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Social work with clients using social housing
VOLMÚTOVÁ, Martina
This diploma thesis focuses on the use of social work in the area of social housing. The main goal of this thesis is to analyse the performance of social work with clients using social housing, with an emphasis on the level of positive impact on the client's living conditions. In the preparation of this thesis, qualitative techniques for data collection were employed, namely the analysis of documents and semi-structured interviews. Based on the data collected, two case studies were drawn up which contain descriptions of basic information about the participants in the research and, consequently, their progress in the area of social housing. Research has shown that social work in the area of social housing plays a critical role. In order to succeed, the agencies involved must not only work with the social housing clients directly, but also cooperate among themselves. The methods and techniques of social work chosen to be employed in any particular social housing area depend on the specific problems of the client. However, social workers often use techniques similar to, and including, motivational interviews, counselling and the implementation of a task-centred approach. An integral part of any process is the client's motivation to change. Should the client remain only a passive user of the service and not actively cooperate with their social worker and other social services, change will not happen in either the housing area or in regards to the social and financial circumstances of the family. This work is designed to serve as an insight into the general issues of people with housing difficulties and the efforts and cooperation of a council's social worker, and other relevant social services dealing with this issue.
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Initiative Food Not Bombs in Relation to Homeless People
ČESKÁ, Jana
This bachelor's thesis is focused on the initiative Food Not Bombs and its relation to homeless people. The aim of the work was to describe the inner workings of the Food Not Bombs initiative in the Czech Republic and to reflect on the activists in contact with homeless people. Food Not Bombs is a global initiative highlighting inequalities in society through free food distribution. The theoretical part defines the basic concepts related to homelessness, including social services, approaches to social work with this demographic and the current state of affairs. Furthermore, the history of the initiative Food Not Bombs, its operational principles and follow-up activities are presented. The empirical part of the work contains research using the qualitative research strategy and questioning method. Data collection was performed using a semi-structured interviews. The research group consists of eleven informants from the eight cities in the Czech Republic in which the groups operate. The obtained data was converted into text form and subsequently analyzed using open coding and categorization. Based on this analysis, research questions were answered. They aimed to identify differences in the activities of individual teams and how activists perceive homeless people. Several differences were identified between groups from different cities. However, these were not fundamental differences and it can be concluded that the groups agree more than not. Activists perceive the homeless as excluded from society and suffering from material deprivation, often due to the unfair distribution of resources. They endeavor to perceive homelessness as a problem without blaming individual people for it. The groups are characterized by giving equal access to the hungry and striving to help and support everyone without distinction. The work may serve to raise awareness of the initiative's activities and contribute to changing the passive or negative public attitude towards the homeless.
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Bezdomovectví z pohledu žáků základních škol
BRABENCOVÁ, Markéta
Homelessness is a serious problem which noticeably affects all dimensions of human life. This phenomenon relates primarily to cities and their inhabitants take specific stands on homelessness, which are positive or negative. The aim of this bachelor work is to describe attitudes of school-age children to homelessness. In theoretical section I will try to give as precise definition of homelessness as possible. I will deal with its reasons, I will describe how homeless people live and I will focus on facilities, which help these people (night shelters, low-threshold facilities, reception centres etc.). In the practical part I will try to clarify which stands schoolchildren take on this issue. I will try to make an analysis by means of quantitative research, specifically via questionnaires at schools.
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Prevention of youth homelessness in a selected institution
BEZPALEC, František
The text of thesis deals with the prevention of homelessness of youth in selected facilities. The thesis is divided into two parts - theoretical and practical one. The theoretical part is divided into two main chapters. In the first chapter the reader will get acquainted with the basic concepts, statistics, causes and forms of homelessness of youth. The second one deals with the prevention of youths' homelessness. This chapter contains a description of the environment that shapes the young person in a significant way, such as the politics of the state, the school, the family and the family environment. This chapter also discusses the characteristics of facilities providing social prevention services for young people without a home. The second part of the thesis investigates to which extent the services of a selected social prevention facility are an effective tool for the prevention of selected factors of homelessness of youth. The research is carried out by using a questionnaire method supplemented by the method of participating observation.
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Medial Picture and Coverage of Homelesses During Covid- 19 Crisis
Dařílek, Jan ; Křeček, Jan (advisor) ; Soukup, Martin (referee)
The diploma thesis covers the media image of the homelessness of one year before the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis (March 1st, 2019 to February 28th, 2020) and one year during the coronavirus crisis (March 1st, 2020 to February 28th, 2021). The key part of the thesis is the research itself, based mainly on the foreign studies of Moira J. Calder (et al., 2011), Carole Zufferey (2008; 2010; 2014) and Mao (et al., 2012). In the text are summarized almost all studies related to the media and homelessness in the Czech Republic (Kadeřávek, 2016; Stuhlíková, 2011; Košťálová, 2013; Kronika, 2011; Balcar, 2014; Aujezdský, 2014; Malík, 2011 2018; Hejnal, 2012). The research method used is a quantitative content media analysis, the result is a description of the media image. Examined were the internet news articles of the three most popular public sphere media - ČT24.cz; iRozhlas.cz; České noviny.cz and three private sphere media - Novinky.cz; iDnes.cz; Aktuálně.cz. The diploma thesis firstly focuses on the first period, then the second period, in which it analyzes and compares the media image of homelessness between public and private media, and finally compares the media image of homelessness before the beginning of the crisis and during the crisis. This study provides a key element in studying and...
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The use of community planning in addressing homelessness, the benefits and impacts on the social inclusion of homeless people
Jašek, Jakub ; Pěnkava, Pavel (advisor) ; Hudcová, Eliška (referee)
The use of community planning in addressing homelessness, the benefits and impacts on the social inclusion of homeless people. The bachelor thesis aims to compare approaches within the method of community planning of social services, in addressing the issue of homelessness and social exclusion in selected parts of the capital. The issue of homelessness is a very complex phenomenon, the solution of which requires a comprehensive approach to the social system. services, responsible authorities and, last but not least, the involvement of the local community.
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Addressing the issue of homelessness in Prague
Polanecká, Petra ; Angelovská, Olga (advisor) ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
The presented bachelor's thesis deals with the issue of homelessness in Prague. Specifically, it focuses on the functioning of the Czech social system in relation to homeless people and the strategic concepts of proposals for solving the problem of homelessness in the territory of Prague. Homelessness is a complex social problem that is increasingly pressing in the context of Prague. This is also due to the fact that, to this day, homelessness is not defined in Czech legislation. Some public policy makers believe that the definition is unnecessary, or they refer to gaps in the theoretical anchoring. However, defining homelessness is an important prerequisite for its effective solution. The main goal of the bachelor's thesis is to find out in what ways public policy instruments solve the problem of homelessness in the capital. of the city of Prague and overcome barriers to the functioning of the safety net. The bachelor thesis first describes homelessness, its definition, causes, typology and possible barriers to reintegration. Furthermore, the work in the empirical part focuses on the secondary analysis of documents with the aim of identifying the available options of this social group from the point of view of valid legislation and strategic plans for solving homelessness - specifically, it...
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Public Perception on Target Populations and Homeless Policy Design in Seattle, WA
Beckmeyer, Kelsey ; Angelovská, Olga (advisor) ; Frič, Pavol (referee)
This thesis tests a new theory about the role that public perceptions on target populations play in designing homeless policies - as demonstrated through the Homeless Policy Design Model. The theory and model present an expansion of theories on the target populations and policy design from Lowi (1972), Ingram, Schneider and Deleon (2007); and Schneider and Ingram (1993). The model is tested through a case study of homeless policy in Seattle, WA from 2007 to 2016 and the correlating perceptions of the homeless generated through the rhetoric of the political elite and the general public. The homeless policy design model indicates that the public's perceptions about homeless target populations will impact policy design choices. Through qualitative research methods, the thesis finds that there is a recognizable correlation between how the public views the homeless and what type of policy the Seattle City Council passed from 2007 to 2016.
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Options of Preventing and Tackling Social Exclusion in Housing in the Czech Republic
Marečková, Veronika ; Angelovská, Olga (advisor) ; Vlčková, Kamila (referee)
This thesis focuses on describing the setting of the Czech system of prevention and assistance to persons excluded from the standard housing or directly threatened by this exclusion, while attention is paid to social work, social services, social benefits and social housing, which is then given special emphasis. In addition to the general description of these four parts of the system, formal institutions in the form of laws, regulations and conceptions related to them are also described in this thesis. Another objective of this thesis is linked directly to the issue of social housing. The thesis describes the functioning of the social housing sector in the Czech Republic, drawing attention to a problem related to the lack of an institutional framework relating to social housing. The thesis also describes The Conception of Social Housing in the Czech Republic 2015-2025 (Koncepce sociálního bydlení ČR 2015-2025), which primarily defines a system of Czech social housing. In the research part of this thesis was used the case study design, which seeks to map out the possibilities of housing /accommodation for low-income households and households excluded from standard housing and functioning of the system of prevention and tackling social exclusion in housing in practice at the local level, for which a...
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