About
Kari Sjøhelle Jevne (Ph.d in psychology) is head of the group for Professional Qualification and Professional Practice in Social Work and Child Welfare. Jevne has an interdisciplinary approach to research and teaching, combining psychology and law.
Jevne conducts research and teaches about the child welfare service's professional practice, professional qualification and understandings of childhood, parenting and family life. With 10 years of experience with legislative policy work at the Ombudsman for Children, Jevne has a particular interest in how welfare policy affects vulnerable children's everyday lives.
Reseach areas
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Jevne is a qualitatively oriented researcher who has researched various parts of the child welfare system's chains of interventions, including professional practice in the child welfare service, child welfare institutions and in Bufetat.
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A main interest is professional practice related to children with two homes when there are disagreements related to the child's place of residence, access and parental responsibility. How can parents' concerns about the child's care with the other, parents' conflicts and disagreements after separation be understood and handled?
Teaching
When teaching students at different levels, Jevne is particularly interested in student-active teaching methods, including the use of student co-teachers (peer learning), case work, and using café table methodology for syllabus presentations by students.
Field of study
Child care Familylife, parenting, child-care Institutionaltreatment, child and youth Parenthood Interprofessional education Custodial conflicts Child Welfare Research
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Visible Children – Professional Discretion in Child Custody Disputes in Court
The project examines the professional discretion of judges and experts in district courts when parents disagree on custodial issues; where the child should live, contact, and/or parental responsibility.
Completed research projects
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Child Welfare Institutions for Young People with Drug Addiction and Separate Institutions for One Single Young Person
The project investigate the child welfare institutions for young people with drug addiction and separate institutions for one single young person.
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The Work of Child Welfare Services When There is Concern About the Child's Sexual Behaviour
The project aim is to discuss what can be good measures in the child welfare services work with children and young people with problematic or harmful sexual behaviour and their parents.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Eikrem, Trine Charlotte; Jevne, Kari Sjøhelle (2024). Hva kan man lære av foreldre som ikke er i konflikt?. Syrstad, Ellen; Flacke, Astrid Kleppe (Ed.). Konflikt : forståelse og håndtering i møte med familier. Fagbokforlaget.
Bergem, Signe;
Jevne, Kari Sjøhelle
(2024).
Å løyse angst i samspel. Bruk av familieterapi i behandling av angsttilstandar hos barn og unge.
Fokus på familien/ Nordisk tidsskrift for familie- og relasjonsarbeid.
https://doi.org/10.18261/fokus.52.2.4
Eikrem, Trine Charlotte;
Jevne, Kari Sjøhelle
(2022).
I do it for the children, and it's not a walk in the park: Parents' stories about how to maintain cooperative co-parenting during the divorce process.
Child & Family Social Work.
Vol. 27.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12928
Jevne, Kari Sjøhelle
;
Ulleberg, Inger
; Øien, Ingvil
(2021).
Why and how? Case-based teaching in interprofessional and interdisciplinary education.
Nordisk tidsskrift for utdanning og praksis.
Vol. 15.
https://doi.org/10.23865/UP.V15.2785
Olkowska, Alicja
;
Pacuka, Amela
;
Jevne, Kari Sjøhelle
(2020).
«Å gå i spagaten». Familieveilederes erfaringer og utfordringer i arbeid med foreldrekonflikter i barnevernstjenesten.
Fokus på familien/ Nordisk tidsskrift for familie- og relasjonsarbeid.
Vol. 48.
https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.0807-7487
Jevne, Kari Sjøhelle
(2017).
Negotiating client positions: parents with custodial disagreements talking about their experiences with child welfare workers.
Nordic Social Work Research.
https://doi.org/10.1080/2156857X.2017.1326976
Jevne, Kari Sjøhelle
; Andenæs, Agnes
(2017).
Parents in high-conflict custodial cases: negotiating shared care across households.
Child & Family Social Work.
Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12240
Jevne, Kari Sjøhelle
;
Ulvik, Oddbjørg Skjær
(2012).
Grensearbeid: Barnevernets møte med foreldrekonfliktsaker.
Fontene forskning.
https://hdl.handle.net/10642/1410
