Table 2.

Central categories, subcategories and examples

Central categories	Subcategories	Examples
Integration into the team	Features of success	Equal treatment in team conversations PSWs have specific knowledge/abilities
	Challenges	Lack of resources Missing contact with mentor
	Positioning between team and patients	Acceptance of being informally addressed by patients Problem of how to pass on patients’ concerns to the staff
PSWs’ roles	Offers	Being available, individual conversations Follow-up care Groups: Recovery, social skills training, creative writing, etc.
	Self-perception	Ambivalence in the judgment of leeway Change from feeling superfluous to gaining self-confidence Support by PSWM and external supervisor