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Low Threshold Centers on Selected Social Networks
ŠTURMOVÁ, Alena
The bachelor's thesis focuses on the importance of social networks in social work and their contribution to social workers in low-threshold facilities for children and youth. The theoretical part includes the definition of this particular social service, the determination of the target group, fieldwork, and outpatient work. Further, the thesis describes online social services, access to online services abroad, finally discusses children's leisure time and how the Covid-19 pandemic affected low-threshold facilities. The primary goal of this research was to determine the importance of social networks for social services in low-threshold centers. The partial aim was to characterise the use of social networks for social workers. Using a qualitative research strategy, semi-structured interviews, and processing data using IPA analysis, this study was designed to examine in detail the subjective experience of informants with the given issue. The research group consisted of informants from the South Bohemian Region (N = 8) and Prague (N = 8), who work in low-threshold facilities for children and youth. The analysis identified six main topics, which include the importance of social networks for social workers and clients, the importance of social networks during pandemics, the inclusion of online social services as one of the forms of social work, the perception of social networks by social workers and the meaning of networks in the future. This thesis could help to expand social work with children and young people into the digital sphere and thus get closer to them in the online world. My work can serve as a basis for social sciences students, social workers, professionals, and the lay public. In the future, digital work could also be used for other target groups.
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