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The Use of Meditation in Social Work with Families in the South Bohemian Region
SAMCOVÁ, Aneta
This work deals with the use of mediation in social work with the family in the South Bohemian region. The aim of the thesis is to clarify whether the method of mediation is used in social work with the family and if so, in what way. Furthermore, what is the awareness of social workers about mediation and what are their work experiences with this method. In connection with the set goals, two research questions were chosen: 1.How is the mediation method used in social work with the family? 2.How is the mediation service perceived by the providers of social services for families? The work is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part deals with the basic concepts of social work with the family and mediation. The practical part was developed by a qualitative strategy, the method of questioning using the technique of semi-structured interviews. The interviews were evaluated using the open coding method, on the basis of which five categories were created. The research group was intentional and consisted of social work working with the family in the South Bohemian region. Seven informants took part in the research part. The research revealed that the mediation method is used in social work with the family in the South Bohemian region. Based on the research results, non-governmental non-profit organizations that have their own mediators can be identified as the main providers of this service. The results of the research further assessed that the general public is aware of this alternative dispute resolution method. The results of the work can be published, for example, in an article dealing with the use of mediation in the adjustment of conditions or can be used in terms of raising awareness of the possibilities of using the mediation service in social work with the family. The obtained data also map mediation service providers in the South Bohemian Region.
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The Specifics of Social Work with Families in Mediation
HAUPTOVÁ, Veronika
This thesis deals with the issue of family mediation and its utilization within social work with families, where the mediation is one of the appropriate means to settle family disputes, which belong to the most emotionally demanding for a solution. Despite all this, mediation enables to settle disputes in a cultivated manner with the help of an intermediary mediator, who does not make a decision in the dispute but helps both sides to find the most acceptable solution. The aim of this thesis is to describe a method of utilization of family mediation and what is its potential. Partial objectives are identification of problems and benefits which mediation brings to the work with a family. It is also finding out the popularity of mediation and why is not used as much as it could be. Through research questions, I also wanted to find out, how are on mediation looking and familiarized workers of Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children and mediators performing services for family mediation. I was also interested in the cooperation between these two subjects. The whole research was focused on the South Bohemian Region. To gain the necessary data has been used qualitative research, and as data collection technique I chose semi-structured interview with open questions. The research sample was composed of 4 workers of Authority for Social and Legal Protection of Children and of 5 mediators, where I asked both groups questions which have been divided into several areas. So I totally conducted 9 interviews. The research showed that mediation nowadays is not used as it could be, which means that its potential is unfulfilled. Primarily I blame very low awareness of mediation in general, but sometimes even in the professional public, where the mediation is not well-known yet, but on the other hand it is still a relatively new institute which needs to establish in our awareness and gain the confidence of professional and non-professional public. Not to be only negative, the situation has rapidly improved since the acceptance of the Act no. 202/2012 Coll., on Mediation, so I suppose that mediation in a future period will have its place in the sphere of solving interpersonal problems and it just needs a time, which also arise from experiences from abroad, where mediation has already its place.
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