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Social work with foreigners from the point of view of the Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children
FAJTLOVÁ, Tereza
This diploma thesis is part of the project entitled "Selected aspects of the integration of foreigners living in the Czech Republic and their relationship to social work" (reg. no. GAJU 101/2022/S). The aim of the work is to analyze and describe the barriers of social work with foreigners from the point of view of the social and legal protection of children (OSPOD). For the purposes of the thesis, two research questions were chosen. 1. What differences do social workers from OSPOD encounter during social investigations of foreigners? 2. What is the course of social work with foreigners? The diploma thesis is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. In the theoretical part, the terms related to migration are defined, it also deals with social work with foreigners, defines its methods and support networks for foreigners, and last but not least, the definitions related to the authority for the social and legal protection of children, its characteristics, the legal framework and next. The practical part of the work contains the results of research related to social work with foreigners from the point of view of the authority for the social and legal protection of children. A qualitative research strategy, an interview method and a semi-structured interview technique were chosen for the preparation of this diploma thesis according to the instructions. Interviews were conducted with OSPOD managers or with other employees authorized by the manager. The interviews were evaluated using an open coding method and nine domains were created. Based on the research, it was found that social work with foreigners from the point of view of the social-legal child protection can be in many respects the same as with Czech clients, but the truth is that in connection with the outbreak of war in Ukraine, this situation of workers brought a lot of work and which they have not encountered until now, such as working with unaccompanied minors or other education system in Ukraine. The work was mostly time-consuming and psychologically demanding, but the informants' testimony showed that the OSPOD workers here had many positive things and these experiences brought them personal development and insight into another culture. The information obtained showed that the biggest barrier when working with foreigners is the language barrier. A problem related to the language barrier is also the lack of interpreters, which complicates the whole situation when working with foreigners, and social workers had to look for other solutions to communicate with foreigners. Other barriers are for example unrealistic expectations and mistrust on the part of clients, arrogance, non-acceptance of Czech law and reluctance to accept a new environment. On the part of OSPOD employees it is for example orientation in legislation related to the outbreak of war in Ukraine. It was about orientation in temporary protection, asylum law and permanent residence. As a result, OSPOD social workers had to adapt their work according to cultural differences. This work has the potential to assist other social workers in improving their readiness to work with foreigners. It can also be assumed that this work will serve as study and informational material.
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Aspects of cooperation between school psychologists and the Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children
Koutná, Tereza ; Kučerová, Olga (advisor) ; Presslerová, Pavla (referee)
The thesis deals with the aspects of cooperation between school psychologists and the Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children (OSPOD). The theoretical part of the thesis describes the work content of both school psychologists and OSPOD workers and defines their mutual cooperation, including the legislative framework. At the same time, the theoretical part includes information on the common target group of both institutions, the child at risk. The empirical part of the thesis focuses on qualitative research. The research tool is a semi- structured interview. The informants were school psychologists (seven in total) and OSPOD staff (three in total). The main aim of the thesis is to explore the way in which the cooperation between school psychologists and OSPOD is conducted and to identify the critical points of contact between the two institutions. The research shows that there are several key factors which influence the frequency and level of satisfaction with the cooperation. One of these factors is the mutual trust between the institutions, and establishing this trust can be enhanced by personal communication between the representatives of the institutions, for example, through informal or formal meetings where competences and roles in the cooperation process are mutually defined, or...
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Social Work of a Curator for Children and Youth with a Focus on Risky Behavior of Children and Youth
PRCHALOVÁ, Tereza
The bachelor's thesis deals with the social work of the Curator for Children and Youth with the focus on risky behavior of children and youth. The aim of the bachelor's thesis is to find out what methods and techniques of social work the Curators for Children and Youth use in connection with the risky behavior. The Curator for Children and Youth is a specialist in the field of Social and Legal Protection of Children, who seeks to take measures against the occurrence and spread of socially pathological phenomena in children and youth. It focuses mainly on children and young people who lead idle or immoral life. A qualitative research strategy was chosen for the thesis, where the sample was selected by purposeful selection by the Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children employees in the South Bohemian Region, who have been working as a Curator for Children and Youth for at least three years. The necessary data were obtained by the method of questioning with the technique of semi-structured interview. Subsequently, all necessary data were evaluated using verified coding and data categorization was performed. Based on the results of the research, it turned out that the Curators for Children and Youth use already tried and tested ways of working in the field of curation, they also use tools and aids from other fields and the adventurous life of a minor was recorded as a new approach. The motivation for change is essential for the effective impact of the methods and techniques of the Curator's social work for Children and Youth. Curators for Children and Youth perceive social work with the family, an interview and a case conference as effective methods and techniques of work.
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The attitudes of foster parents to services provided by nonprofit organizations in Ceske Budejovice district
ŠIMONOVÁ, Petra
The bachelor thesis deals with the attitudes of foster parents to services provided by accompanying organizations in the district of České Budějovice. The first part of my bachelor thesis describes the basic concepts like the foster care and family. The aim is to present legal rights and responsibilities which foster parents towards the entrusted child have. I dedicated the second part of my theoretical part to the description of the accompanying organizations and social workers. The practical part provides data analysis from the answers acquired during the semi structured interviews. My goal is to find out whether the services provided by non-profit organization to foster families are sufficiently fulfilled according to the act number 359/1999 concerning Legal Code About Social and Legal Protection of Children. This thesis is also interested in their points of view on accompanying organizations and if they would appreciate or welcome any changes.
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Cooperation of Children's Homes in the South Bohemia Region with Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children
ZELENKOVÁ, Vendula
The bachelor's thesis deals with the Cooperation of Children's Homes in the South Bohemia region with Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children. The aim of bachelor's thesis is to find out how the Cooperation of Social Workers in Children's Homes with Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children takes place. The thesis consists of theoretical and practical part. In the theoretical part of the work, I deal with the family, Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children, substitute family care, institutional care and finally the Cooperation of Children's Homes with Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children. The practical part of the work is devoted to the research of the Cooperation of selected Children's Homes in the South Bohemia Region with Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children. Also, it deals with the main areas of Cooperation and the individual difficulties of this Cooperation. The research part of the thesis was implemented by using a qualitative form of research, an interview method, and a semi-structured interview. The interview was based on theoretical knowledge. The open coding in the subtext of the interview was used to evaluate the data. The sample consisted of six Children's Homes in the South Bohemia Region, who showed interest in participating in this thesis. Based on the research, the individual research questions and the aim of the thesis were answered. The results showed that the Cooperation of Children's Homes with Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children is very individual, it always depends on the personality of a particular social worker. Although this Cooperation is not specified anywhere, it is still very important and should certainly not be considered as a mere formal approach.
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Development and Support of Parental Competencies in Working with Vulnerable Families
HÁJÍČKOVÁ, Andrea
This diploma thesis is focused on the issue of parental competence in vulnerable families. It offers an insight into social work with families where biological, psychological or social development of children can be threatened. Parental competence is related to fulfilling functions of family and satisfaction of needs of all family members. The aim of this work is to describe how social workers support and develop parental competence when working with vulnerable families and children. In accordance with the aim of the work, the author defined two research questions which focus on how social workers approach and influence parental competence of their clients. In her research, the author used qualitative approach which provided deeper understanding of social workers' intervention in vulnerable families. The research involved survey and semi-controlled interviews. To assessed the collected data, the method of data classification was used. The analysis of the obtained data has shown that it is essential to develop principals of family support which are reflected in the relationship between social workers and families. Only then support can be provided. Social workers should strive to build trust, approach families with respect, empathy, authenticity, without prejudice and in certain cases with sufficient authority. In their interactions with families, social workers should act as partners, motivate clients towards change and promote interdisciplinary collaboration. To develop and support parental competence, it is important to create a support system and define desired patterns of collaboration. Social workers should provide not only information but also support, help, and alternative perspective on the situation to empower their clients. That can be achieved by accompanying families, providing practical training, mediating contact with social environment, providing professional assistance etc. This should be done so that client's will to learn and change their behaviour leads to successful acquisition of parental competence. Findings of this work can serve as a feedback for social workers.
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Supervision of Social Workers within Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children
ROHOVÁ, Andrea
Supervision is perceived in the helping professions primarily as a support tool, which tries to help increase the quality of work of employees and thus improves the overall quality of the service. Supervision should provide workers an overview of the situation and the ability to reflect on their own work, which can prevent occupational burnout. The aim of the diploma thesis is to analyse and describe the implementation of supervision, including possible risks, within Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children. Qualitative research was chosen to achieve the goal of the empirical part of the work. The method of questioning and two techniques - semi-controlled and uncontrolled interview - were used to collect data. Data categorization and clustering method were chosen for data analysis. The analysis of the data revealed that social workers consider supervision as an important part of their profession, but the perception of supervision itself does not relate to the benefits of their supervision meetings. It takes place under the leadership of an external supervisor in the form of team case supervision, which usually takes place once every two months between two and four hours during working hours. The presence of management or a coalition between the supervisor and the supervisee is considered to be the greatest risk. Supervisors themselves perceive the benefits of their supervision in sharing cases related to the creation of a safe open environment. They also consider the coalition to be the main risk, but also the undue emotional commitment of the supervisor or the intersection of supervisor roles. This diploma thesis can serve as an informative material for social workers who provide social and legal protection of children, but also for students studying in the field of social work. For supervisors, as well as management and staff, the work could be meant as an inspiration for what they could improve and streamline in supervision.
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Possibilities of cooperation with schools and other institution in the issue of pregnancy children in the selected region
Ryvolová, Eliška ; Hanušová, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Thorovská, Alena (referee)
SUMMARY: This thesis is devoted to the issue of pregnancy in children. The work is divided into the theoretical and the practical parts. The theoretical part is processed with the help from professional litareture. With the help of direct and indirect quotes the author tries to bring closer the terms related to reproductive health, physiology of the femile genital organs and sexual education in the education system of the Czech Republic to the readers. The part and parcel of the theoretical part is the prevention of pregnancy and the possible consequences for the child, as for the mother as well, both biological and psychosocial consequences. The second part of the thesis is focused on the specific objectives. By using the method of interviewing the author this describes the situation of incurred pregnancy in 2010 , not only with the respondent, but also with an educational consultant of the elementary school and also with OSPOD social worker, under which the incurred preganancy case fell. After analyzation of the interviews there is a final recommendation for the elementary schools about the possibilities of prevention and proedure in the case of pregnant underage girls as well as recommendations for the girls on how to behave and who to contact in a case of finding a pregnancy. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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International standards Quality for Children in the practice of the social and legal protection of children in the Czech republic
Čížková, Barbora ; Pazlarová, Hana (advisor) ; Šabatová, Anna (referee)
Čížková, B. (2011). International standards Quality for Children in the practice of the social and legal protection of children in the Czech republic. Praha: Faculty of Arts, Charles University. Master's Degree Thesis. The object of this work is to identify the weaknesses of the current system of the alternative care by comparing casuistry with the standards of quality. I use casuistry of the current or former clients of foster care. In the first part I put the topic of social and legal protection of children into context of international and constitutional documents. There is also a chapter about the Standars Quality4Children. Then I focus on the situation in the Czech republic. I start with the descripction of the current system and finish with the process of transformation of the system of care for children at risk. The bill changing the Act No. 359/1999 Coll. on the social and legal protection of children was published. It is the first step to the transformartion and it's necessary to be followed-up other steps. The actual explorative empirical part of this work is conducted by a qualitative research strategy. The empirical investigation was executed in form of interviews with twelve respondents. Research sample consists of two social workers (from authority for social and legal protection of...
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The story of temporary foster care mother: proposals for system improvements
Turtáková, Petra ; Baštecká, Bohumila (advisor) ; Klvačová, Petra (referee) ; Zárasová, Zuzana (referee)
This thesis is a qualitative probe into the story of a temporary foster mother. The thesis captures, analyses and classifies this story into systemic context. It does so with an emphasis on the temporary foster mother's personal experience and also with using personal experience of other participants involved in this particular case - including mine. This thesis is largely a reflection of my own role in this story, it is looking at it from different perspectives that evolve over time. The thesis is grounded in theoretical sources, especially methodologies of temporary foster care and methodological recommendations. Theoretical sources are critically viewed and connected to personal experience. The resulting storytelling, which provides an insight into the wider context of temporary foster care in the Czech Republic, was based on this procedure. Capturing systemic context is used in this thesis to create suggestions for possible systemic improvements.
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