Avhandling (fil. dr.) - Stockholms universitet, 2000..The study presents an overview of the historical growth and development of residential care for children and youth in Sweden as well as an analysis of the present-day structure and organisation. In fact, residential care has taken over “market shares” from foster care in Sweden. Analysis of the range of alternatives shows that residential care today is relatively small-scale and that nearly all of the smaller units are privately run. Approximately half of the homes have teenagers as their target group and most homes work with longer-term programmes of treatment and care. Educational background among staff varies considerably, but in general the level of educational is low. So far, no professional forces have proved strong enough to organise the field on a mutually knowledgeable, normative ground. A problem is the lack of unanimous concepts and a common language with a terminology that can be used for a systematic description of the care or treatment given. What is clear, however, is that a new form of residential care can be identified – so called hybrid homes that are somewhere in between extended foster homes and small institutions – and that these homes have gained a considerable position in the field
289 s., utgitt av Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete, Socialhögskolan i 2000.