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Role of social workers in low-threshold facilities for children and youth
NOVÁKOVÁ, Lucie
The aim of this work is to make an overview of activities executed by social workers in Freely accessible centres for children and young people (NZDM). The first chapter deals with the creation and description of Freely accessible centres, their legislative basis and the work of social workers. The following chapter defines the term of social pedagogic work and its importance for the work with adolescents. A survey was carried out by means of dialogues and document analysis. Three criteria were set to achive the result the reaction on the target group and the work with it, the process of socialisation, the connection with other services and following cooperation. The findings pointed out some differences in work of Freely accessible centers and a missing system of services that would directly continue in the work of Freely accessible centers.
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Ethical dilemmas of working with youth at risk in low-threshold facilities for children and youth
VYBÍRALOVÁ, Lucie
The diploma thesis deals with analysis of individual dilemmas of social workers in providing services in low-threshold facilities for children and youth. The aim of this thesis is to define and reflect individual dilemmas occurring at social workers who with youth at risk in low-threshold facilities for children and youth. Next task is to analyse my chosen dilemma by means of three ethical theories. Individual dilemmas were identified on the basis of a research probe namely questioning, technique of a semi-structures interview. The thesis is divided into four chapters. In the first chapter there is the characteristic of youth at risk and low-threshold facilities for children and youth. Social work with this specific target group is also included. The second chapter deals with interconnection of ethics and social work and general ethical dilemmas. In the third chapter specific dilemmas which social workers face on low-threshold facilities device for children and youth are described. In the last chapter of this diploma thesis is the analysis of the chosen dilemma by means of three ethical theories deontology, utilitarianism and ethics of care.
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Drop-in centers for children and youth in the South Bohemian Region and their services
OSTRÁ, Johana
This bachelor thesis deals with low-threshold facilities and their services in South Bohemia. In the theoretical part of the work i will try to explain the term low-threshold facility, in the second part i will deal with its mission and importance. The services of the low-threshold facilities are defined by the law No. 108/2006 about social services and about the target group for witch the services are primarily aimed. In frame of this work i am also dealing with the usefulness of specialized pedagogy, in particular etopaedia, which is dealing with children having behavior disorders and generally with risk youth. Low-threshold facilities are distributed throughout the whole Czech Republic. There are twenty of them in South Bohemia. Their activities are focused at children and teenagers and they provide social services with the aim to solve unfavorable social situations. Key importance is given to primary and secondary prevention, and the facilities collaborate intensely with schools. Their clients are separated into younger and older age group, all of them remain anonymous and all services are provided free of charge. In frame of prevention some low-threshold facilities provide also terrain services. In such cases they deal with clients in their home environment. Practical part of the bachelor thesis was performed by interviewing individual low-threshold facilities in South Bohemia. i have approached all twenty available facilities, have received a feedback from seven of them, and all of them became subject of my interviews. The interviews occurred directly in the facilities with their employees, who were most competent to reply to my questions. The aim was to identify programs and services offered by the low-threshold facilities in South Bohemia. Furthermore, i wanted to establish the way the low-threshold facilities inform their target group about provided services, and whether the target group has any influence as to the location of the low-threshold facility. I would like to state that i was able to achieve the aims outlined at the beginning of the thesis. This bachelor thesis can be used by founders of new low-threshold facilities, but also by clients who will be able to find there information about provided services, as well as about the age span of a given facility. Finally, this thesis will be suitable for schools, as it contains information about offered preventive programs useful for school children.
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Individual Planning in Low-Threshold Facilities for Children and Youth
MONDSPIEGELOVÁ, Andrea
This bachelor thesis is focused on the development of individual planning in low-threshold facilities for children and youth. This work only contains a theoretical part, which is divided into three chapters. The introductory chapter of this thesis focuses on the social services of the institution, principle of low-threshold, target group of this facility, implemented activities, and the process of providing this social service. The second chapter contains the characteristics of individual planning, process of human needs and personal goals and the role of key worker in this process. The last chapter focuses on the development of individual planning in low-threshold facilities for children and youth Oráč and presenting the major changes in this development and presents them with concrete examples from the facility clients.
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Feelings of Users Low-Threshold Facilities for Children and Youth in the Phase First Contact.
HOUDKOVÁ, Soňa
When initiating the first contact, the biggest factor on the applicant is the impression of the one who is under review, so is the side of the applicant as the reviewer. When in the pursuit of trying to understand them, these factors fall into a process of making the first impression, on the other side we also invent intuitive theory, which could influence the way that applicants get their information. These theories also influence the behaviour from which you can influence the quality of relation between the employee and the applicant. The first contact is about social knowing and perceiving, which means processing the gained information. That?s why each service should have clear given schedule in how to process the initial contact regarding obtaining information, so we don?t overwhelm the applicant straight away. In my bachelor?s degree essay I try to question the process of the initiative contact applicants make. In the beginning of the practical part it is necessary to describe assigned aim of the work and mentioned researched question. The aim is to find out, how the process of the initial contact influences the applicants. I choose better strategy in my research to find out the given assigned question and to accomplish the point and technique of half structured dialogues completed in nonparticipation observations. The main aim group was represented by children in the initiative contact, regardless on the number of visits. To be specific, there were nine children. The age group from twelve to thirteen years of age was based on long term observation from the initial study. The study was made throughout February ? march 2013. We can deduct from the results of the study that the applicants interested in this service experience the initial contact in very different ways. The next visits in the scope of the initial contact is experienced by all applicants with calm and positive emotions a that?s mainly thanks to the approach and used methods of the social workers. The basic method, which is used by the workers, is mainly a human contact. All questioned agreed that natural, friendly and helpful attitude of the workers works well. This attitude is mainly connected with informal friendliness of the workers and by joining together in free time activities. The research simultaneously shows that high influence on using the initial contact and entry to the facility. Firstly the outer one isn?t very pleasant for the clients, to which I dedicate thewhole observation chapter in the theory part. The reasons given for the aimed group who enters for the first time, is caused mainly by it being dingyand dark. On the contrary, they like atmosphere of the clubs, which are well lit and decorated. In the end to summarize the accomplishments I would like to mention the fact (on which most informants agreed on) that the ideal case would be, if they could come to a new environment and facility accompanied by their nearby, e.g. a friend or colleague. I assume from all the obtained information, that each low-threshold facility for children and youth should have set schedule and plan for the initial contact to improve the quality of the social facilities. This schedule should show what the applicants will be told in the upcoming meeting. This method should be used, not only by the workers but also by the interns and volunteers. It would also be suitable to remove all the barriers, which are causing negative feelings and emotions when entering the facility. It would be assumed that this essay could serve as a resource for information not only for public use but also for specialist in social services field who work with children and youth. As the first initial contact is made in each social service and it is necessary to acclimatize theapproach of the social workers, so all the applicants would feel welcome and wanted in the given facility.
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Virtual communication and how it can be used in low-threshold facilities for children and youth
EGERMAIEROVÁ, Václava
The thesis is focused on the specifics of the social service called low-threshold facility for children and youth and how the virtual communication can be used to work with the clients of the service. In the theoretical part the low-threshold facilities for children and youth, range, principles and target audience of this social service are described. Also function and purpose of communication is described and the specifics of mobile and virtual communication are characterised. The possibilities how to use the mobile and virtual communication in basic and special social consultancy are another topic. The practical part is focused on mapping how the area of Czech Republic is covered with the facilities supplying the social service called low-threshold facility for children and youth. It also includes a survey research reflecting actual practise in using the virtual communication as a tool when working with clients in these facilities. In current facilities mainly e-mail and Facebook social network are used sometimes also Skype, ICQ application and other social networks. Current practise is very diverse because a complex professional methodical basis to supply this service model is still missing.
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Needs Analysis of social prevention Services for Children and Youth in Třeboň
ŠEDIVÁ, Ivana
The mission of the low-threshold facility for children and youth is to aim for integration of children and youth into society and for positive change to the way of life of young people who find themselves in a severe social situation. Essential importance of this facility are its consulting and preventive activities which enable children and youth to have a chat or to open out and talk about their problems that can be dealt with through the help of the assistants. There is no such facility in Třeboň, children and youth have no direct specialised social service here, which would offer activities and help in their leisure time. Main target of my Bachelor?s Thesis is to map the need of low-threshold facility for children and youth in Třeboň. The research was focused on two groups of people and their opinions, which are important for meeting the main target and partial targets of the thesis. The first group was children and youth of schools in Třeboň and the second group was professional public considering the theme of my thesis (educational consultants, headmasters, representatives of municipal Police, members of Třeboň municipality council, deputy heads of Třeboň schools etc.). The first partial target was to find out an interest in use of low-threshold facility in the municipality of Třeboň, the second partial target was to find what activities children would be interested in. The third partial target was to compare the opinions of respondents to the analysis of potential users of social services implemented within the process of development plan creation. There were defined two following hypotheses within the thesis. H1: More than a half of the interviewed students are interested in use of a low-threshold facility for children and youth in Třeboň, H2: Potential clients of the low-threshold facility for children and youth expect especially an offer of pedagogical, educational and activation working. H1 and H2, which were analysed within a quantitative research using the method of questioning and the questionnaire technique, were proved. Children and youth of Třeboň schools would like to use such facility in the municipality of Třeboň. There was defined a research question within the thesis: Should the municipality of Třeboň financially support an establishment and operation of a low - threshold facility for children and youth in its territory? On the basis of a statement of professional public regarding this research question it is possible to say that 77, 7% interviewed from professional public think that Třeboň should financially support this facility and 22, 3% interviewed is on the opposite opinion. Low-threshold facility for children and youth in Třeboň would help the municipality to control criminal activities of children and youth by offering a suitable and specialized service directly to them. Unorganised youth would spend their leisure time by doing activities which can serve as prevention against risk behaviour. The activities would be professionally secured. Based on the opinions of the above mentioned two groups on the low-threshold facility for children and youth in Třeboň and consequent assessment it is possible to use the results then as a background material for possible review of the social service development plan in Třeboň and to get closer to children and youth and their needs.
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Leisure activities for children at risk of life on the street
RYBIČKOVÁ, Jitka
The work is concerning the theme of leisure time, its development and importance in the children and youths? lives. Further, it shows the incidence of socially pathological phenomena in endangered youths, and determines possibilities available for them currently, regarding institutions and service providing shelter for spending their leisure time. Main goal of the thesis is the use of leisure time activities in prevention of risky behaviour in children and youths. The goal of the investigative part of the work is to introduce drop-in facilities for children and youths as potential alternatives for spending free time of children and youths who are not organized and are endangered by socially pathological phenomena and where can be carried out social service for this target group. The goal was completed using qualitative research method according to the instructions. The test group was composed from workers and volunteers from the drop-in centre for children and youths Bongo in Tyn nad Vltavou.
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The staff competency issue in low-threshold facilities for children and youth.
KOCOUREK, Jiří
Thesis "The staff competency issue in low-threshold facilities for children and youth" characterized by professional competence of employees and persons of low-threshold facilities for children and youth and describes which competencies really apply in their work and what the broader (social, value and motivational) factors characterizing persons in the area of social practice professionally implemented. The findings can be recommended for use in human resources and the search for new employees and to improve educational opportunities workers of low-threshold facilities for children and youth.
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Specificity in Work with Gypsy Clients of Social Settlements
VOHÁŇKOVÁ, Kateřina
This work is dealing with specific issue of work with gypsy clients of social settlements. The teoretic part is bordered on one side by characteristic of gypsy ethnic in Czech republic and its contemporary situation, and on the other side by general characteristic of social servicies and settlements and by activity of social settlements for children and youth. The end of theoretic part of this work is focused on example of good practice in the Center-Bohemian region, concretely in social settlements for children and youth {--} called {\clq},Domek``. The practic part contains results gained from semi-structured interviews with Center-Bohemian social settlements' workers, who are dealing directly with gypsy users. The results show that the majority of inquiered workers reflect the difference in servicies-provision of social settlemets for children and youth for gypsy and not-gypsy users. They consider as a specific attitude mainly understanding in communication and the respect of different emotional displays during communication. The majority of inquired workers confirmed the use of mentioned specific methods of work towards gypsy users. The next finding was that the work with gypsy users estimates a certain knowledge and skills of worker in social settlements for children and youth.
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