Categorisation work in child and youth welfare. A comparative study of the processes used to provide support for the disabled and child and youth welfare taking into account discussion on overall responsibility

目前，为有残疾和无残疾的儿童和青年提供的社会服务分为儿童和青年福利（SGB VIII）和社会服务（SGB XII）。为了确定客户是否需要支持，以及在一个社会服务提供者的职权范围内提供什么样的支持，必须使用组织程序对客户进行分类。鉴于目前对儿童和青少年福利服务（包容）的整体责任的讨论，提交的项目旨在比较儿童和青少年福利和社会服务（支持残疾人）的分类工作。假设制度化的交流是由“边界项目”构成的，这些“边界项目”通过两个领域的发展路径揭示了明显的差异。计划的第一步是调查儿童和社会服务部门处理案件时的工作流程，以及所涉工作人员对案件的重视程度。然后，研究项目将侧重于评估儿童和社会服务机构用来授权支持的案例文件。使用民族方法学的研究方法，这些将作为执行实践中使用的交流文件进行分析。预计这些结果将来自特定领域的分类系统和对所需行动的相关期望，这意味着它们可用于分析这些要点。档案分析将通过与在服务和机构工作的专家进行的与案例和事件相关的访谈来验证。为此目的，将确定对外地行动者之间的通讯特别有关的程序性文件。这项调查将在三个不同的城市进行，涉及两种工作的服务类型，其中支助可能重叠或导致类似的支助情况。由公共来源提供并经法律程序批准的社会福利形式要求对需要的情况进行分类。对所有儿童和青年负责的儿童和青年福利面临的挑战是，需要组织这些进程，以避免污名化和歧视。这些进程必须考虑到儿童的发展，并为参与开辟机会。

The social services for children and young people with and without a disability are currently divided between child and youth welfare (SGB VIII) and the social services (SGB XII). In order to determine whether clients are in need of support, and what support is to be provided under the remit of one of the social services providers, the clients must be categorised using organisational processes. This method is used to justify measures and mark out fields of responsibility, In view of the current discussion on overall responsibility for the child and youth welfare services (inclusion), the submitted project aims to compare categorisation work in child and youth welfare and in the social services (support for the disabled). The assumption is that institutionalised communication is structured by 'border items' which reveal clear differences through the developmental paths of the two fields. The first step planned is to investigate the workflows which occur when cases are processed by the children's and social services and the significance they are ascribed by the workers involved. The research project is then due to focus on evaluating case documents which the children's and social services use to authorise support. Using research approaches from ethnomethodology, these will be analysed as communication documents used in implementation practice. These are expected to result from field-specific categorisation systems and related expectations regarding what action is required, meaning they can used to analyse these points. The file analysis is to be validated using case- and episode-related interviews with specialists working in the services and institutions. To this end, procedural documents will be identified which are of particular relevance for communication between actors in the field. The investigation will be carried out in three different municipalities and relates to types of service in both lines of work where support may overlap or lead to comparable support settings. Forms of social welfare which are granted by public sources and authorised in legal proceedings require situations of need to be categorised. The challenge of child and youth welfare being responsible for all children and young people is that the processes need to be organised so as to avoid stigmatisation and discrimination. The processes must bear in mind childhood development and open up opportunities for participation.