondents were interviewed individually. The interview design was based on a semi- structured interview method and were analysed using thematic analysis. None of the participants told anyone about the abuse right away, instead they first remained silent, keeping their experiences to themselves. Respondents describe a growing sense of agency and how they gradually came to see that it was an option to share their experiences with someone despite the fear of negative consequences.  Eventually, all of them told someone about the abuse, and when they met people they trusted, the sharing continued and developed into a dialogue. They continued to consider who to tell and what to tell them during and after the police investigation, sometimes holding back on information or even retreating back into silence. Disclosure of child sexual abuse seems to be at gradual process over time for many individuals, continuing during childhood and into adulthood.  ","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11058","event":"4th European Conference on Domestic Violence, Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 13-15, 2021","published":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T23:51:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2024-10-05T23:51:25.842+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:39:32.219+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-11058"},{"id":"diva2:1634186","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2021]]},"title":"Utvärdering av Relationsvåldscentrum (RVC) i Stockholms stad","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"877102","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Bergman","given":"Ann-Sofie","affiliation":[{"name":"Uppsala universitet"}]},{"family":"Ekström","given":"Veronica","ORCID":"0000-0003-2416-0124","localId":"vereks","affiliation":[{"id":"877104","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Avdelningen för forskning om det sociala arbetets villkor, former och utfall"}]},{"family":"Robertsson","given":"Karin","localId":"karrob","affiliation":[{"id":"877102","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]}],"abstract":"I föreliggande rapport presenteras resultaten av en forskarutvärdering av Relationsvådscentrum (RVC) i Stockholms stad. Utvärderingen har genomförts av en grupp forskare knutna till Institutionen för socialvetenskap vid Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola och har pågått under 2020 och 2021. Utvärderingens övergripande syfte är att undersöka vilken betydelse RVC har för att säkra god kvalitet i Stockholms stads insatser mot våld i nära relation respektive hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck. Studien fokuserar fyra olika områden: 1) Resultat, 2) Jämförelse med socialtjänstens ordinarie arbete, 3) Organisation, 4) Kostnader. Studien har genomförts genom en kombination av metoder och rapporten bygger på sex olika dataset: 1) Dokument och statistik rörande RVC:s brukare och arbete, inklusive underlag om ekonomiska förutsättningar; 2) Självskattningar av traumasymptom hos RVC:s våldsutsatta brukare; 3) Tematiskt strukturerade intervjuer med personal vid RVC respektive stadsdelarnas RVT; 4) Enkät till personal i RVC respektive stadsdelarnas RVT om hur samverkan mellan RVC och övriga delar av socialtjänsten fungerar; 5) Tematiskt strukturerade intervjuer med brukare vid RVC, 6) RVC:s brukarundersökning. Utvärderingens övergripande slutsats är att RVC är av central betydelse för att säkra god kvalitet i Stockholms stads insatser mot våld i nära relation respektive hedersrelaterat våld och förtryck. Samtidigt finns en rad områden där det går att se stor potential till förbättringar.","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9387","number-of-pages":"91","publisher-place":"Stockholm","publisher":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola","published":[{"raw":"2022-02-01T19:58:00.000+01:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2022-02-01T19:58:54.939+01:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T16:59:37.115+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-9387"},{"id":"diva2:1423334","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2020]]},"title":"Användbarhet och genomförbarhet av en strukturerad risk- och skyddsintervju med våldsutövande pappor","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Hultmann","given":"Ole","affiliation":[{"name":"Göteborgs universitet"}]},{"family":"Broberg","given":"Anders","affiliation":[{"name":"Göteborgs universitet"}]},{"family":"Axberg","given":"Ulf","affiliation":[{"name":"Göteborgs universitet"}]},{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"877102","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Iversen","given":"Clara","affiliation":[{"name":"Uppsala universitet"}]}],"abstract":"I detta delprojekt har vi undersökt användbarhet och genomförbarhet av en intervju avsedd att användas i socialtjänstens myndighetsutövning med en förälder som är utpekad som våldsutövande. I just detta projekt har våldsutövande föräldrar enbart varit pappor.Användbarhet avser om frågorna i intervjun genererar relevanta svar som är tolkningsbara för intervjuns syfte. Genomförbarhet avser om intervjun är möjlig att genomföra i praktiken.Syftet med projektet var att pröva genomförbarheten av intervjun i barnavårdsutredningar och stödverksamheter. Vi ville undersöka om intervjufrågorna genererar relevant information om kända riskfaktorer baserade på tidigare forskning (användbarhet). Vi undersökte om en undergrupp av intervjusvaren kan tolkas enligt mentaliseringsteori/reflekterande förmåga som ett mått på föräldraförmåga.Verksamheter rekryterades genom våra tidigare kontakter i iRiSk-projektet: Tre stödverksamheter (Utväg/ATV) och två myndighetsenheter inom socialtjänsten har deltagit. Verksamheterna introducerades till projektet under vårterminen 2019. Godkännande från Etikprövningsmyndigheten erhölls 2019-08-20 (Dnr 2019-03143). Verksamheterna har samlat in data under årets fyra sista månader. Stödverksamheterna besöktes ett flertal gångar under 2019 för att introducera intervjun och konsultationer gavs under höstterminen. Stödverksamheterna har genomfört sju intervjuer och en intervju har genomförts inom socialtjänstens myndighetsutövning.Två handläggare från socialtjänsten och sex stödpersoner har intervjuats i grupp på respektive verksamhet för att undersöka hur de ser på intervjufrågornas användbarhet och i vilken grad de bedömer att den strukturerade intervjun är genomförbar i praktiken. Svar på frågor om våldsutsatthet analyserades med avseende på följsamhet till intervjuns frågor.Frågorna om genomförbarhet och användbarhet av intervju inom socialtjänstens myndighetsutövning har inte kunnat besvaras, då endast en intervju har gjorts. Inom stödverksamheterna är det främst frågan om intervjufrågornas användbarhet som besvaras, då intervjun är avsedd för att göra risk- skyddsbedömningar inom socialtjänstens myndighetsutövning.Transkript av de inspelade intervjuerna analyserades för att undersöka om svaren kunde tolkas enligt mentaliseringsteori – reflekterande förmåga.Inom stödverksamheterna ansåg man att frågorna i intervjun var bra både med avseende på riskbedömning (myndighetsutövning) och inför start av stödinsats (stödverksamheter) och endast mindre justeringar behövs för att tillgodose användbarheten av intervjun. Såväl struktur som innehåll uppskattades av stödpersoner och handläggare. De ljudinspelade risk- och skyddsintervjuerna visade att intervjupersonerna (de våldsutövande papporna) besvarade frågorna och några problem med frågekonstruktion och förståelse i stort sett inte var något problem. Att genomföra intervjuerna i praktiken avlöpte i stort sett problemfritt. Intervjuarna avvek ibland från frågor eller frågors specifika formulering. Genomlyssningen av intervjuerna med fokus på följsamhet till frågorna om våld gav vid handen att intervjuarna ofta anpassade frågorna för att de är extra känsliga eller uppfattades som konfrontativa frågor och man var rädd om relationen till pappan. Forskargruppens gruppintervju med handläggare från socialtjänstens myndighetsutövning visade i likhet med stödverksamheterna en positiv bild av frågorna i intervjun.Intervjuns mentaliserings-frågor bedöms vara användbara för att bedöma föräldrars mentaliseringsförmåga. Strukturen i den aktuella intervjun liknar den som finns i andra intervjuer som ger underlag för bedömning av mentaliseringsförmåga. Intervjusvaren ger en bild av intervjupersonens benägenhet att mentalisera kring sig själv, sitt barn och barnets mamma. Det finns en variation i benägenhet till mentalisering hos intervjupersonerna som är en indikation på att intervjun fungerar. Intervjuare kan dock påverka svarens reliabilitet och validitet negativt genom att vara ”för hjälpsamma” för att få fram svar från informanten. När det gäller utbildning i att använda intervjun så bör den ta sin utgångspunkt i att stödpersoner och handläggare är vana att anpassa sina frågor till den intervjuade och ovana vid att förlita sig på en extern struktur. Ett särskilt moment i utbildningen bör ägnas åt att förstå föräldraförmåga i relation till reflekterande förmåga.Stödpersoner och handläggare ser inga hinder för att använda intervjun med mammor. En version kan därför prövas med mammor som utövat våld för att undersöka användbarheten av intervjun frågor för mammor. Intervjun bör då kompletteras med ett bedömnings- och analysstöd. Intervjun kan också lämpa sig för andra verksamheter som kommer i kontakt med våldsutövande föräldrar.Slutsatser:<ul><li>Frågorna i intervjun uppfyller förväntningarna om att stimulera till ett samtal där pappan bidrar med information om sig själv som är relevant för arbetet i stödverksamheterna.</li><li>Frågan om huruvida pappor tenderar att lämna relevant information om kända riskfaktorer kan inte besvaras eftersom faktaunderlaget i denna studie är otillräckligt (för få intervjuer gjorda inom socialtjänstens myndighetsutövning).</li><li>Efter mindre justeringar av intervjuns struktur och innehåll kan fortsatt prövning göras för att belysa frågornas användbarhet och intervjuns möjligheter till genomförande inom socialtjänstens myndighetsutövning.</li><li>Intervjun bör prövas även med mammor som utövat våld i familjen</li><li>Intervjun kan prövas i andra sammanhang där riskbedömningar görs, t.ex. inom familjerätten och Kriminalvården.</li><li>Ett antal kärnområden som bör ingå i en vidareutbildning för yrkesverksamma socionomer m.m. har beskrivits. Träning i att följa en strukturerad intervju är ett viktigt moment.</li><li>Intervjufrågorna fungerar som underlag för bedömning av mentalisering/reflekterande förmåga.</li><li>Huruvida frågor om mentalisering/reflekterande förmåga också är användbara i barnavårdsutredningar har vi inte kunnat studera.</li></ul>","ISBN":"978-91-983338-5-5","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-8051","number-of-pages":"38","publisher-place":"Göteborg","publisher":"Göteborgs universitet","published":[{"raw":"2020-04-14T14:36:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2020-04-14T14:36:27.311+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T17:15:24.142+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-8051"},{"id":"diva2:1423328","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2020]]},"title":"Införandeår för risk-/skyddsintervju vid våld i familjen","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"877102","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Axberg","given":"Ulf","affiliation":[{"name":"Göteborgs universitet"}]},{"family":"Broberg","given":"Anders","affiliation":[{"name":"Göteborgs universitet"}]},{"family":"Hultmann","given":"Ole","affiliation":[{"name":"Göteborgs universitet"}]},{"family":"Iversen","given":"Clara","affiliation":[{"name":"Uppsala universitet"}]},{"family":"Röbäck de Souza","given":"Karin","affiliation":[{"id":"877102","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Svensson","given":"Emma","affiliation":[{"name":"Göteborgs universitet"}]}],"ISBN":"978-91-983338-6-2","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-8050","number-of-pages":"41","publisher-place":"Göteborg","publisher":"Göteborgs universitet","published":[{"raw":"2020-04-14T14:25:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2020-04-14T14:25:19.934+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T17:15:25.270+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-8050"},{"id":"diva2:1324496","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2018]]},"title":"Användning av BRA - Barns rätt som anhöriga","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"name":"Mälardalens högskola"}]}],"NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-7600","number-of-pages":"69","publisher-place":"Västerås","publisher":"Mälardalens högskola","published":[{"raw":"2019-06-13T19:09:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2019-06-13T19:09:46.829+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T17:20:48.904+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-7600"},{"id":"diva2:1197993","type":"report","issued":{"date-parts":[[2018]]},"title":"Utveckling av bedömningsmetoder för barn som utsatts för våld i sin familj : Rapport från en fortsättningsstudie","language":"swe","author":[{"family":"Axberg","given":"Ulf","affiliation":[{"name":"Göteborgs universitet"}]},{"family":"Broberg","given":"Anders","affiliation":[{"name":"Göteborgs universitet"}]},{"family":"Eriksson","given":"Maria","ORCID":"0000-0002-7261-6643","localId":"mareri","affiliation":[{"id":"877102","name":"Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för socialvetenskap"}]},{"family":"Hultmann","given":"Ole","affiliation":[{"name":"Göteborgs universitet"}]},{"family":"Iversen","given":"Clara","affiliation":[{"name":"Uppsala universitet"}]}],"ISBN":"978-91-983338-1-7","NBN":"urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-6723","number-of-pages":"70","publisher-place":"Göteborg","publisher":"Göteborgs universitet","published":[{"raw":"2018-04-16T11:57:00.000+02:00"}],"created":[{"raw":"2018-04-16T11:57:20.482+02:00"}],"updated":[{"raw":"2025-09-22T17:31:29.416+02:00"}],"URL":"https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-6723"}],"links":[{"type":"pid","link":"https://su.diva-portal.org/smash/api/project/swecris/project:2933"}]}]