Trust and mistrust in public services for people with disabilities: Analysing the gap between the perspectives of caseworkers and disabled people in Denmark.
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Trust and mistrust in public services for people with disabilities : Analysing the gap between the perspectives of caseworkers and disabled people in Denmark. / Kohl, Katrine Syppli; Amilon, Anna; Olsen, Leif.
In: British Journal of Social Work, Vol. 52, No. 6, 2022, p. 3288-3306.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Trust and mistrust in public services for people with disabilities
T2 - Analysing the gap between the perspectives of caseworkers and disabled people in Denmark.
AU - Kohl, Katrine Syppli
AU - Amilon, Anna
AU - Olsen, Leif
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This article explores a zone of conflict and a demonstrable gap in perceptions of casework and public services in Denmark between service users with disabilities and caseworkers. First, based on a descriptive analysis of responses from two surveys, one of service users with disabilities (N = 1,427) and one of caseworkers from four human services departments (N = 428): the ‘Job Centre’, ‘Adult Disability’, ‘Children & Families’ and ‘Health’, we find significantly different levels of trust in the services between the two groups. Second, drawing on semi-structured interviews with service users (N = 20) and municipal caseworkers (N = 10), we explain this difference through the identification of a series of intersecting dilemmas that create barriers and conflict. Overall, a thematic analysis of the interviews shows that the trust between caseworkers and people with disabilities is influenced by a complex interplay of individual, relational, situational and organisational factors. Knowledge gained from this study will help shape municipal service provision for people with disabilities, by supplementing the experiences and perspectives of caseworkers and service users and by directing attention to core dilemmas in social work that challenge trust and service user involvement.
AB - This article explores a zone of conflict and a demonstrable gap in perceptions of casework and public services in Denmark between service users with disabilities and caseworkers. First, based on a descriptive analysis of responses from two surveys, one of service users with disabilities (N = 1,427) and one of caseworkers from four human services departments (N = 428): the ‘Job Centre’, ‘Adult Disability’, ‘Children & Families’ and ‘Health’, we find significantly different levels of trust in the services between the two groups. Second, drawing on semi-structured interviews with service users (N = 20) and municipal caseworkers (N = 10), we explain this difference through the identification of a series of intersecting dilemmas that create barriers and conflict. Overall, a thematic analysis of the interviews shows that the trust between caseworkers and people with disabilities is influenced by a complex interplay of individual, relational, situational and organisational factors. Knowledge gained from this study will help shape municipal service provision for people with disabilities, by supplementing the experiences and perspectives of caseworkers and service users and by directing attention to core dilemmas in social work that challenge trust and service user involvement.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Handicap
KW - Sagsbehandling
KW - tillid
KW - System/klient-møder
KW - Handicap
KW - Kommuner
KW - System-klient-møder
KW - Tillid
U2 - 10.1093/bjsw/bcab243
DO - 10.1093/bjsw/bcab243
M3 - Journal article
VL - 52
SP - 3288
EP - 3306
JO - British Journal of Social Work
JF - British Journal of Social Work
SN - 0045-3102
IS - 6
ER -
ID: 285245668