Selbständige Berufsbetreuer:innen in Spannungsfeldern der Rechtlichen Betreuungstätigkeit

The study gives an insight into the professional reality of self-employed professional guardians in the field of legal guardianship in Germany. The focus of the qualitative research work is on the self-perceptions of the professional guardians and how they deal with the areas of tension that are caused by a lack of clarity in the understanding of the profession and by the structural framework conditions. An approach is made by means of a „Deutungsmuster“ analysis, in the context of which problem-centred interviews are conducted with professional guardians, and a two-stage qualitative Delphi-interview with experts from the field of legal guardianship.