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Elementary school children at risk of social exclusion and a plan to help them
Mastík, Rudolf ; Matoušek, Oldřich (advisor) ; Pazlarová, Hana (referee)
The objective of this thesis is to address issues of elementary school children who are at risk of social exclusion. At the same time it focuses on different means of searching methods as well as the ways of the individual help. The main themes are generally defined in this paper. The concept of the risk of a social exclusion is newly described for this target group together with other social, mental and pedagogical consequences. The practical part analyzes the selection of methods and describes the ways to search for the endangered children. Essentially, I have developed the case studies with an individual approach to help particular children. In conclusion, the thesis identifies the necessity of social aid in the Czech education system and the factual obstacles. Key words: Social exclusion, risk of a social exclusion, elementary school, children of school age, searching for endangered children, case study, plan of individual help.
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The Culture of OSPOD Departments and the Conditions for Coping with Workload
Adamcová, Eliška ; Matoušek, Oldřich (advisor) ; Pazlarová, Hana (referee)
The bachelor's thesis " The Culture of the Child Protection Unit and the Conditions for Coping with Workload" deals with working conditions at child protection unit, describes specific characteristics of the work. The thesis determines a role of head of the department focusing its essential influence on local working environment. Using the management theory the thesis specifies fundamental tactics to create stimulating surroundings with enough support and assistance in coping with overburden - often coupled with these departments. The research summarizes examples from common situations at child protection unit into concrete statements that reflect ways of executives to build good working environment for the workers - building strong relationships, considering periodic supervisions and atmosphere of trust, encouragement and respect.
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Roles and Competences of a Social Worker in Marriage Counselling
Kubík, Petr ; Matoušek, Oldřich (advisor) ; Pazlarová, Hana (referee)
The thesis focuses on the activities of a social worker in a specific position - marital and family counselling. The aim of the thesis is a draft of an educational programme with respect to the needs of the target group and the most common working activities of a social worker. The thesis consists of a theoretical and a practical section. The theoretical section describes the history of the field, defines the target group and the theoretical framework of the field. The practical section presents methods and the outcome of a survey, as well as a draft of specialized education of social workers in marital and family counselling. Key words Social Worker, Marriage Counseling, Educational Program
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The reconstruction of the life story of young adults being exposed to an adverse effect of their family
Novotná, Eliška ; Matoušek, Oldřich (advisor) ; Vodáčková, Daniela (referee)
The thesis deals with understanding the interpretation of life story, important people and agency in life story of young adult being expose to an adverse effect of their family. The theoretical part is focused on life story and life story work, namely methods of create life story book. The thesis defined young adult in institutional and foster care, their needs and rights. The special chapter is life story work with traumatized children. The empirical part consist of analysis of four autobiographical narratives collected by the method of narrative interview, life story book and lifeline. The collected information are analysed with holistic-content, holistic-formal and categorical-formal analysis. This work includes feedback participants in research probe reconstruction of life story and life story work. At the conclusion of work are recommended other methods for further research.
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Development of Foster Care in the Litoměřice Region within the Years 2000-2010
Kotalová, Dana ; Pazlarová, Hana (advisor) ; Matoušek, Oldřich (referee)
This thesis focuses on aspects that affect the process of adopting a child in foster care. The work is divided into two parts. In the first part, we present theroretical issues examined. We define here the basic concepts, we are concerned with factors affecting foster care, describing the process of formation and progress of foster care. The aim of the practical part of the work is to use qualitative research to analyze the process of adopting a child in foster care from the perspective of foster parents experience in the region Litoměřice. Keywords: Alternative child care, foster care, factors affecting foster care, phases of proces, influence of social environment on child development
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Confrontation of worker and evil in selected areas of social work
Jančo, Milan ; Matoušek, Oldřich (advisor) ; Válková, Helena (referee)
Diploma thesis " Confrontation of worker and evil in selected areas of social work " deals with the issue of evil in the context of social work. The theme is unlocked through philosophical discourse. There are various theories presented based on the dimensions of evil, already include holistic concepts of man (biological, psychological, spiritual and social unity of human existence). In describing the focus of evil in the context of each part of the model is to use some of the favorable scientific disciplines. Followed by a description of the theory of evil in the context of social work and shows the characteristics of the areas in which the research was conducted, ie prisons, probation and mediation, homelessness, drug scene. Research spacecraft mapping the perception of evil workers and productive strategies related to its mastery. The knowledge has been presented and interpreted in the context of defined research problems. The last section summarizes the theory of evil and shows the key findings important for understanding the concept of evil and effective strategy for coping with this phenomenon. This text can serve not only social workers but also people with different sectoral specializations in the helping professions who are exposed to evil.
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Possibilities of social work in the situation of huge disaster in the relation to victims' needs
Ivanko, Dana ; Vodáčková, Daniela (advisor) ; Matoušek, Oldřich (referee)
IVANKO, Dana. Possibilities of social work in a situation of mass disasters in relation to the needs of victims. Prague: Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague, 2013. 87 pp. Diploma thesis. Diploma Thesis - Possibilities of social work in a situation of mass disasters in relation to the needs of victims - focuses on the area of psychosocial assistance and social work in mass disasters. It describes in deeper details the types of assistance in mass disasters, focusing on psychosocial assistance. The focus is on human, with its biological, psychological, spiritual and social needs. Then, social work in situations of mass disaster and competences of a social worker are introduced. A separate chapter discusses mobile crisis teams. To achieve the goals of this work, it presents an overview of standards of psychosocial assistance, including legislative basis of help in mass disasters in the Czech Republic. Research section provides an insight into the work of mobile crisis teams in the Czech Republic in the form of examples of good practice. The methodology will be elaborated based on the examples of work of mobile crisis teams, on what has proved successful in providing psychosocial assistance. Keywords Social work in mass disasters, psychosocial assistance, mass disaster, victims, needs of...
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The evaluation of family situation of children located in children's home
Ságlová, Miroslava ; Matoušek, Oldřich (advisor) ; Pazlarová, Hana (referee)
This thesis deals with the evaluation of family situation of children placed in children's home. The theoretical part is focused on the current family and its functioning in our cultural background, children's home as an institution, social-legal protection of children and evaluation of the situation of endangered child and its family. The practical part firstly includes opinion of social workers of the Office for Social- legal Protection of Children which affects the process of evaluation of family, number of children placed in institutions and media image of social workers in the Czech Republic. Secondly, it concentrates on the methods of evaluation of children placed in children's home in the form of pedagogical documentation and educational plan of children. At last a brief description of the work of social workers of the Office for Social-legal Protection of Children cooperating with the children already placed in a children's home is included. Keywords Child, childhood, family, children's home, best interest of the child, evaluation of family
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Factors Affecting the Quality of Joint Custody for Children after the Parents' Divorce
Vondrová, Šárka ; Matoušek, Oldřich (advisor) ; Šabatová, Anna (referee)
In this thesis I deal with the factors that affect the functioning of alternate care for children after the divorce of their parents. In the theoretical part I deal with topics such as family, child development and parenting, marriage, divorce and joint custody. In the practical part I work with specific cases of families that are undergoing alternate care for children and the content of websites whose main theme is an alternate care. The aim of the study was to define the factors that affect the quality of alternate care for children after parental divorce. The partial aim was to categorize websites and nongovernmental organizations presented on the Internet, whose main theme is joint custody, according to their main opinion on the joint custody. To meet these objectives, qualitative research was performed using semi-structured interviews with several families which at the time used joint custody. Further analyzed were selected websites that deals with information about joint custody and the reasons why it is or is not suitable. The results of the work showed that in defined cases there is a correlation between the high number of positive factors that affect the functioning of alternate care, satisfaction with care and alternate subjective feeling that alternate care in this case works. On the other hand,...
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Comparison of principles and forms of therapeutic communities for people dependent on addictive substances in the Czech Republic (with special focus on spiritual aspects in treatment)
Vlachová, Lenka ; Matoušek, Oldřich (advisor) ; Pazlarová, Hana (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with types of therapeutic communities for drug addicts in the Czech Republic. The aim of the thesis is to map these communities and determine whether or not the treatment provided by them also includes spiritual aspects. Furthermore, if they do, what form they are presented in and what kinds of benefits it Brings for the treatment itself. The paper is divided into two sections - theoretical and empirical. The theoretical section explains terms that are important to get well acquainted with as they are closely related to the topic, such as drug addiction, treatment, communities in general, therapeutic communities and the different therapeutical methods the communities in the Czech Republic make use of. Following is the empirical section that further details goals of the research, the specimen and the research methods. Finally, an important part of this section is also dedicated to the research findings themselves.
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