Lupita Svensson
Senior lecturer | PhD in Social Work
Automatisering - till nytta eller fördärv?
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Summary, in English
The purpose of this article is to discuss and analyze how digital automation of the provision of social assistance affects the practice of social work, as part of welfare. Based on interviews with supervisors/project managers and social case workers, who work with social assistance in a strategic selection of municipalities, the opportunities and challenges that robotization brings to the function of social assistance are problematized as a selective welfare right. The results show that robotisation can help to increase efficiency and that resources can be re-prioritized, but at the same time there are significant risks to the erosion of the social work practice, both in terms of the practitioners’ work in the provision of social assistance and its function as a selective right in a universal welfare construction. The results also indicate needs for further in-depth studies.
Department/s
- School of Social Work
Publishing year
2020-01-13
Language
Swedish
Pages
341-362
Publication/Series
Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift
Volume
26
Issue
3-4
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Forsa
Topic
- Social Work
Keywords
- Automation
- social work
- Welfare society
Status
Published
Project
- Konsekvenser av automatisering av försörjningsstöd för arbetslivet och för socionomprofessionen
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1104-1420