Browsing SVA - Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) by Author "Hansen, Helle Cathrine"
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Activating the person in the changing situation: A dynamic analytical approach to labour activation
Hansen, Helle Cathrine; Gubrium, Erika (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)For several decades, the turn towards labour activation has dominated European social work and social work institutions. While social work research and practice focused on labour activation have long considered “the person ... -
Fra tillitspolicy til praksis: Styringsrelasjoner i hjemmetjenestens førstelinje
Hansen, Helle Cathrine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Kommunal hjemmetjeneste har de senere år vært debattert i offentligheten blant annet som følge av tendenser til ‘stoppeklokkeomsorg’ i kjølvannet av New Public Management reformer. Effektivisering gjennom stram og detaljert ... -
From Problems to Barriers: A Bottom-Up Perspective on theInstitutional Framing of a Labour Activation Programme
Hansen, Helle Cathrine (Social Policy and Society;Volume 19, Issue 1 January 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-27)Human resource development (HRD) approaches aim to increase service users’ labour market prospects through training and upskilling. However, research on activation policy implementation suggests that individualised, tailored ... -
Logistics of care: Trust-reform and self-managing teams in municipal home care services
Hansen, Helle Cathrine; Neumann, Cecilie Elisabeth Basberg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The central idea in trust-reform is to improve service delivery by granting professional autonomy and acknowledging the experiential knowledge of professionals. In this article, we study trust-reform bottom-up from the ... -
Moving forward, waiting or standing still? Service users' experiences from a Norwegian labour activation programme
Hansen, Helle Cathrine; Gubrium, Erika (European Journal of Social Work;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05-23)Labour activation policy relies on a notion of temporal homogeneity, with the assumption that the service user, once enrolled in a labour activation programme, moves forward on a linear and progressive trajectory into the ... -
Norwegian labour activation: Building or limiting social citizenship for service users far from the labour market?
Hansen, Helle Cathrine; Gubrium, Erika (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2023)This chapter takes a close look at activation policy to explore the extent to which it supports or limits social citizenship for service users far from the labour market. In Norway, as in other European countries, employment ...