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Homelessness - solving of the phenomenon in the context of residential services
ŠPERLOVÁ, Markéta
Homeless people create a specific subculture in our society. It's a matter of a negative phenomenon of which the society has a poor opinion coming often from a lack of information. There is a lot of ways helping to find solutions to this problem, in these days. First of all, in this bachelor's work, the terms of the subject are clarified, as well as the history and the general characteristics of homelessness. This work contains the current legislation and some chosen statistics indicators. It proposes possible solutions of homelessness in the Czech Republic, especially in the capital. Projects, conceptions and plans are mentioned as well as the systems of helping focusing on integration, independence and residential services. A list of some active organizations involved in helping this problem is included. The conclusion of the theoretical part is dedicated to the Salvation Army. After the theory comes the practical part. The branch of the Salvation Army named Centre of Social Services of Bohuslav Bures is presented here. It is the place, where my practical quest was done. The purpose of this quest was to figure out if the social and residential services of the Centre of Social Services of Bohuslav Bures are sufficient to allow their adepts to integrate completely to the ordinary society. The information is provided from the users of the asylum themselves. The investigation covers up the services of the centre that should respond to the real needs of its users. The chosen situations of particular people from my quest were considered from an angle of a larger scale of time. Questions were based on the indicators of the past, the present and the future. In order to get information I chose the method of qualified approach and the study of particular cases. A partly structured dialogue was the main technique in which seven clients engaged. We first defined the problem to deal with. It was the effectiveness and the influence of provided services in the asylum. Then we specified the main question and other partial questions of the inquiry. Obtained data was noted, analysed and interpreted in order to provide an answer to the questions of the inquiry. The practical part carries a record of a dialogue with one of the social workers of the Salvation Army Centre of Social Services of Bohuslav Bures provided for my quest as a part of it. The quest showed the asylum thanks to the extent of its services enables homeless people to integrate back into our society. Some other recommendations were stated. The goal of the quest was achieved.
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Multiculturalism and immigration in context of the Pilsen region
CVRČEK, Tomáš
In my thesis I deal with issues of multiculturalism and immigration in the Pilsen Region. My work is divided into two parts. The first part deals with basic concepts related to the issue of multiculturalism. This is the definition of multiculturalism, its types and tools. Examples of functional multiculturalism and opponents of this idea at all. Under immigration then surveys the most abundant group of foreigners in the Czech Republic and the political situation in the country. Specifically, I focus on the Pilsen Region in relation to the most numerous group of foreigners at all angles of view. In the second part, the results of the survey, which focused on high school students awareness of the most representative groups of foreigners in the Czech Republic, their general knowledge of the subject and opinions on coexistence with foreigners. There is the practical part also view the other party, which was obtained by controlled interviews carried out with representatives of the three most numerously represented groups of foreigners in the Czech Republic.
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Social exclusion of unemployed persons with disabilities
NOVÁK, Ivo
The work deals with the topic of social exclusion of disabled unemployed people. The first part of the thesis is theoretical. It describes the topic of unemployment and the types of the unemployment. The thesis also describes social exclusion, its characteristics and possible forms. The thesis contains the specifications of social exclusionof disabled unemploed people. In the main part there are psychological, social, economic and ethic effect of social exclusion on the life of disabled people. The second part of the thesis is focused on the experience. It contains the results of a research based on questionnaires. The questionnaires were focused on the economical capabilities of unemployed disabled people in the area of Tábor.
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Social Exclusion Among The Homeless And Its Impact On Health
ZLATUŠKOVÁ, Vendula
The thesis topic ?Social exclusion among the homeless and its subsequent impact on health" provides the deeper understanding of the problematic regarding homeless people who are without family/social connections and often suffer from lack of social and health care. The theoretical part of the thesis called ?Current Status? elaborates on the study of the fundamental ideas and concepts In addition the thesis defines the objective and subjective factors of homelessness, health problematic and its determinants, trying to provide an insight into somatic and psychological complications, which are linked to the system of health care provided towards the homeless people. The aim was to detect and define the elements of social exclusion among the homeless and find their conditionality in relation to subjective health perception Basic data for the research were based on the following research questions: V1: What causes played a significant role in respondents becoming homeless? V2: How homeless people evaluate their current health? V3: How the homeless people perceive assistance to improve their situation? The subject of research part is the link between environmental (social) situation of selected group of people and their subjectively perceived health status. To determine the necessary data the qualitative method, semi-controlled interview technique supplemented by observation were used. The research was conducted in the St. Pauls shelter in České Budejovice. The interviews were done with 10 respondents and the results of the research are summarized in form of case studies divided into categories and presented according to the similarities/differences in the respondent?s claims. This work can be used as a basis for further research to quantify the social determinants of health associated with homelessness. I, together with the social worker of the St. Paul shelter, perceive lack of linking health and social services for the homeless. This issue should be further strengthened, so that eventually could be used to influence public policy in shaping the environment affecting our health.
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Alternative lifestyle option as being satisfied
BENDOVÁ, Kateřina
The topic of this diploma thesis is Alternative lifestyle as a form of content human existence. This thesis is focused on specification of subculture and I defined the subculture of homeless people, which as I assumed and also as my own research data showed, can demonstrate the content form of human existence. The theoretical part of this thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter constitutes a theoretical scope of this thesis where I put emphasis on social norms and theory of social deviation, which are crucial for homeless people who are demonstrating alternative lifestyle which is significantly different from the lifestyle of mainstream conformist society. Second chapter describes characteristics of homelessness. The third chapter includes procedure of help to homeless people in their life situation. There are also stated social services for homeless people. The last chapter is focused on the alternative lifestyle. I also deal with the topic of voluntary homelessness. The aim of this diploma thesis is description of aspects of lifestyle of the observed subculture of homeless people. The target group consists of 20 homeless people in age from 18 to 70 years. A method of qualitative approach was applied and a method of analysis of case studies was used for data collection. The main technique of data collection was an interview with directions which I used with 10 homeless people who were in asylum house and with 10 homeless people who were present directly at the public areas. In the context of this thesis five research questions were determined. The primary data was coded/indexed and then processed with the framework analysis according to Ritchie and Spencer. The outcomes of the research showed that the most frequent reason for the origin of homelessness is alcohol addiction. Most frequently it is related to single or divorced man and women. The daily regime of homeless people is from a greater half regular. Among the most frequent daily activities in the asylum house can be mentioned watching television, cleaning common areas of the asylum house, fixed activities and drinking coffee. The outdoor activities mostly constitute of collection of metal, cooking, shopping for food and searching the garbage bins. They usually spend winter nights in facilities of social services (doss house, asylum house), in a tent, in makeshift shanties, or in a squat. Most people spend their days with their friends or partners. People who live in public areas are more willing to make some extra money. There was three times higher experience with begging of the people who live in public areas than people who live in asylum houses. People in asylum houses usually pay for day board meals. People who live outside in public areas procure their food in supermarkets, day centres and doss houses and in garbage bins. For homeless people nicotine addiction is more frequent than alcohol addiction. They perform their personal hygiene in the facilities of social services (day centre, doss house, asylum house). They usually get their clothes from social or asylum clothes supplies. They do not live in relationships with partners however people who live in the public areas have more sexual contacts. More than half of respondents do not think about their future. People who live in asylum houses are more satisfied with their life situation, nevertheless more than half of respondents would like to change their life situation. On basis of the results of this research theoretical concepts were induced.
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Romany families living in the socially excluded locality Volary
KOŽKOVÁ, Šárka
This bachelor´s work tries to find out the social situation of the inhabitants living in the socially excluded locality Volary. The theoretical part is about the issues of social exclusion, Romanies like a socially excluded group of people, socially excluded localities, their origins and social situation of their inhabitants. Social situation of the inhabitants in socially excluded localities is evaluated by means of criterions such as housing, education, employment, finances and health. In the theoretical part there are also described specific features of Romany family. The practical part includes case interpretations of respondents, which were gained by structured interviews, which are devided into 4 spheres of questions. The case interpretations are evaluated according to these spheres of questions. The results of the research are compared to the findings of the authors in the used literature.
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Integration of the Roma Population in Leisure Time as Prevention of Socio-Pathological Phenomena
BENDOVÁ, Renáta
This bachelor thesis deals with issues of integrating the Roma population into educational processes as part of prevention of socio-pathological phenomena and highlights problems with the exclusion of the minority population. The theoretical part discusses Roma's origin, history and migration both in Europe and the Czech Republic. Additionally, it defines their identity and the development of positive identity, which is an important component in their integration. The thesis further scrutinizes suitable leisure-time activities. The practical part analyzes the project prepared by Prague 14 addressing free-time activities of unorganized Roma children as prevention of socio-pathological phenomena.
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Long-term unemployment as a cause of social exclusion.
ŠINDELÁŘOVÁ, Pavla
This work is dedicated to causes of social exclusion. Theoretical part of the work describes social exclusion and its major reasons such as long term unemployment and poverty. This document is particularly focused on high-risk groups of population who are mostly endangered by some form of social exclusion. It also takes in account potential economical and social aspects of the problem. Second part of this work is based on the real data acquired from the national emplyement agency in Strakonice. It describes situation in the region, methodics of data collection and their further evaluation and analysis. The discussion is a summary of the research and concludes with a summary of the whole work.
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Criminal activity as a result of unemployment in Prachatice
KUČEROVÁ, Veronika
This bachelor work deals with dilemma of the criminal attempts caused due to unemployment. The theoretical part unemployment and its splitting by time, as well as with economic, social and health consequences of unemployment. It also deals with the social work with offenders, which is executed through the Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic. The practical part of my work focuses on the most common criminality in Prachatice in 2010. This information is collected through quantitative research done by using a structured questionnaire and study of written documents. Research has confirmed rated hypothesis and also confirmed the long-term unemployment in particular has direct impact on crime and especially the criminal activities against property.
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