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Based on the legislators imposement of obligations to the municipal social committee and due to how municipal estate administration often is organized as part of social services; this study aims to examine the role and work of municipal estate administration to determine whether it can be considered part of social work practice. With a qualitative approach and the use of semi-structured interviews based on a strategic selection of four participants, interviews were made to capture this matter, based on the estate administrators view on their professional role and the purpose and nature of the work. Theories of social work models and orientations, ethics and virtues in social work were used to explain the results. It was clear that the work was not unanimously related to social work, especially in comparison to other social work practice. Still, some individual parts in municipal estate administration got highlighted as social work. Qualities and knowledge needed for the role can be partly linked to what is emphasized in social work, but an education in social work is not related as the correct education for the job. No other suiting education could be presented. It also emerged that the professional role as an estate administrator in municipality is affected by the estate administrators approach and attitudes towards the role and the view of the nature of the work, so that it affects the proximity to social work. |
