“…First, a tension between service provision and regulation (Zacka, 2017): should the frontline worker first and foremost be a demanding, disciplining and strict enforcer of existing rules -or an enabling, helping and caring service provider (e.g. McGann, 2023;Nielsen et al, 2022;Trappenburg et al, 2022)? Second, a tension between bureaucratic distance to the client on one hand and personalized proximity on the other -e.g.…”