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Covid-19 – ett ingenmansland för förskolebarn i utsatthet
Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, HHJ, Dep. of Social Work.
Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, HHJ, Dep. of Social Work.
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Covid-19 – A no-man's land for preschool children at risk (English)
Abstract [sv]

Forskning visar att risken för våld och utsatthet i hemmet för barn ökar som en konsekvens av ”nedstängningar” under våren 2020 i samband med covid-19. Personal vid förskola och socialtjänst mister insyn i förskolebarns liv när vårdnadshavare håller barn hemma. Utsatta barn hamnar således i – vad i studien benämns vara – ett ingenmansland. Studien syftar till att undersöka hur personal inom förskola respektive socialtjänst uppfattar pandemin påverkat förskolebarns frånvaromönster i relation till upprättade orosanmälningar gällande barn i förskoleålder våren 2020. Data insamlades från förskolerektorer samt socialsekreterare. Materialet analyserades genom konventionell innehållsanalys utifrån Becks teori om risksamhället. Resultaten visar att förskolan i jämförelse med innan pandemin, har lägre grad av insyn i barns liv samtidigt som socialtjänsten inte ser ett pandemirelaterat ökat antal orosanmälningar, snarare ett minskat eller stagnerat inflöde. Resultaten visar att barns utsatthet i hemmet därmed har ökat. Förskolebarn är  hemma i högre utsträckning än tidigare, särskilt barn med annat modersmål än svenska, samtidigt som förväntad ökning av orosanmälningar till socialtjänsten uteblivit. Rektorer gjorde inte i högre utsträckning orosanmälningar, trots att de uttryckt en direkt och indirekt ökad oro för barn. Barns hemsituation osynliggörs på så sätt för professionella vuxna, och barnen hamnar mellan skyddsnätet förskola och socialtjänst.

Abstract [en]

Research shows that the risk of violence and vulnerability in the home for children increases as a consequence of lockdowns related to the covid-19 pandemic. Staff at preschools and social services lose insight into the lives of preschool children when guardians keep their children at home. Vulnerable children thus end up being in a no-man's land. The study aims to investigate how staff in preschool and social services perceive the pandemic affected preschool children's absence patterns in relation to established reports of concerns regarding children of preschool age in the spring of 2020. Data were collected from preschool principals and social workers, analyzed through a conventional content analysis and Ulrich Beck's theory of a risk society. The results show that preschools to a lesser extent than before the pandemic, has insight into children's lives and the social services do not see any pandemic-related increased inflow of reports of concern, rather decreased or stagnated. The study shows  that children's vulnerability in the home has increased. Preschool children were at home to a greater extent than before, especially children with a mother tongue other than Swedish, and the annual expected increase in reports of anxiety to the social services did not materialize. Principals have not made more reports of concern, despite the fact that they have expressed a direct and indirect increased concern for children. Children's home situation is made invisible to professional adults, and the children end up in between two important safety nets, preschool and social services.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 50
Keywords [en]
Covid-19, absent preschool children, notification obligation, report of concern, social services
Keywords [sv]
Covid-19, frånvarande förskolebarn, anmälningsplikt, orosanmälan, socialtjänst
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Social Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-51730ISRN: ISRN ISRN: JU-HHJ-SAA-1-20210228OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-51730DiVA, id: diva2:1523517
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HHJ, Social Work
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Available from: 2021-02-04 Created: 2021-01-28 Last updated: 2025-10-13Bibliographically approved

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