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Volunteering as Deinstitutionalizacion of Social Work
KRATKOVÁ, Barbora
The bachelor's thesis deals with volunteering as a possible form of deinstitutionalized social work. The aim of the bachelor's thesis is to determinate the position of volunteering in social work and its use in the performance of social work. Further describe how social workers perceive volunteering and its applicability in social work. A qualitative research strategy was used to achieve the set goal. The research group was deliberately selected on the basis of arranging contact through volunteer coordinators. The research sample is therefore social workers who use volunteers in their practice for at least one year. The necessary data were obtained by the method of questioning, specifically by the technique of semi-structured interview. All data were evaluated by using open coding and subsequent categorization of data. The results show that although volunteering in social work is widely applicable and can be used in both outpatient, residential and field social services, it is not yet common in the domestic social work environment for volunteers to work in the client's natural environment and thus directly involved in the process of deinstitutionalisation of social services. Results of the research of this bachelor thesis can be beneficial both for the volunteers and volunteer coordinators as well as for social workers and organizations providing social services, by providing space for a possible discussion about the wide possibilities of volunteering and its future potential.
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Current problems in institutions providing social services for adults and senior citizens with mental or combined disability
Kosprtová, Dita ; Šumníková, Pavlína (advisor) ; Šiška, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with issues concerning adults and seniors with mental disability living in institutions providing social services. Special care is dedicated to those who relocated into the institutions in their adult life, often after their parents' death. Qualitative research was chosen to provide the obtained information with proper depth. The results of this research come from the analysis of interviews provided by users of social services and professionals working with people with mental disability. The aim of this thesis is to describe behavioural problems associated with users who came into the institutions later in their life, and offer them specific recommendations that would make their transition easier. Key words Mental disability, ageing, social services, deinstitutionalisation
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Transformation of social service facilities
POLÁČKOVÁ, Radka
The bachelor work deals with comparison of institutional care and community social service. It describes the formation and development of institutional care and its conditions in recent days. At the beginning there is given a definition of terms concerning the social services to handicapped people, especially to mental retarded ones. The goal of this work is to assess the contribution of transformation in social care from the point of view of the client. Further it analyses the benefits to better quality of life and improvement of competences. Proper support helps handicapped people to a fully-fledged life and to full or at least partial inclusion in society. The final part goes through real experiences with transformation in one particular facility. Personal experiences ilustrate best the contribution of changes in description of various areas in everyday life.
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Social services of people with disabilities according to the legislation in the Czech Republic
Vlasáková, Věra ; Mlčková, Marie (advisor) ; Kotvová, Miroslava (referee)
The objective of this work is the clear introduction to the system of social care for the people with disabilities. Usage, accessibility and quality of the social care system is verified by the survey. In the first chapter, historical development of the social care is presented. Also, there is the definition of a disability. Today's legislation is discussed in the second chapter. Analysis of the care allowance is discussed in the third chapter. In the fourth chapter, multiple social services are defined. Also, examples of registered providers are listed in the chapter four. The quantitative research is introduced in the fifth chapter. Four hypothesis concerning accessibility and quality of the social care are confirmed by visually impaired respondents of survey. The autonomy and the protection of the social care users by rules for providers is emphasized. This work proves that the social care and registered providers are perceived positively. It is also confirmed that the care provided by the close person is the most desired one.
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Risks and Benefits of the Interactions between Social Workers and Mentally Disabled Clients
KUPSOVÁ, Jitka
The work deals with the specifics of interactions between mentally disabled clients in the residential facilities providing institutional care, in particular with the relations between clients and social workers/carers. It analyses the role of interpersonal relations for individual´s inherent dignity, describes cultural and religious sources which recognise dignity of the mentally disabled in the contemporary society. It also strives to explain healthy ways of communication as an important and integral part of social interactions and how such methods can help to prevent conflicts in residential facilities. There is identification of risks of asymmetric relations between clients and carers due to the organisational hierarchy and the relevant changes brought about in the course of the deinstitutionalisation process. It provides various aspects of the relationship between employees and clients in traditional and alternative forms of residential facilities which in this particular case are represented by the Arch and Camphill communities. The Conclusions provide a summary of risks and benefits resulting from friendly attitude to mentally disabled clients and risks posed by the unequal and unnatural relations in residential facilities.
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