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Workload of Social Service Workes in a Special Programme Regime Home
TOBOLKOVÁ, Barbora
This diploma thesis deals with workload of social service workers in special regime homes. The aim of this paper is to chart the factors influencing workload of social service workers in special regime homes. The main research question asked is: How do social service workers in special regime homes perceive their workload subjectively? The thesis is divided into a theoretical part and a research part. The theoretical part is divided into five chapters which are based on professional literature. The chapters contain a detailed description of the profession of social service workers including professional qualifications together with the definition of the social service - special regime home. The term strain is defined and divided into workload, mental strain and physical strain in the following chapter together with a mention of the term work-life balance in connection with this topic. The subsequent chapter is dedicated to prevention of inception of strain, more precisely to supervision and mental health hygiene. The last chapter deals in detail with occupational burnout. The research part contains the specifications of the aim of the thesis, of the main research question and of five research sub-questions which have been based on the main one. The data have been collected by means of qualitative research, survey methodology and the semi-structured interview method. A specific special regime home in the Vysočina region has been selected for the purposes of this research. The nine participants in the research are social service workers who have been employed at the facility for a minimum of one year. The research was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, a preliminary research was done to serve as a base for adjusting the research questions. The actual research was realised in the next phase. The acquired data were processed using the clustering method and evaluated subsequently. The evaluated data are ordered in relation to the research questions. The social service workers cope with the workload well. They consider their work to be not only physically but also substantially mentally demanding. Manipulating with bedridden clients is viewed as the most physically challenging operation by the facility workers. The most mentally challenging situations for them are the decease of clients, incessant explaining, dealing with clients, etc. The workers experience stressful situations with clients, however more frequently with clients' families as well. The most common work-related health problems of the workers at the facility are backaches. The results of this diploma thesis can serve the selected special regime home in the Vysočina region or as a study material to the lay and professional public.
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Family coexistence with a disabled person
TOBOLKOVÁ, Barbora
This bachelor thesis deals with the family coexistence with a disabled person. I chose this subject intentionally since I have a very positive relationship with disabled people, especially with mentally handicapped people. The main objective of my thesis is to chart the factors that influence the coexistence with a disabled person. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and explorative part. The theoretical part is divided into four chapters. The first chapter of the theoretical part deals with the problems of disability and its division. The second chapter is focused on mentally handicapped people, in concrete terms on the causes and origins of this disability, classification of each degree of this disability and on the education and training. The third chapter is concentrated on the family that cares for a mentally handicapped person. The parents´ reactions to the birth of a mentally handicapped person, relations between brothers and sisters and the care for a mentally handicapped person are also described here. The last chapter describes the fundamentals and forms of social services. Furthermore, I mentioned the basic social services of which the mentally handicapped people might take advantage. In the research part the goal of the thesis was set and the main research question was formed: "How does the family coexistence influence the care for a disabled person?" In order to answer it one had to use four partial research questions. The strategy of qualitative research containing the method of inquiries and the technique of semi-structured dialogue was selected so that the necessary data could be acquired. From the research it followed that caregivers cope well with the care for a disabled person. Interviewees concur in most cases that they often feel the mental strain. The day care centre for elderly people is the most used social service by the interviewees. The majority of interviewees don´t think that the care for a disabled person will change in the future. The research also established that all the interviewees spend their leisure time with a disabled person. The acquired information might be used as an information material for the lay and professional public.
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