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Ethical Dilemmas Of Social Workers When Working With Clients Who Provide Sexual Services
KOCHLŐFLOVÁ, Monika
The aim of my diploma thesis is to formulate ethical dilemmas that social workers solve when working with sex workers and to analyze the most frequently mentioned dilemmas. The task of this diploma thesis is to describe and summarize ethical dilemmas. The collection of information was based on four semi-structured interviews with social workers. The work is divided into six chapters, in which I describe the target group, social work and its specifics with this target group. Other chapters are devoted to social work with sex workers, the role of the social worker and research methodology. The next chapter deals with the ethics of social work and the most common dilemmas of social workers. At the end of the work there is an analysis of the ethical dilemma of social work in the time of Covid from the perspective of the ethical theory of deontology and utilitarianism.
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Ethical dilemmas in social work from the perspective of a social worker with convicts in prison
VIKOVÁ, Zuzana
The diploma thesis focuses on ethical dilemmas in the work of a social worker with convicts serving a prison sentence from an interdisciplinary perspective. The diploma thesis deals with the importance of ethics in the work of a social worker, defines the subject of ethics, especially the relationship between ethics and morality, and describes basic ethical approaches. The issue is approached not only from an ethical point of view, but also from a psychological and pedagogical point of view in the diploma thesis. The historical development of ethical opinions is captured from the point of view of the main representatives of ethical trends, such as deontology and utilitarianism. The diploma thesis deals with the concept of justice and social justice, with which ethical codes work as one of the basic values of social work. There is defined the social work, its goals, possible divisions, legislative anchoring of the social work and selected theoretical concepts in the next part of the thesis. The aim of the diploma thesis was to reveal specific situations that social worker encounters in prison and considers them to be ethically dilemmatic. The practical goal of the work was to explain how the social worker experiences these situations, what strategies she chooses when managing them and where she looks for sources of support for her decision-making.
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Reflection of values during social work with Roma adolescents at risk
GROMBÍŘOVÁ, Klára
The master's thesis, titled "Reflection of social workers' and Roma clients' values in a selected low-threshold facility for children and youth with regard to their potential value conflict," explores different understandings of values. It provides a comprehensive reflection on the individual values that emerge in interventions with Roma at-risk youth. The thesis explains general concepts related to the issue, describes the characteristics of the Roma ethnicity and youth who visit the facility, and presents the values of the organization, clients, and social workers themselves, including a view of the social worker's personality. The final section is devoted to the value conflicts that can arise in the relationship between the organization, social workers, and clients. It addresses the sensitive perception of professional and personal values among the workers of the selected low-threshold facility, and interprets the results of a survey conducted among workers and clients. The situations are depicted in specific areas, and insights from professional literature are supplemented with examples from the author's own practice.
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The specifics of working with children who have experienced physical abuse through the view of social workers
Šindlerová, Kateřina ; Matoušek, Oldřich (advisor) ; Pazlarová, Hana (referee)
The aim of this Bachelor thesis was to find out how social workers work with children who had experienced a physical abuse and which strategies and methods they use during their work. Also, I wanted to discover all the involved subjects (organizations and other professionals) with whom the social workers cooperate in their job. Bachelor thesis is composed of the theoretical and the practical part. The beginning of my theoretical part is focused on issues regarding child physical abuse, historical aspects and also briefly the legislation of child rights protection. The other part concerns the risk factors of abusers and common features of families in which the abuse occurs. The last point of the theoretical part is to provide information about organisations and institutions in Prague which work with abused children and with other family members. The main sources were books, seminars, workshops and brochures I gained during my internship. The practical part is composed of two main subparts. Firstly, it is about the case studies of children who had experienced a physical abuse. The related materials were gained during my practice. The second subpart contains the summary of information acquired from selected workers, mainly about therapeutic work with abused children. I have chosen an interview as a...
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Foster care for temporary period
NOVOTNÁ, Jana
Intention of this bachelor thesis is to raise awareness of short term foster care in the Czech Republic, particularly by looking in to the structure of its system. As the title states, aim of the thesis is to study and record the entire course of short term foster care process, that starts when a child comes into a foster family and ends when the child is taken by adoptive or biological family. The research survey is mainly focused on the process when a child is coming to a foster family: on building relationships between a child and a family, mutual visits of two concerned families (their duration and form), creating emotional ties and child's psychological adaptation to ongoing changes and new conditions. In the survey, semi-structured interviews with foster parents are used. Gathered information were transformed into case studies, each of these cases was analyzed and evaluated separately.
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The specifics of working with children who have experienced physical abuse through the view of social workers
Šindlerová, Kateřina ; Matoušek, Oldřich (advisor) ; Pazlarová, Hana (referee)
The aim of this Bachelor thesis was to find out how social workers work with children who had experienced a physical abuse and which strategies and methods they use during their work. Also, I wanted to discover all the involved subjects (organizations and other professionals) with whom the social workers cooperate in their job. Bachelor thesis is composed of the theoretical and the practical part. The beginning of my theoretical part is focused on issues regarding child physical abuse, historical aspects and also briefly the legislation of child rights protection. The other part concerns the risk factors of abusers and common features of families in which the abuse occurs. The last point of the theoretical part is to provide information about organisations and institutions in Prague which work with abused children and with other family members. The main sources were books, seminars, workshops and brochures I gained during my internship. The practical part is composed of two main subparts. Firstly, it is about the case studies of children who had experienced a physical abuse. The related materials were gained during my practice. The second subpart contains the summary of information acquired from selected workers, mainly about therapeutic work with abused children. I have chosen an interview as a...
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The Issue of Placement of Seniors in Homes for the Elderly
VANČUROVÁ, Alena
The thesis deals with problems connected with the placement of senior citizens into homes for the elderly. The objectives of the thesis are to find out how long the waiting period for the placement into a home for senior citizens is and which obstacles and problems connected with the placement into homes for the elderly appear. The theoretical part of the thesis is focused on some demographic trends, the opinion of the Czech population about the old age and senior citizens, history of social services for senior citizens in the Czech Republic and abroad, and the current offer of social services for senior citizens. In this part, I also describe the process of placing of senior citizens into homes for the elderly and the services which homes for the elderly offer to their clients; I also focus on the senior citizens´ financial reimbursement of board and lodging in homes for the elderly. The research was conducted by means of quantitative and qualitative methods and techniques. In the qualitative research, I deal with the second part of my goal identifying obstacles to placement in homes for the elderly. Firstly, I set the following research questions: 1) What are the obstacles and problems in the process of placing senior citizens into homes for the elderly? and 2) Do senior citizens have any other options of care instead of the care in homes for the elderly? Then, I conducted semi-standardized interviews with 3 social workers, 8 senior citizens and with 3 members of families which put their senior citizens into homes for the elderly. I asked all of them almost identical questions to be able to compare their responses later. The results show that nowadays, dependent senior citizens who have no other option of care are more likely to be placed into homes for the elderly. The answers to the question "What are the obstacles and problems when placing senior citizens into homes for the elderly?" were rather variable and they cannot be generalized. The quantitative part of my research relates to the first part of my goal. Here I primarily focused on the waiting period. The following two hypotheses were set for the research. H1: Senior citizens negatively evaluate the waiting period for their placement into homes for the elderly. H2: Senior citizens know only one possibility of care homes for the elderly. To verify the above hypotheses, I used the method of secondary analysis of the data taken from the client's documentation and the method of controlled conversation. Therefore, I conducted my research in the following homes for the elderly: Home for the elderly Light in Písek, Home for the elderly Bechyně, Home for the elderly Diaconia Centre ČCE Blanka in Písek, Home for the elderly Centre for Social Assistance Vodňany. Social workers in each facility advised me to use the greatest possible number of clients who were oriented and able to answer my questions. In total, I analyzed 100 files of personal documentation and then I conducted the structured interviews with the analysed clients in the homes for the elderly which are mentioned above. The average waiting period was 243 days. In the category of the waiting period shorter than 1 month there were 26 senior citizens; from 1 to 2 months 33 senior citizens; from 3 to 4 months 11 senior citizens; longer than 5 months 30 senior citizens. 79 senior citizens rated their waiting periods positively, but 21 senior citizens rated their waiting periods negatively. 56 senior citizens had some knowledge about other possibilities of care; most of them reported the nursing service (54 responses); homes with nursing (8 responses); personal assistance (3 responses); pensions for senior citizens (1 response).
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the burnout syndrome
NAGYOVÁ, Monika
The aim of this thesis is to map the occurrence and magnitude of the burnout syndrome of social workers of Labour Office in Český Krumlov, department of noninsurance social benefits. It shows the most serious stressors and evaluates if the workers are aware of relaxation techniques preventing the burnout syndrome or if the employer is offering any compensations, considering the psychical demands of the occupation. This bachelor thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical, which is formed by a quantitative research of the issue. The theoretical part is based on available literature and partially on my own knowledge gained in a burnout syndrome course in an education centre, where I have obtained the certificate of completion. Another source is my seven-year long experience in the field. The methodological part contains reasons for choosing the quantitative research strategy. It also includes a description of the realization of the research inquiry. The practical part of the thesis presents the results of findings from five interviews with social workers paying out social benefits. These findings are answering the given hypotheses concerned by perception of delimitation on 1st January 2012 by social workers.
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