RESEARCH ARTICLE
Support for Children as Next of Kin and Systematic Follow up - Group Leaders’ and Managers’ Perspectives Within Non-profit Organizations in Sweden
Asa Carlsund1, 2, *, Pauline Johansson2, 3, Ulf Hammare2, 4, Elizabeth Hanson2, 3
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2017Volume: 9
First Page: 49
Last Page: 59
Publisher Id: TOFAMSJ-9-49
DOI: 10.2174/1874922401709010049
Article History:
Received Date: 21/02/2017Revision Received Date: 09/05/2017
Acceptance Date: 12/05/2017
Electronic publication date: 09/08/2017
Collection year: 2017
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Method:
The aim of this study was to explore the systematic follow up of supportive activities in non-profit organizations targeted at children as next of kin. Managers and group leaders were interviewed, and findings were content analysed.
Result:
The findings indicated that a child focus, education, safety and trust were important. These factors were observed as the primary tasks and the key reason for being involved in supportive activities. Managers expressed concern about not retaining funding, if the organization was unable to demonstrate the effects of their activities. Namely, to enhance the health and wellbeing of children. In order to continuously develop their work most organisations explained that they used some form of system for follow up. However, there was a wide variation in how non-profit organizations worked with follow ups.
Conclusion:
Overall, it was evident that there was a major need for education and support in this area.
