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Gamblers in Therapeutic Communities from the Point of View of Social Work
BALOUŠKOVÁ, Kateřina
Bachelor thesis focuses on hazard players in therapeutic communities with the emphasis on social work. Its goal is to find out how social workers are currently used in the treatment of gamblers. Next goal is to imply the meaning and importance of social workers' role in the working process with social groups such as this one. The main research question was chosen to be: "Which methods and techniques do social workers use when working with hazard players?" In order to fulfil this goal and research question, a qualitative strategy of data collection was used. Research participants were five social workers from therapeutic communities working with hazard players. The research was later on expanded with two more social workers, focusing on consultancy for hazard players only, in order to gather more information about differences among methods and techniques used. Data were collected using the half-structured interview technique. All gathered information was evaluated with the use of open coding and axial coding methods. Results show that social workers prefer individual work the most, because it allows them to create a deeper connection with the client and collect more valuable information about their social background, while using the interview method. Next to that, the group work and family work methods are used. They say that combining all mentioned methods creates a space for more complex collaboration. From other techniques, observing, relapse prevention, education or positive motivation can be mentioned. This bachelor thesis and its findings can serve as an information source for future social workers wanting to focus on this social group, by receiving as many facts about methods, techniques and approaches towards hazard players as possible. It can also come in useful for current social workers in therapeutic communities or in other facilities that focus their work on hazard players, by showing them new possible directions for improvement.
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Selected aspects of gambling
NOVOTNÁ, Petra
Selected aspects of gambling The topic of this Bachelor Thesis consists in family and social aspects of pathological gambling. The author deals particularly with the actual pathological gambling, its origination systems and its development stages in the practical part. Further she deals with the gamblers, stating exactly the risk groups of population that are endangered the most. The impact of pathological gambling on health, family and children of the pathological gambler constitutes very essential part of that chapter. The main goal of the Bachelor Thesis consisted in ascertaining the impacts of pathological gambling on the individual, the family and the family system. Partial goals consisted in ascertaining whether pathological gambling has endangered the gambler{\crq}s job, which the social impacts have been, and further in mapping of the influence of pathological gambling on marital or partner life. Ten persons playing slot machines or terminals, living in the towns of České Budějovice and Volary and aged over 18 years were selected for the research by quota selection. The practical part used the method of qualitative research, executed in form of semi-structured phenomenological interview based on pre-prepared set of questions. The answers of the respondents show that gambling makes most of them suffer from depressions and nervousness, which leads to the conclusion that pathological gambling upsets the psychical condition of persons suffering from this addictive disease. The research further shows that pathological gambling has unambiguously negative impact on marriage and subsequently also on children in the relevant family. The practical part includes also discussion with authors from whom the theoretical part drew information. The conclusions from the research correspond to expert literature almost in all aspects. The author believes that in order to restrict the incidence of pathological gambling in the Czech Republic, change of legislation is particularly needed, as well as extension of primarily preventive programs within this issue. This Thesis can be used for example by institutions dealing with this issue, as well as within primarily preventive actions or for the purpose of further studies and researches. It can also serve for teaching and it can find application within local administration and self-administration.
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