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The role of a social worker in forming the identity of child in foster family.
Pechoušková, Kateřina ; Hejnová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Pazlarová, Hana (referee)
(in English) This master's thesis deals with the identity of a child, focusing on its development, possible disorders and difficulties among children in foster care, specifically in foster families, in its theoretical part. The thesis also provides insight into the role of accompanying workers and the possibilities of support they can offer to families in this field. The evaluation is based on the results of a qualitative research conducted through semi-structured interviews with social workers from child protection services and accompanying organizations. The thesis analyzes the positive aspects of these supportive measures as well as the challenges they may bring.
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Involment of adolescents in entrepreneurship in the Czech republic
Pechoušková, Kateřina ; Šťastná, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Vojtíšek, Petr (referee)
(in English) The theoretical part of this Bachelor Thesis focuses on the option of including the youth into social entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic, as an opportunity for the youth to adopt work habits, and, most of all, acquire experience necessary for integration into their life as a part of society. The Thesis focuses on the positives as well as the possible negatives, that the involvement of youth into the social entrepreneurship could bring. The evaluation was made based on the results of a quantitative research, which consisted of half-structured interviews with social workers, who work as staff in children's homes, half-way homes and lead workers of social businesses.
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The Needs Of Patients After Brain Damage
PECHOUŠKOVÁ, Kateřina
This diploma thesis is a part of the GAJU project entitled "Coordinated rehabilitation of patients with brain injury (reg. number GAJU 128/2016/S)". At the time when the thesis was elaborated, only the patients who suffered the cerebrovascular accident were engaged in the project, since in the hospital, no suitable patient after brain injury who would need a multidisciplinary team in home care had ever been sought. The selection of the patients was based on the communicative skills criteria e.g. if the skills to participate in the directed conversation based on the Functional Independence Measure Questionnaire (FIM), WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 and the follow-up questions concerning social issues, physiotherapeutic methods and techniques were preserved. Within the framework of the project, the research has not been finished yet. Given the above mentioned reasons, this thesis is therefore mainly focused on the identification of patients' needs after the cerebrovascular accident (CVA), on the period starting from its first incidence during the first three months period after the discharge from the hospital to home care. The complex results will be presented as a part of the publication activity of the project. The thesis comprises a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part presents a comprehensive view on the care for the patients who suffered the cerebrovascular accident. I addressed both the basic characteristics of the cerebrovascular accident and the organisation of the care for the patients in the Czech Republic; furthermore, the coordinated rehabilitation team, the role of a social worker, possibilities of social help provided by the welfare system to patients and their families, and the psychical condition of the patient. In the last chapter, I outline the general concept of human needs according to A. Maslow and describe important needs of the sick people. As far as the research part is concerned, my goal is to identify the needs of patients in home care after the brain injury. In connection with the aim of the thesis, two research questions were defined. The first question is: "What are the needs of the patients after brain injury?". The second question is: "What is the role of a social worker in meeting the needs of a patient with brain injury?" The qualitative research strategy was used; the instructional dialogue technique with patients after brain injury in the South Bohemia Region within the project. When analyzing the data collected from the patients during the first three months after the discharge from the hospital to the home care, seven major patient needs emerged need of help, need of psychical equilibrium, need of self-reliance, need of being without paint, need of recovering to the condition before CVA incidence, and need of establishing a new system of activities. Two of these needs, the need of recovering to the condition before CVA incidence and the need of establishing a new system of activities could be considered as principal, because the other needs are in general heading towards them. Furthermore, the analysis of the results showed the role of a social worker by means of which these needs can be saturated The results of the present thesis are used as a partial part from which the complex results of coordinated rehabilitation of patients after brain injury of the GAJU project are complied. The needs analysis of patients brought the proposals of dealing with/saturation of these needs and therefore had a direct impact on the lives of the respondents. The results of the research will become a part of the publication outputs of the above-mentioned projects.
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The Needs of Families Caring for Persons with Mental Disabilities
PECHOUŠKOVÁ, Kateřina
This bachelor thesis addresses the needs of families caring for children with mental disabilities. The aim of the study was to explore whether, and to what extent the needs of families caring for people with mental disabilities are satisfied in the context of social functioning. Caring families means the parents, siblings, or other relatives living in the same household and involved in the care of individuals with mental disabilities. The theoretical part focuses on the definition of mental disability and the characteristics of families with a child with mental disabilities. A great deal of attention was paid to the human needs and ways of supporting people with mental disabilities. A qualitative research strategy, with applied methods of questioning and semi-standardized interview techniques, was used for the research. The data was analyzed using the clustering method. The sample consisted of seven families who care for people with mental disabilities, selected on a basis of availability. To map the aforementioned problems the following research question was asked: What are the needs of families caring for people with mental disabilities in the context of social functioning? The results of the survey indicated that the least met needs are the needs of awareness, recognition, security, and the need to express oneself and to be heard. The families find other reserves in the saturation of their needs in the need for economic security and the need for self-realization. Even though this issue has received some attention in recent years and conditions for families caring for people with mental disabilities are improving, it is appropriate to explore this issue further. This work describes the problems that the families most often encounter, addresses their needs and determines the degree of their saturation. This work can be used as a basis for further investigation and the organisations and institutions dealing with this target group can use the results for their work.
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