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Comparison of Tools for Measuring Homelessness at Local and Regional Level
Růžička, Jiří ; Vrzáček, Petr (advisor) ; Martinková, Věra Leona (referee)
The thesis deals with the issue of enumerating and mapping the needs of the homeless. It compares tools for measuring homelessness which are described in literature and shows the way for implementation of measuring within the area of smaller municipalities. Findings about homelessness, homeless phenomenon and services for the homeless published in the literature are discussed at the beginning of the theoretical part. The core fragment of the theoretical part is devoted to a discussion on the basis and ways of measuring homelessness both in the Czech Republic and abroad. Different tools for measuring homelessness are compared in the thesis, appended with commentaries reflecting author's own multiyear experiences with providing services for target group and his involvement in surveys. The empirical part describes the process of verifying the applicability of the given methodology for enumerating and mapping the needs of homeless in practice. The procedures how author reached the final adjustments of the given methodology are described in this part. The modified methodology for counting and mapping the needs of homeless is presented in the conclusion. At final stage the modified methodology is compared with the methodology used for enumerating homeless in the United States.
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Reasons for homelessness among young people
Jelínková, Tereza ; Nová, Monika (advisor) ; Stretti, Sylvie (referee)
Bachelor thesis on "Reasons for homelessness among young people" is about young people without their home. It deals with the definition of homelessness, explanation of who is person with no home, history and specifics of homelessness. This theme also deals with the specific reasons why young people get on the street. It also includes the risks associated with homelessness, services and organizations for people without their home and projects supporting the homeless. The aim of my research is to determine the reasons and causes why young people get on the streets. As a method I chose discussion and interview held with young homeless people. Keywords Homelessness, homeless, person withoutshelter, young person, socialhelp, organisation, dependence, unemployment, socialservices
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Homeless Movement in Urban Area: Illustrated by the Example of Prague
Jakubec, Filip ; Soukup, Martin (advisor) ; Dědovský, Daniel (referee)
The following text deals with homeless movement in an urban area and is based on a qualitative field research carried out in the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague, from the early November 2014 until the beginning of May 2015. The research of such a sensitive topic as homelessness demands much higher attention, with regard to respecting the ethical rules of the field research and publication of materials gained. Therefore, my thesis deals with the motives of their movement usually based on meeting basic human needs, and with general characteristics of locations they stay in. This information clarify why homeless people move in the city without revelation of exact maps of their location, because this may endanger my informants.
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Homelesses with regress to the social services
Pouchová, Lucie ; Šťastná, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Pěnkava, Pavel (referee)
This thesis concerns repeated returns of homeless people to social services. The theoretical part focuses on the description and the problem areas of homeless people, cultural-historical development of homelessness in Czech lands - defines the term of social services and discusses the model of work with the target group in Poland. At the end of the theoretical part a Center for homeless people the Bohuslav Bures social services center (BBSSC) Salvation Army is presented, in this way methods of work with the target group are demonstrated, the way of keeping documentation is described and the analysis of the shelter home relevant to the theme of the work are publicized. The research carried out in the practical part looks for factors which have caused the return of the former users of social services. For the purposes of the work the phenomenon of returning is studied in persons, who in the period of 2007 - April 2012 used a shelter home in BBSSC in Salvation Army, left for commercial housing and after their departure they come back to BBSSC within one year as candidates for a social service. In order to find this information semi- standardized interviews were held and analysis of the data was carried out (a study of documentation of personal files). This work finds out the factors which might have...
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Homelessness – Res Communes (Local Housing Policy Anticipation)
Dobrovičová, Iveta ; Kučerová, Eva (advisor) ; Kateřina, Kateřina (referee)
Summary
The thesis is dedicated to solving the problem of homelessness, from the vantage point of synergy of social policy tools, mainly the housing policy. The author s aim has been to find out what methods are adopted to prevent and solve homelessness in Prague, whether the steps taken by the state or other subjects active in the capital provide help to the group of the socially excluded individuals in the process of their reintegration into the society of people with homes.
The theoretical part deals with the crisis of the welfare state concept, based on solidarity of the wealthier classes with the socially deprived groups. After examining expert sources, the accent is put on definition of social policy participants on the part of the state and other subjects that are instrumental in integration of persons temporarily or permanently excluded from the consumption of the fundamental social value,housing. Last but not least, this work defines the phenomenon of homelessness in its key aspects: in the history of its emergence and causes, its perception by the public, typology of homeless persons, and in the problem with a qualified estimate of the number of the affected.
The practical part is dedicated to a closer examination of the social exclusion of inhabitants in the interaction with the responsible persons from the ranks of social workers, curators, housing authority clerks, providing expert help to the socially deprived groups among Prague inhabitants. This research, done in the form of interviews, is completed by a questionnaire survey carried out directly with the people concerned the homeless. The contribution of this work consists in this combination of both perspectives, the basis of which is knowledge of the homeless environment, acquired via the author s voluntary work for a lowthreshold treatment program center Naděje in Prague.
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Living in Old Brno - architecture and urban study
Novák, Václav ; Sátora, Josef (referee) ; Kopáčik, Gabriel (advisor)
The aim of this thesis is to find new forms of housing for socially excluded inhabitants of the Czech Republic. The proposed set of two buildings is located in the street Kopečná in the district of Staré Brno. The buildings are placed in the immediate vicinity and their functions are independent of each other. The first building provides both acute and long-term assistance and temporary accommodation for homeless people. Inside this building is a low threshold day centre, night shelter and sheltered housing. There is a hierarchy of different levels of sheltered housing created by specific dispositions, which cover the wide diversity of needs of the target group. The second object is a residential building providing accommodation in the concept of "housing first" ("housing first"). Inside the building there are sheltered workshops (cafe, bakery and bicycle repair shop) provides the employability skills and social flats serves as a pre independent living.
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Homelessness in the Czech republic: Present and future possibilities of reintegration for homeless people
Kostelecká, Karolína ; Prachař, Ondřej (advisor) ; Sunega, Petr (referee)
This Bachelor Thesis is focused on the possibilities of reintegration for homeless people and the government's approach to the homelessness issue. Analysis of the current possibilities of reintegration brings results that support for homeless is provided mainly by non profit-making organizations, eg. Naděje, Nový prostor or Armáda spásy. Homeless people have an opportunity to use the services of shelters. They can achieve earnings as workers in the social firms, community work, or sheltered employment. Based on the comparison of the newly introduced Strategy for Preventing and Tackling Homelessness in the Czech Republic by 2020 with the approach to the homelessness issue in Finland and Canada this thesis recommends especially to target measures to the most affected areas of homelessness and to reassess financing. Comparison of selected countries brings the finding that Canada has the highest proportion of homeless people in the total population and Finland has the largest expenditures on homelessness issue.
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Homelessness In Gender Perspective
ROKOSOVÁ, Michaela
Gender is often understood as social sex; it points to the culturally conditioned differences between men and women. An important part of gender is gender characteristics, i.e. typical characteristics attributed to men and women. Gender identity is acquired through the cultural social environment that an individual lives in. It refers to the differences in characteristics and in men's and women's perceptions of various life situations. For the terms 'homeless person' and 'homelessness', there are no exact definitions; nevertheless, many experts strive to capture the essence of this phenomenon. One such definition states that a homeless person is an individual without permanent housing or with no possibility of using a shelter of any kind in the long term. More exact definition can be found in the ETHOS typology, in which the homeless are classified into four categories: rooflessness, houselessness, living in insecure housing, and living in inadequate housing. The aim of my research was to find out the basic differences in men's and women's perceptions of being homeless, especially from the perspective of a career, health and social contexts, relationships to family, social bonds, etc. To meet the aim of the research, three research questions were raised. The first question aimed to find out how men and women became homeless. The second question focused on their current life, asking what aspect of homelessness they consider the most problematic. The third question focused on their future life. The research has shown differences in perceptions, especially for the first question. Women had lived with their families, partners, or friends before losing their homes, and the loss of these people made them homeless. Men, by contrast, had lived alone, and for most of them, the primary cause of losing their homes was the loss of their jobs. This thesis shows that the gender perspective offers an interesting view on the homelessness phenomenon, which could help people working in direct contact with the homeless.
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Possibilities of next living for seniors, who are leaving sanctuary house
PIŠTĚKOVÁ, Radka
The work deals with the complicated problems of solving homelessness in Prague for the period 2013-2020. It analyzes the ethics of the proposals addressing homelessness in this period and compares it with the Action Plan, which preceded it. Ethical problems are defined on the basis of examples of social work practice with homeless people. The conclusion of my work is a proposal of possible solutions defined by ethical problems that arise from the analyzed concept.
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The issues of homelessness
NEDBÁLKOVÁ, Petra
This thesis focuses on the problems of homeless people. In the theoretical part I deal with the most important findings regarding the characteristics of homelessness, the basic problems of that and the social pathological phenomenon. I also thought about the organizations which provide social services for people without shelter. The main substance of the practical part is to define the life events and situations that caused the homelessness and at the same time to show, how these people have to cope in such difficult situations to survive living out in the street. For the research I chose the qualitative method with the help of a manual. There were 12 respondents of adult age who took part in this research and who have experiences of living their life in the street.
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