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Stress Factors of Volunteers Working With Older People in Residential Facilities in České Budějovice
BALA, Sára
The bachelor's thesis considers stress factors of volunteering in long-term residential care. The theoretical part of the thesis focuses on the themes of volunteering, ageing and old age and identifies several selected stress factors. The practical part of the thesis represents the data interpretation from in-depth semi-structured interviews with volunteers who are managed by volunteer centres in České Budějovice and who also visit older people in cooperating long-term residential care.
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Návrh personální strategie pro studentskou organizaci
Němcová, Martina
The bachelor’s thesis aims to propose a personnel strategy for a selected student organization. The first part is devoted to literary research on the topic of non-profit organizations, volunteering, and human resources management. The second part is focused on a specific student organization, its description, analysis of the current situation in the personnel area, and its evaluation, including the results of a questionnaire for members of the organization. The aim of the thesis is to propose a summary of recommendations for streamlining recruitment, improving awareness within the organization, motivation, and rewarding members.
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Motivace k dobrovolnictví v neziskové organizaci: případová studie organizace Home-Start
Hruzová, Dominika
This Bachelor thesis processes the issue of motivation of volunteers at the non-profit organization Home-Start. It aims to identify key motivating factors that affect volunteers to carry out voluntary activities. In the sub-objectives, the work is dedicated to identifying internal and external motivating factors and, last but not least, identifies which of these factors have the greatest share of long-term exposure to the selected non-profit organisation. The work is made up of two parts. In the first part I defined theoretical background using professional sources, which is important to clarify and understand the empirical part of the thesis. The theoretical part defines the issue of volunteering, describes the sector of non-profit organizations, it is also devoted to psychological motivation, motivational factors and specifies the motivation for volunteering. In the empirical part, quantitative research is processed using a questionnaire – Volunteer Functions Inventory, which examines the level of individual motivating factors to fulfill the main goal of the Bachelor thesis. The results of this research are then interpreted in the conclusion of this work.
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Dance as a Therapy
Tomášková, Kateřina ; Čedík, Miloslav (advisor) ; Stretti, Sylvie (referee)
This diploma thesis concentrates on working with a group of children refugees coming from Ukraine, using elements of dance-movement therapy. The theoretical part focuses on introducing information about dance in general and its meaning for humans since tribal times, its processes and analysis of movement according to Laban methodology. The practical part focuses on describing how the project with refugees came to life and all the aspects connected to its evolvement and realization. Another part of the practical part of the thesis concentrates on a description of witnessed behaviors of the group and their evolution during the times the group met.
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A Loving Home for Every Animal: Civic Engagement of Founders of Dog and Cat Shelters
Urbanová, Adéla ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (advisor) ; Šťovíčková Jantulová, Magdaléna (referee)
This diploma thesis presents the conclusions of a qualitative research that dealt with the civic engagement of female founders of private shelters for dogs and cats. The topic is grasped on the basis of the theory of social movements and with the help of models bridging the opposition of volunteerism and activism. At the same time, the interpretation of the results of the thematic analysis relies on the concept of zoopolis, which presents citizenship as a category applicable to human-animal relations. The founders of private shelters approach the animals in their care as unmistakable individuals, beings with personhood and actors who can be and are invited to participate in decisions affecting their lives.
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Forms of volunteer roles and their reference groups
Nollová, Michaela ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (advisor) ; Frič, Pavol (referee)
The thesis is about volunteering in connection with reference groups of volunteers. It describes and analyses the volunteering of eight volunteers involved in the selected association. The first part of the thesis is theoretical, it defines basic terms, theories and concepts important for the research. The second, empirical part of the thesis, presents the methodology and deals with the conducted qualitative research through in-depth interviews with formal volunteers. The thesis aims to describe and understand how volunteers create their volunteer roles and to which reference groups they relate. The form of volunteer roles in this organization is influenced especially by the regularity and intensity of volunteer's activities. During the analysis, two main forms of the volunteer role were profiled from the researched data. Volunteers from one group consider their activity as help and they relate to the organization's clients. Volunteers from the second group relate to other volunteers and the activity is mainly fun for them.
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Activity of Volunteers in Retirement Homes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
POSLUŠNÁ, Věra
Volunteering is an integral part of human life. Volunteering can be understood as a meaningful activity that helps the needy, is held of free will and without the right to financial reward. The social field is one of the most needed areas in which volunteers can work. This bachelor thesis deals with the activities of volunteers in retirement homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The main goal is to analyze the performance of volunteering in retirement homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. A partial goal is a subsequent comparison of the experience of individual homes for the elderly with volunteering during a pandemic and to provide examples of good practice. The strategy of qualitative research was chosen for the research of this bachelor thesis. The data were collected by the method of questioning, which took place using the technique of semi-controlled interview. It was then evaluated by an open coding process, in a pencil-paper manner. Following the open coding process, categories were created, which were then divided into three areas. For greater clarity, a diagram was created from each category, which presents the given category. Based on the research, it was found that the classic volunteer activity, thanks to the Government regulation in the Czech Republic and special precantions of the Ministry of Health, did not take place at all. Only in the periods of liberalization of the previously mentioned regulations and precantions, which, however, were few, did some homes for the elderly return to classic volunteer activities. On the contrary, it is clear from the research that even during the COVID-19 pandemic, volunteers were actively involved and were beneficial for users and homes for the elderly.
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Non-profit organizations involved in the solution of the COVID-19 epidemic in the South Bohemian Region
RŮŽIČKOVÁ, Eliška
A short message with Governor´s activation order was delivered to all members of the Panel of Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations of the South Bohemian Region on 20 March 2020 during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic. The activation lasted 2 months until 27 May 2020. The role of Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations and their coordination done by the Panel was irreplaceable during the solution of the epidemic. All volunteers and association employees risked their health in favour of the citizens of the South Bohemian Region. They helped the most vulnerable ones of the society and they asked many volunteers from public to take part in the needed help. The diploma thesis focuses on analysis of participation of Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations in the South Bohemian Region during the solution of the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic and on analysis of experience of executives and volunteers of Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations during the solution of the crisis situation. A qualitative research in the form of semi-structured conversations with representatives of the South Bohemian Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations was undertaken to answer the research questions. The data gathered by the research and by the inquiry were evaluated using SWOT analysis and so called Fuller´s triangle was designed for comparison. On the basis of evaluation of obtained data we can state that Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations were able to react quickly to the given situation and that the Panel of Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations of the South Bohemian Region ensured help and masks distribution, disinfection, it ensured public places disinfection, purchases delivery, providing coordination support for field and accompanying activities, South Bohemian Region information line operation, establishing of quarantine places for homeless people and creation of manual for work with volunteers. The executives and volunteers evaluated the first wave of the epidemic as a period of uncertainty, disinformation, and lack of personal protective equipment. The coordinator of the Panel of Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations of the South Bohemian Region stated that difficult tasks were given by the Region and that they were not prepared for them. The majority of NGO and NPO workers perceive the epidemic experience as basis for changes in the system of functioning of organizations in the future. The findings of the diploma thesis will be used as feedback materials for the Panel of Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations of the South Bohemian Region, Crisis Management Department of the South Bohemian Region and Crisis Management Department of the Fire and Rescue Service of the South Bohemian Region.
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The role of volunteer in Context of Social Work with family taking care of a child with autism spectrum disorder
RAABOVÁ, Veronika
The family is the basic unit of society and the most important primary group in the socialization of the individual. If a child with an autism spectrum disorder is born into a family, it is a big shock for its members. There are a number of social services for these families that can help them with this difficult fate. The question is whether the child does not need a different form of attention than the one he/she receives from organizations providing these services. The volunteer could be an excellent helper in these families and an indispensable friend for the child. The aim of my bachelor thesis is to describe the role of a volunteer working in a family caring for a child with autism spectrum disorder as a supplement to social work with the family. To achieve the goal, the method of qualitative research and a form of questioning through a semi-structured interview was chosen, and the results were interpreted using the method of clusters. Based on the research, it is clear that the volunteer becomes an important support for the whole family and, above all, a much-needed friend of a child with an autism spectrum disorder. Its benefit lies not only in the child's development through play, but it is also a significant support for the child's parents. The research also reveals the risks of cooperation between a volunteer and a family caring for a child with an autism spectrum disorder. These are the volunteers' imperfect communication skills and parents' concerns about the insufficient training of these volunteers in the field of autism spectrum disorders. But all this is perfectly replaced by his/her indispensable help in the family. The bachelor thesis can serve as an information source for families with children suffering from autism spectrum disorder about the possibility of volunteer help. At the same time, this paper can strengthen the motivation of volunteers to volunteer in these families.
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