Enacting shared narratives in work counselling

A narrative study of how work counsellors can support service users in the process of returning to work

Forfattere

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/ntvp.v10i1.4076

Emneord (Nøkkelord):

Rådgivning, Arbeidsrelasjon, Sosialt arbeid, Brukermedvirkning, Kvalitativ forskning, NAV-veiledning

Sammendrag

NAV-veiledning er komplekst og utfordrende, og tidligere forskning fremhever betydningen av brukermedvirkning og relasjonen mellom veileder og bruker for utfallet av veiledningen. I denne narrative casestudien har vi undersøkt hvordan NAV-veiledere kan støtte brukere i prosessen med å komme tilbake til arbeid, ved å fokusere på meningsskapende prosesser i veiledningen. Vi skapte data gjennom et narrativt intervju og utførte en narrativ analyse av dataene. Våre funn viser hvordan veiledere kan støtte brukere gjennom å være åpne for flere forståelser av situasjonen, og spesielt for brukernes pågående narrativer om den. Videre viser våre funn hvordan det å tro på og å handle i tråd med brukernes plot, kan bidra inn i prosessen med å komme tilbake til arbeid. Vi diskuterer hvordan våre funn om veilederes rolle i meningsskapende prosesser kan belyse hvordan brukermedvirkning kan omsettes i praksis, men også hvordan dette kan innebære noen dilemmaer.

Forfatterbiografier

Marie Sorgendal, NAV Lillehammer-Gausdal & NTNU

Marie Skarbø Sorgendal, Public Ph.D.-student/Counsellor, NAV Lillehammer-Gausdal/Department of Education and Lifelong Learning, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. Counsellor with a bachelor’s degree in pedagogy and a master’s degree in counselling. Employed as NAV Counsellor since 2011 and works with peer counselling at NAV Lillehammer-Gausdal. Research interests include counselling, narrative meaning-making, and welfare.

Nina Petersen Reed, NTNU

Nina Petersen Reed, Associate professor, Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Social worker, with a master’s degree in social work and a PhD in health sciences/mental health work. Research interests include mental health recovery, community mental health work, everyday life and activities, and relational welfare.

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2025-03-06

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Sorgendal, M., & Reed, N. P. (2025). Enacting shared narratives in work counselling: A narrative study of how work counsellors can support service users in the process of returning to work. Nordisk Tidsskrift I Veiledningspedagogikk, 10(1), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.15845/ntvp.v10i1.4076

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