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The Family and the Counselling in Rehabilitation
CHALUPOVÁ, Michaela
The thesis deals with the role of family in the course of coordinated rehabilitation. At present time, rehabilitation is understood not only as a medical care within the sphere of physiotherapy but also as an interdisciplinary activity which includes health-care, social-legal, pedagogical-psychological as well as work-related activities. Coordinated rehabilitation therefore requires cooperation of a team of involved specialists. This is not only about qualified experts but also about the disables person and his/her family. Family is the most important social group and the basic building stone of society. It fulfils the basic educational function, forms the attitudes of the child to itself, its loved ones and the whole world. Thus it fundamentally affects the society and on the contrary the society influences the family. That is why the family has to receive information necessary for the fulfilment of its functions (in particular when taking care of a disabled person), for example in the form of expert counselling. The objective of the work was to identify the role of family and its cooperation with counselling agencies within the process of coordinated rehabilitation. In addition to agencies taking care of handicapped persons, counselling institutions include also organisations whose social services are primarily provided to this target group. Qualitative research was used in the course of work on the empirical part. Input data were collected by the method of questioning, in particular by the technique of semi-structured interview. The research group consisted of thirteen social workers who provide expert social counselling or other social services primarily intended for handicapped persons. In connection with the objective of the thesis, the main research question was: What difficulties social workers identify when working with the family within the process of coordinated rehabilitation? The sub-question derived from the main research question was: What is the role of family within the counselling process from the perspective of a social worker? The results showed that social workers are satisfied with the families of users of the social service and confirm that cooperation between them is good. However, cooperation between social workers and the family differs significantly according to the type of provided services. The research also revealed that providers of social services in the course of their work with family encounter difficulties rather exceptionally. Still, social workers perceive as difficulties especially limits in the communication with family. Providers of social services try to build relations between them and the family of the user of the particular service and provide social support. Social workers perceive the role of family especially as being their communicating and cooperating partner. The research showed that the best cooperation and communication between social workers and the family of user of the social services is one based on a partnership level. The thesis identified the difficulties of social workers encountered during their work with families taking care of a handicapped person and suggested recommendations for more active involvement of families in dealing with a difficult life situation of its members. In addition, the thesis can serve as a basis for further quantitative research of this theme.
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The Cooperation Quality of Elementary Schools with Specialists on Prevention of Social Pathological Phenomena on the Třebíč's Discrict.
CHALUPOVÁ, Michaela
The Bachelor's thesis deals with the prevention of socio-pathological phenomena at primary schools in the district of Třebíč. The prevention of socio-pathological phenomena has developed significantly in recent years, especially prevention at schools and school facilities. Prevention is most often done by schools themselves in lectures or classes dealing with health education. Furthermore, there are more and more bodies providing preventive programmes. Schools just need to select a programme and order it. The thesis focuses on the cooperation between primary schools and experts in the prevention of socio-pathological phenomena. The aim of the thesis was to explore the degree and quality of cooperation between primary schools and experts in the prevention of socio-pathological phenomena, and whether there is any difference between smaller and larger primary schools concerning this issue. Experts refer to police officers, firefighters, paramedics and other providers of preventive programmes. A qualitative research method was used for the research. Data collection was carried out using in-depth narrative interviews. Research participants were selected by an intentional (purposeful) selection. The research sample consisted of five prevention methodologists of larger and smaller primary schools in the district of Třebíč. The size of schools was determined by the number of pupils who attend the school. The research focused on the following research question: Do primary schools cooperate in the prevention of socio-pathological phenomena with experts from other disciplines? The results showed that all surveyed primary schools cooperate with experts in the prevention. The most common providers include Třebíč Municipal Police, Moravské Budějovice Municipal Police, Emergency services and non-state non-profit organizations, such as Klub Zámek, K-centrum, STŘED, o.s. and others. However, for the most part schools carry out prevention themselves, mostly as part of family and civic education. Schools offer plenty of leisure time activities within the non-specific primary prevention. When cooperating with experts, schools let providers handle preventive programmes themselves. They provide experts with information about individual groups they enter, number of pupils, or problems that occur in a class. The research also suggested the most frequent risk phenomena that appear at the interviewed schools. These are bullying, truancy, substance abuse and cyberbullying. In addition, the research showed that there is no problem with the funding of preventive programmes at almost any school. At the end of the interview, each school methodologist was asked: How subjectively do they perceive prevention at the school where they work? According to the responses, four methodologists are satisfied with the prevention at the school, but only one would not change anything. Within the research two large and three smaller primary schools were visited and no difference was noticed in this area. Even though prevention has developed significantly in recent years, it is advisable to focus on this issue in the future too. Therefore, it would be beneficial if this Bachelor's thesis became a basis for further research. The thesis can bring further information about the cooperation of primary schools and experts in the prevention of socio-pathological phenomena.
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