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Volunteering as a part of professional development of the students of ZSF JCU
KUČEROVÁ, Lucie
Volunteering is currently establishing its place in the life of the general public in the Czech Republic. More and more students take part in volunteering programs. Volunteering has many positive sides for the organizations that involve volunteers in their activities as well as for their clients and it enriches the lives of volunteers themselves. In the theoretical part of her work the author describes volunteering in the Czech Republic in the past and present. She investigates volunteering, the preparation of volunteers, their professional preparation during their studies and their supervision at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. The aim of the work is to map out the influence of active volunteering on the professional lives of the students of ZSF JU (Health and Social Department, University of South Bohemia). The next aim is to establish what students know about the possibilities of volunteering, what percentage of students are active volunteers and if they relate volunteering to their professional development. The research method was asking questions, the technique was a questionnaire and a managed interview. The respondents were students of full-time studies at ZSF JU studying the following subjects: Rehabilitation and Psycho Social Care of Handicapped Children, Adults and Old Age People (both bachelor and master studies) and Prevention and Rehabilitation of Social Pathology. The results of the research show that students are aware of the positive influence of volunteering on their professional development. They know the benefits of volunteering with regards to using knowledge obtained at school, learning new procedures and gaining new knowledge. The hypothesis ``Students of ZSF JU are not aware of benefits of volunteering for their professional development{\crqq} was rejected. The hypothesis ``Taking part in volunteering programs helps students gain new skills{\crqq} was proved. The results of the research can be used as information and study material for the support of volunteering at and outside of ZSF JU. It can also help raise awareness of individual programs at ZSF JU and on the opportunities volunteering gives students.
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Volunteer co-ordinator´s role in health and social services
CODLOVÁ, Jitka
Although the co-ordinator of volunteers is the key person of the volunteers management we do not know much about the role of the co-ordinator, contents of his work and personality characteristics he needs for his profession; the necessary material concerning this issue is still missing. The theoretical part of the submitted treatise explains briefly the basic concepts as volunteering, volunteer, volunteers in the health and social field. It analyses in details the person of the co-ordinator of volunteers. The target of the bachelor{\crq}s thesis is to map the contents of work of the co-ordinator of volunteers in the health and social field, their motivation for performing this activity and their personality characteristics. Hypotheses: 1.The co-ordinators of volunteers took part in the training organized by the National Volunteer Hestia Centre. 2.The co-ordinators of volunteers consider the communicative and organizational abilities for most important. 3.The most frequent motivation for the work of co-ordinator of volunteers is the possibility of self-fulfilment. The selected technique is the questioning by the questionnaire with the randomly selected co-ordinators of volunteers and volunteers working in the health and social field from volunteer centers in the whole Czech Republic. Another applied method is the analysis of the document. It follows from the results of the research that the contents of the work of volunteer co-ordinator is very broad. The co-ordinators of volunteers consider their communication and organizational abilities for most important. The main motivation for the activity is acquiring the new experience and possibilities of self-fulfillment. The permitted research confirmed the second and third hypothesis, the first hypothesis has not been confirmed. This bachelor{\crq}s treatise may be utilized for organizations performing the training of co-ordinators of volunteers, as manual for the participants of the research and future co-ordinators.
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Interaction between nurses and volunteers at hospital
LHOTSKÁ, Martina
Volunteering has not started to develop in the Czech Republic until 1989. It has reached also hospitals where volunteers come to see hospitalized patients to cheer them up and to assist at the daily routine. The main role of medical staff is to meet all patients´ needs {--} biological, emotional, social and spiritual ones. It is volunteers who help a lot in fulfilling this duty. The thesis is focused on the cooperation between staff nurses and volunteers in hospital.The theoretical part of the thesis deals with the history of volunteering, all the steps of the procedures leading to competence of treating patients. In the practical part the quantitative research is used. The first objective was to examine attitudes of staff nurses towards volunteers, i. e.if staff nurses consider volunteers´assistance to be of great benefit to patients. The second objective was to learn how volunteers assess staff nurses´ attitudes to their activities in hospital. To gather data questionnaires for staff nurses as well as volunteers were made up. The research was conducted in January and February 2008 in six nursing units in four hospitals in the regions of South Bohemia and Vysocina. According to the results of the research staff nurses largely appreciate volunteers´ assistance. Despite of that fact there were several averse responses on the part of staff nurses that may be the result of lack of information available. According to the feeling of volunteers themselves their concern in nursing is highly appreciated by most staff nurses. Of course, there is a lot to improve to achieve general satisfaction in this area. The research also includes an interview with a contact person between the two groups involved in the care for patients. The contact person´s view of the cooperation between staff nurses and volunteers is favourable. But there are still some difficulties in introducing the volunteer program into hospitals. The contact person is competent to give advice how to prevent possible misunderstandings between the medical staff and volunteers and mainly how not to discourage devoted volunteers from their service. The results of my research were requested by hospitals in Pelhrimov and Jihlava. They may be also provided to any health care facility interested in introducing the program called Volunteers in hospital into practice. This may help them to get valuable information from health care facilities experienced in volunteering.
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The evolution of the relationship between child and volunteer in Program Five P
NOHEJLOVÁ, Pavla
The issue of the child {--} volunteer relation development in the Five Ps Programme is a really sensitive one. No research dealing with the child {--} volunteer relation development has been performed yet in the Czech Republic. The child {--} volunteer relation development research is based on mapping changes within the eight dimensions of a relation as per Hinde´s theory (1988). The theoretical part of the thesis deals with the Five Ps programme itself, its brief history, handicaps and benefits. The theoretical part also deals with relations in general and the relation child {--} volunteer in the Five P programme and its development. The thesis is aimed at mapping the child {--} volunteer relation development in the Five Ps programme upon changes in the above eight relation dimensions. The practical part employed the questioning method, the technique of structured interview with open questions, the method of participant observation and document analyses. The research sample consisted of 15 respondents (5 volunteers, 5 children, 5 legitimate representatives of the children). The survey was performed at the regional Five P Programme Centre in Písek. The results of the work consist of analyses of interview with the volunteers, children and legitimate representatives after three months and after ten months of a relation, then observation of each couple during common activities, analyses of supervision records and meeting minutes. Two hypotheses arose from the results. The first is: The child {--} volunteer relation in the Five P programme develops in eight dimensions as per Hinde´s theory (1988). The other hypothesis is: Each child {--} volunteer relation in the Five Ps programme develops differently. The thesis also includes practical recommendations, particularly to beginning Five Ps coordinators. These recommendations present examples of questions by which changes in the individual relationship dimensions may be monitored and the relationship development better observed. The thesis may be useful either for beginning coordinators in the Five Ps programme or for those having longer experience in coordinating the couples in the programme.
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Volunteering in the Social Services in the Region Prachatice
PAZDERSKÁ, Soňa
The work deals with the importance of volunteering in social services and the use of volunteers in them. It contains the basic concepts with which we are to meet areas of volunteering v Also, there is shown jaké the voluntary pro organization and volunteer for the interest. The paper describes the characteristics of volunteer service in accordance with law 198/2002 Sb. The contracts and their appurtenances, which are an integral part of the volunteer work also can read. Methodology of work with volunteers is entirely devoted one chapter. Research that clearly shows how they are currently used throughout the work completed by volunteers.
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Voluntary activities of the Diocese Charity in České Budějovice seen from the clients´ point of view
KOŽANTOVÁ, Miroslava
The topic of my thesis are voluntary activities of the Diocese Charity in České Budějovice seen from the clients´point of view. Voluntary work is not a new phenomenon in a human society. In each culture and society those, who were better off, helped to the less happy, who, due to an illness, poverty or a natural disater, needed help. The objective of the thesis was to find out, what are the demands of clients of the Diocese Charity on volunteers and how these clients evaluate the volunteers´ work. The theoretic part of the thesis deals with the explanation of the terms such as a volunteer, volunteer activities, volunteer service, charity. Furter on, the activities of the Diocese Charity of České Budějovice and of its Volunteer Centre are described, together with its development and programmes. To carry out the practical part, a qualitative research, the polling method, the technique of a half - standardized interview have been applied. The first group of the polled were the coordinators of the volunteers in the institutions using higher number of volunteers for the clients´ services. The other group involved people, who regularly meet a volunteer. These are people suffering from psychic disorders or mentally handicapped people, and the elderly. As a whole, 4 coordinators and 13 clients in four institutions were polled. Even though the volunteers visit other clients as well, not all, considering their state of health or the stage of disability, were able to answer the questions independently, or they declined to take part in the research at all. The results of the research showed that the work of a volunteer is evaluated positively by all the respondents. They value mainly the fact, that there is a person coming to see them, somebody, they can talk to, go for a walk with, go to the theatre or to the cinema with, go shopping. Simply, they can go with a volunteer there, where they cannot go without his attendance. They also appreciate, that the volunteer comes to them, teach them something or helps. From their point of view, a volunteer should be nice and kind, friendly, honest, talkative and should be able and willing to help and try hard to meet the wishes of the client. The coordinators of the volunteers also see the importance of the volunteer work not only for their clients but also for the institutions themselves, since the volunteers´ work helps to improve the level of the social care, to fulfil the leisure time of the clients and to establish new friendly relationships. The results of my thesis will be used by the Volunteer Centre of the Diocese Charity in České Budějovice, where it could help to choose the right volunteers on the basis of the most frequent demands of clients, as it was found out during the research. At the same time the thesis might be seen as an appraisal and acknowledgment of present volunteers expressed by the clients, and also as an inspiration for volunteers to be.
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The importance of training of volunteers in the health and social sphere
PECHKOVÁ, Šárka
Volunteers are being integrated in all spheres of human activities. The most widespread area where the volunteers can operate is health social sphere. Voluntary activity in this area is very demanding and that is why the professional approach is necessary. Its part is also a volunteer training. This training is used for the volunteers to strengthen their motivation and understanding their role in the voluntary program. Thanks to this voluntary training future misunderstanding among volunteer, client and organization is prevented. Theoretical part is focused on clarification of some basic concepts from volunteering area. It also tries to scan volunteer programs from the training point of view and to outline common schematics of training. The purpose of this work is to quantitatively evaluate importance of volunteer trainings for voluntary activity in different voluntary programmes. The following collecting data methods were used for quantitative research: controlled interview and questionnaire. Volunteers and co-ordinators of voluntary programmes were included into the investigated group. From the collected data it is obvious that co-ordinators of voluntary programmes consider voluntary training necessary for practising voluntary activity. They also think that the biggest contribution of volunteer training is practical training of necessary skills. Another profit is that the training helps volunteers to practise voluntary activity on high level. Training motivates trainees to become volunteers and at the same time it declines fear and uncertainty of volunteers from voluntary activities. The thesis will be offered to National voluntary centre Hestia in Prague that may use it as a basis for creation of integrated philosophy of volunteer training.
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Motivation of the Volunteers
PIŠTĚKOVÁ, Radka
The study is aminig on volunteers motivation, it means, what people leads to participace on volunteering. Shortly pointing on developing of volunteerism since midage till the present days. Next point of the study is characterization of a volunteer and the areas, where could volunteers apply themselfs. This study is, as well, aiming on motivation of human behavior and analyzing the sources of this motivation. Describing particular kinds of the motivation for voluntary activity, those whose are correct and those whose are not as well. In the study is mentioned the question of prepearing for voluntary activities.
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Engagement of Czech Secondary School Students in Charity Activities
Nejedlá, Monika ; Sedláková, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Hauptová, Vilma (referee)
The aim of this work is to find out and chart how looks the integration of the Czech secondary-school students to the beneficence in context of the ethical culture at the secondary schools. This work will be focused on the region Mladá Boleslav and the projects Světluška and Píšťalka. The work will be divided into two sections -- theoretical and practical. The theoretical section will contain the questions of the beneficence and two concrete projects, the whole position of the Czech Republic to the beneficence. The practical section will use the question-form method oriented to the secondary-school students. The practical output of this work will be the project - the subject: Ethical Culture at the chosen secondary school.
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