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The point of view of the employees in the children's home to a quality of life and wellbeing of their clients
Ježková, Jitka ; Presslerová, Pavla (advisor) ; Vídršperková, Lenka (referee)
This thesis focuses on the point of view of the employees in the children's home on the quality of life and wellbeing of their clients. The literature review describes theoretical knowledge related to the topic. The research part has a qualitative form, where semi- structured interviews with the educators of children's homes were carried out. In the literature review, institutional care or the functioning of children's homes is described. Furthermore, the paper elaborates on the problem of negative influences endangering the child. Such influences represent inappropriate family environment, emotional attachment disorders, inappropriate and damaging behavior towards the child (abuse, neglect), psychological deprivation or adverse childhood experiences and traumas. These negative experiences significantly affect and influence children. Specifics of children's life in a children's home are described in more detail. Lastly, the paper defines terms "quality of life" and "wellbeing" and their possible concepts, especially in connection with life in a children's home. Qualitative research is implemented and described in the practical part of the work. As part of the research, semi-structured interviews are conducted with workers in the children's home. The interviews are subsequently transcribed, coded,...
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Professional readiness of children in children´s homes from the point of view of social work
FLEKALOVÁ, Simona
This bachelor thesis focuses on the role of the social worker in the professional preparation of children in children's homes, but also on the subjects involved in this process. The aim of the bachelor thesis is to find out what procedures and activities are carried out by the social worker in preparing children for secondary education, what methods are used or what actors are involved. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. In the theoretical part of the thesis I deal with the definition of institutional education in the Czech Republic, the legislative anchoring of this issue, the role of the social worker in the children's home, and finally the child's departure from institutional education. The practical part of the thesis is devoted to the research itself. In order to achieve the goal, qualitative research, questionnaire method, semi-structured interview technique was chosen. One research set was chosen, which consisted of 5 social workers from the Czech Republic. The collected data was evaluated using elements of the grounded theory method, with open coding and categorization in the first stage and axial coding in the second stage with finding relationships between the codes and categories. Graphical processing of the categories was done in Atlas.ti. The results of the research show that the social worker in professional readiness in children's homes is mainly responsible for administrative tasks and communication with children and parents of the children placed. Many actors are involved in the process of professional readiness mainly educators, the director of the institution or the primary school. Non-profit organisations that organise weekend or holiday stays for the children and, last but not least, the services of the employment office and school fairs are still widely used.
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Multicultural and Citizenship Education in Children´s Homes and Educational Institutions - The Role of the Social Worker
VÍKOVÁ, Eliška
This bachelor's thesis deals with the topic of multicultural education and citizenship education in children's homes and educational institutions. The aim of the bachelor's thesis is to find out and generally explain how multicultural education and citizenship education are understood in the education system for pupils who are placed in educational institutions. It also describes how a social worker is involved in the education process. The theoretical part of the bachelor's thesis is devoted to the characteristics of the cross-cutting topics Multicultural Education and Citizenship Education, which are included in the Framework Educational Program for Elementary Education. Within the characterization of cross-cutting topics, the basic goals of education in these areas are generally described. Furthermore, in this part of the bachelor's thesis, the School Education Program is defined in detail, which is one of the indispensable and binding documents of all primary, secondary schools and educational institutions. The last part focuses on clarifying the issue of social work in institutions for the performance of institutional and protective education. The practical part is based on the undertaken research. It describes the selected qualitative research procedure, the interview method and the semi-structured interview technique. The research group for carrying out the research was selected on the basis of a purposive selection from social workers of children's homes and educational institutions who gave their consent to the research. The obtained data were evaluated using open coding and then the data were categorized.
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Building Legal Awareness Among Children Living in Children's Homes With the Support of a Social Worker
PROCHÁZKOVÁ, Natálie
The bachelor thesis deals with building legal awareness among children living in children's homes with the support of a social worker. The aim of the bachelor thesis is to determine the situation of legal awareness among children living in children's homes and to find out what role the social worker plays in building legal awareness among children in a selected children's home. The practical part is based on a combined type of research, the interviewing technique. First, legal awareness among children living in orphanages was investigated using prof. Gary Melton's international questionnaire. The method used was the guided interview, which was conducted individually with each child. The data collected was analyzed using the statistical program SPSS. The second research tool was a semi-structured interview which was conducted with social workers in children's homes. Coding in the subtext of the interview conducted was chosen to evaluate the data. The evaluation of the collected data was done by pencil-paper method and subsequent clustering. The research population consisted of a total of 63 people. From the research investigation, it was found that age does not affect children's attitudes towards granting rights in model situations. In terms of gender, only one situation showed that girls were more inclined to grant rights than boys. In the case of social workers and legal awareness building among children from children's homes, it was found that children's rights are primarily the concern of educators, but social workers also contribute to legal awareness building, especially before the child leaves the home. The findings of this bachelor thesis can serve all those who encounter children living in children's homes in their practice and the public who are interested in this topic.
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Siblings and their relationships in children's home
HOJKOVÁ, Ráchel
This bachelor thesis, titled "Siblings and their relationships in children's home," is primarily focused on emphasizing the importance of working with siblings. The main goal of the thesis is to explore how caregivers, who spend time with these children and influence them in certain ways, perceive this topic. It aims to determine whether caregivers actively work with the children or if they do not feel the need to support their relationship. Another objective was to ascertain whether caregivers perceive that siblings influence each other and how this influence manifests. We also investigated the prevalence of sibling relationships in children's homes. The main research question posed and answered in the thesis is: Do caregivers in children's homes work on fostering sibling relationships? The research was conducted through qualitative methods, employing semi-structured interviews with caregivers from children's homes with extensive experience. Transcripts of the interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis, supplemented by open coding due to the abundance of content in the text. Emphasizing the importance of working with sibling relationships is one of the contributions of this thesis. Insights from this thesis can be utilized to improve the work of caregivers and other staff in children's homes. Since caregivers in children's homes influence the children placed there, it is essential to pay attention to their approaches towards the children. Information from the bachelor thesis should be integrated into specific practices in institutional care, while ensuring the best interests of the children themselves are kept in mind.
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Christmas in Children's Home
KOSTRHOUNOVÁ, Eliška
The bachelor thesis deals with Christmas in children's homes. The theoretical part introduces the children's homes in more detail and also takes into account the factors that influence the experience of a child who is placed in institutional care. It also describes the traditions, holidays and symbols that are part of Advent and Christmas in the Czech Republic. The research part was developed through semi-structured interviews with staff of children's homes. The aim was to find out the following: What specific traditions do children's homes observe? How does the staff communicate with the children about the existence of Christ Child? Is there increased contact with the family? Whether children go home for Christmas? What is the course of Christmas Eve? What organizations provide gifts to the orphanages? It appears that the teaching staff make an effort to ensure that the children are not deprived of anything during Advent and Christmas. In the children's homes, various traditions are observed, the homes are decorated and presents are brought, as in the most families, by Christ Child. The only difference is when the festive dinner takes place. Due to some children going home, Christmas is celebrated 2 times. Gifts to the orphanages are provided by many organizations, but also by individuals. The work is beneficial to a wide range of readers and offers a partially different perspective on the celebration of holidays that most people experience within the family circle.
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