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Motivational factors of foster parents
Jurková, Kristýna ; Nová, Monika (advisor) ; Čedík, Miloslav (referee)
Foster care is currently a topic that arouses certain controversy in society, which often stems from ignorance of this type of alternative family care. In the diploma thesis, with the help of the analysis, the domestic system of substitute family care was comprehensively described with a focus on foster care. This system was subsequently compared with foreign systems. The work also deals with the identification of the main motivational factors that are essential for the performance of foster care. To find out important information about the motivational factors of foster care, the method of a questionnaire survey was used, which was conducted with foster parents and also with persons without experience with foster care. The questionnaire survey with foster parents showed that the main motivating factor for foster parents is selfless help for children in institutional care. The questionnaire survey with people without experience with foster care showed that their motivation for foster care would be stimulated by helping children in institutional care and efforts to provide family facilities for such children. Several responses from the questionnaire surveys were also compared. From this comparison came significant differences in motivational factors between foster parents and people without...
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The assurance of personal stability in accompanying organizations (in non-profit substitute family care organizations)
Rubešová, Lenka ; Vrzáček, Petr (advisor) ; Procházková, Martina (referee)
Substitute family care is a frequently mentioned topic in the Czech Republic, especially in connection with the high number of children placed in institutional facilities. Foster care, as a one of the forms of substitute family care, was registered within the amendment to the Act on Social and Legal Protection of Children No. 359/1999 Coll. It was in January 2013 and a new concept of support and definition of foster parents' rights and obligations was defined. One of these obligations is to conclude a foster care agreement either with the municipal authority of the municipality with extended powers or with a non-governmental non-profit organization which is entrusted with the exercise of social and legal protection of children and with foster care agreements. This diploma thesis focuses on the personnel activities of non-governmental non-profit organizations that accompany foster families and on the key accompanying workers themselves as well. The theoretical part defines an area of social and legal protection of children, the system of substitute family care, the activities of non-governmental non-profit organizations and personnel processes in the organization. In the qualitative research, I map out an area of human resources management in the accompanying organizations in the form of...
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Possibilities of Placement Disabled Children into the Substitute Family Care
STONAVSKÁ, Michaela
Substitute family care is a pressing issue for society, mainly because many children are still in institutional care. The bachelor thesis called "Possibilities of Placement Disabled Children into the Substitute Family Care " will introduce the given issue from the professional literature. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part deals with family, substitute family care and disability. The chapter about alternative family care describes how children are given this form of care and how negative childhood experiences are reflected in adulthood. This chapter describes forms of surrogate family care, financial contributions that are guaranteed by the state, or steps to be taken to become an applicant and a future surrogate parent. The next chapter introduces the definition of disability and the individual subchapters describe the types of disability. The conclusion of the theoretical part includes the adoption of a child with disabilities in the family. The practical part investigated how social workers in children's homes perceive the placement of children with disabilities in substitute family care and what they perceive as the biggest problems. Other goals were to find out what form of substitute family care is preferred for children with disabilities and how can the children benefit from being placed in a substitute family. The practical part of the thesis was processed using qualitative research. In-depth interviews were conducted with social workers in children's homes in the Pilsen Region. The research revealed that the disability of children in children's homes is very common. In answering the main research question, which was placing disabled children in substitute family care, children with disabilities have a lower chance of getting into foster care compared to children without disabilities. This is mainly due to more demanding education and care for these children. Research has shown that surrogate parents often accept a child with disabilities, but they do not manage and place it back in institutional care. A precondition for an unmanaged substitute family is low awareness of disability and courage to seek professional help. Social workers see the problem of integrating these children into society, so placing them in substitute families is a great help and benefit. According to the experience of social workers, children with disabilities are placed only in one of the forms of substitute family care, namely in foster care. This form is often preceded by host care, where the child meets a future substitute family, then grows into foster care, either to a married couple or an individual. Children with disabilities are often placed in foster care for relatives or close relatives. However, the research has shown that most children return to institutional care from these people.
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Entrusting the care of child to homosexuals
Crháková, Romana ; Šotolová, Eva (advisor) ; Mlčková, Marie (referee)
This diploma work deals with homosexually oriented persons that want to establish a family or that already have a child and raise it up. It concerns to biological parentage or "only" psychological parentage or a relationship with same-sex partner or an individual care for a child. The work specifies basic terms and contains a short overview of homosexuality in view of history, religion and medicine. The work learns the reader in history and legislation differences of the registered partnership and matrimony. It also marginally deals with possibilities and rights of homosexual persons in the world. The work also includes opinion on family, its functions and types. It describes today's possibilities of homosexuals' ways to a child. The work also focuses on issue of rising up a child by homosexuals. To clarify links, it describes here gay and lesbian relations and families, including development of a child being raised up in a non-traditional family. Aim of the work is to document subjective opinions of the homosexuals themselves to the issue of rising up children by persons with such an orientation, to find out how they evaluate attitude of the society to this topic and how these persons are interested in LGBT situation. For the survey and reconnaissance of the opinions, on-line questionnaire was...
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A child in foster care on primary school level
ČERNÁ, Michaela
The bachelor thesis is focused on children , that are the primary school students , growing up in foster care. The theoretical part describes basic theoretical knowledge concerning biological family and substitute family and their importance for the development of the child and preparation for entering the school. The bachelor thesis describes the current legislative framework of foster care in the Czech Republic, the process of mediation of this care and the forms of support of substitute parents, support of children that grow up in foster care, given by the institution of social and legal protection of children, school facilities and other non-state entities. The aim of the practical part of the thesis is to find out and to describe the difficulties in children faced by foster parents after start of school attendance, how the foster parents deal with the difficulties and what tools the schools use to support them. In accordance with the aim of the thesis, a mixed research approach was chosen - data collection using questionnaires and a method of multiple case study.
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The foster care (preparation, conditions, process) and the issue of contacts with biological parents
LIŠKOVÁ FORNOUZOVÁ, Jana
The diploma thesis deals with foster care and contacts with biological parents. The first chapter aims to the importance of family, family ties disorder and the CAN syndrome. The second chapter is focused on the substitute family care and its forms. The third chapter describes the foster care, what are the demands on the personality of the caring person, what the preparation looks like, which are the conditions and course of the foster care. The fourth chapter is focused on the child identity, contacts with biological parents and describes the process of assisted contacts.
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