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Importance of foster care in the social legal protection of children
HORALOVÁ, Nela
The topic of my thesis is importace of foster care in the social-legal protection of children. The thesis deals with the issues of foster care, professional foster care and also of the transformation of care for children in need. The aim is to describe changes in the foster care that brought the amendment of the Law on the social-legal protection of child and adoption of the new Civil Code. Another aim is to determine the effect of strengthening the professional foster care to the number of children placed in institutional care. In the beginning of the thesis is defined the concept of family, social-legal protection of children, alternative family care and its forms like foster care, professional foster care and adoption. Another part of thesis deals with amendment to the Law on social and legal protection of children and the new Civil Code. In this part I describe the most important changes that the Law on the social-legal protection of children brought and I also describe changes that brought an amendment to the civil code. The adoption of the amendment to the social-legal protection brings a number of changes in the activities of the social-legal protection of children and the exercise of social-legal protection of children in general. The last chapter deals with the statistic of foster care. This part compares the number of children in professional foster care and institutional care.
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Minor as a victim of domestic violence
HORALOVÁ, Nela
Domestic violence against children is a serious social problem, characterized by high latency. According to expert estimates, in the Czech Republic is abused to forty thousand children, but mostly the violence is not revealed and persists throughout childhood, because the child is not able to obtain help. Interest of the society in this issue is still growing, which is very good, as the life and health of an abused child often depends on mindfulness of other people and timely notice of facts which suggest abuse. This thesis deals with the issue of domestic violence against underage victims. The aim is to give a comprehensive characteristic of domestic violence and give the information about the specifics of investigation of domestic violence against minors and about the possibilities of help to child victims. The first chapter deals with definition of domestic violence and a main signs of domestic violence. It also deals with the typology of perpetrators and victims. In the second chapter I analyze the various forms of child abuse and neglect and I deal with the problem of alternative education and way of life as one of the possible form of child abuse. Thesis is also occupied with the statistics and current legislation that solve this issue. The fifth chapter discusses the possibilities of assistance to child victims of domestic violence. The last chapter deals with the issue of investigations of domestic violence against children focus on the interrogation of a minor, because the method of execution the interrogation can affect the whole investigation and can have very serious psychological consequences for the victim.
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Experiencing the reality of homelessness by clients of the St. Paul´s house in České Budějovice city charity
HORALOVÁ, Nela
Homelessness is a social phenomenon whose consequences affect an entire group of people and which is a part of life of the society. My thesis deals with the reality of homelessness experienced by clients the House of St. Paul in České Budějovice. The aim is to determine the causes of homelessness among clients of the House of St. Paul and learn how clients experience the reality of homelessness. In the theoretical part, I focus on specific problems associated with homelessness in the Czech Republic and services that are provided to the affected people. This is followed by a description of the structure and activities of a particular facility designated for homeless people, the House of St. Paul in České Budějovice. In the practical part I focus on finding the most common causes of this problem. The most common causes of homelessness among the surveyed clients were loss of a job or housing, alcohol and drug addiction, inability to successfully rejoin society after leaving a prison or a family breakdown. At the same time I also examine how these people experience their complicated situation. I have found out that none of the clients is satisfied with this situation, and that most of them are trying to change their life. They are looking for a job and a home, but the reintegration of these people back into normal life is very problematic. I work with qualitative research. Data for the research were gained directly from clients of the House of St. Paul through structured interviews. The interview consisting of nine questions was held with a total of ten clients. I think that this thesis could help reveal the causes of homelessness and how the people experience their difficult situation and how they try to fight it. And because the House of St. Paul is the only facility of this type in the region, this work could become a motivation for other cities to establish a similar facility.
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