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Religious believe as a motivation of a health and social care professional
TALICHOVÁ, Jana
A topic of my bachelor thesis is "Christian faith as a motivation for a social work". The social work as an independent discipline detached only in the 19th century. Though, it is possible to say that an interest in the welfare of the others and an effort to help them in emergency situations were provided for many centuries before its emergence, and primarily by Christian communities. An aim of this thesis is to identify personal attitudes of social workers to the faith and religion and then to determine their incentives to pursue the profession of the social work. The theoretical part has been focused on a history of Christianity in the world and in this country and it emphasizes the situation in its development, which contributed to a solution of social problems. Further the thesis deals with a topic of a Christian love in its widest dimension and with an emergence of a charity. It does not forget, however, neither the social work, its objectives, social workers and their code of ethics. I chose a quantitative research for an implementation of the practical part. The exploratory part of the thesis uses a questionnaire survey as a technique for the data gathering and a secondary data analysis to compare the results. The research sample consisted of social workers practicing their profession in the town of České Budějovice. The control sample was composed of people from the general population working in the same town. Two working hypotheses were created for the research. The first hypothesis was not confirmed: There are more religious people among workers in the social sphere than in the general population. The second hypothesis was not also confirmed: For the religiously-based workers in the social area the religious faith belongs among essential elements of the motivation to pursue their profession. The research shows that there are not more religious people among workers in the social sphere than in the general population. The motivation elements of religiously-based social workers are in the highest percentage representation. "A need to help", "A joy of working with people" and "A meaningful work". The faith as a motivation factor appears only at two respondents out of 41 believers. I believe that the aim of the thesis by carrying out this research has been met. The bachelor thesis can be used to teach students in fields relating to the social work, for an understanding of the religious dimension when working with people and in a personal life.
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