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The Self-care plan as an instrument for managing acute crises in the lives of social workers
Joachimsthalerová, Marta ; Kaňák, Jan (advisor) ; Nová, Monika (referee)
9 Abstract Exploring self-care has become a discourse which has skyrocketed as a result of Covid-19 pandemic. Although self-care is gradually becoming an ethical imperative that should be available to all social workers in the performance of their profession, in the Czech Republic self-care has not yet been reflected in the Code of Ethics for Social Work. The presented work explores the issue of insufficient preparation of social workers for self-care. In the theoretical part, I define the key terms, self-care plan, social worker and crisis situation. In this part I also deal with managing crisis situations, maladaptive coping and the consequences of providing social services to clients. Subsequently, I focus on the impact of crisis situations on the mental and physical health of social workers. At the end of the theoretical part, I present a manual for creating a self-care plan and describe the resources and techniques that can be the key to a social worker's greater resilience. In the conclusion of the theoretical part, I describe the studies of self-care that have beeen conducted to date. The aim of the thesis is to answer the basic research guestion: What is the lived experience of social workers in applying a self-care plan when exposed to life events that can result in an acute personal crisis? To...
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Intergenerational solidarity in the time of coronavirus pandemic
Vondrová, Vanesa ; Jeřábek, Hynek (advisor) ; Remr, Jiří (referee)
The diploma thesis examines the changes in intergenerational solidarity and the form of care provided by informal caregivers to elderly individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rapidly changing situation around COVID-19 was captured through a planned but ultimately unrealized longitudinal panel design, which would have allowed capturing its dynamic nature. The method of data collection for the research was a questionnaire survey. In-depth interviews were conducted with a selected sample of participants, including caregivers and elderly recipients of care. These interviews took the form of semi-structured interviews, allowing flexibility in exploring relevant aspects. The collected qualitative data were analysed using content analysis. Despite the unrealized plan, the thesis provides a comprehensive view of the changing intergenerational solidarity during the pandemic. Findings revealed that the pandemic influenced intergenerational solidarity among caregivers and elderly recipients. Shared perceptions and concerns led to higher levels of solidarity. Isolation did not necessarily weaken solidarity, as many families used digital technologies to maintain connections and support. Additionally, intensive care contributed to higher intergenerational solidarity and engagement. Respondents...
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The usage of crisis intervention by school psychologists
Získalová, Zuzana ; Štech, Stanislav (advisor) ; Kučerová, Olga (referee)
1 ABSTRACT The aim of the thesis on the Use of Crisis Intervention by School Psychologists is to map out how school psychologists work with crisis intervention and what specifics CI can bring to a school environment. In our research, we ask five questions to explore how school psychologists define crisis, how often they work with crisis, what factors may influence this frequency, what specific techniques school psychologists use when working with crisis, and what helps them to manage these situations. A qualitative research study was conducted to address the stated goal. It includes ten semi-structured interviews and one pilot interview. The interviewees were school psychologists from elementary schools, high schools, college and secondary vocational schools. Respondents were selected in order to obtain as diverse sample as possible, taking into account the size of the school, the region in which it was located, and respondents' experience. Three main themes and four sub-themes emerged from the thematic analysis. Possible links between the categories were then explored. A number of crisis intervention's characteristics of crisis intervention in schools are identified in the research. Given the number of these, the term "school crisis intervention" is developed. It is defined as a separate discipline based...
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Impacts of the covid-19 pandemic on children from the perspective of children's crisis centers in the South Bohemian Region
VAČKÁŘOVÁ, Hana
Thesis focuses on the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on children, from the perspective of children's crisis centers in the South Bohemian Region. The thesis introduces the reader to the concept of crisis, its types, course, causes and possible consequences. Furthermore, the thesis offers the possibility of helping child clients in crisis, both at the level of self-help and at the level of professional help, which means help by the method of crisis intervention. The next part of the thesis provides an insight into the time of the covid-19 pandemic, the anti-epidemic measures established, their ethical issues and possible impacts on children, who were directly affected by the government decrees and regulations. The aim of the whole thesis is to find out what impacts the covid-19 pandemic had on children and adolescents, through semi-structured interviews with social workers of individual children's crisis centers in the South Bohemian Region.
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Proposal for actions to maintain and increase the performance of companies in the crisis period
JANKOVSKÁ, Lucie
The main objective of this thesis is to evaluate the impact of negative effects caused by the crisis on the performance of the selected company and to propose effective measures that will help it to maintain or increase its performance in crisis conditions. Bankruptcy and creditworthiness models and economic value added (EVA) were selected to evaluate the performance of the firm in crisis period. The performance of the firm was monitored during the global economic crisis, Covid-19 pandemic, and energy crisis. The following part of the paper was devoted to suggesting measures that can maintain or improve the performance of the company in adverse conditions. One of the suggestions was the introduction of the concept of balanced scorecard as a suitable system for monitoring the performance of a company in times of crisis.
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The use of crisis intervention in a kindergarten setting
HANAFI, Andrea
This bachelor thesis focuses on the issue of kize and crisis interven?on and the benefits of using it in a kindergarten se?ng to support children who are in challenging life situa?ons. The theore?cal part introduces the topic of psychological crisis and the specifics of its experience in childhood, presents the principles of crisis intervention and again the specifics related to preschool children. The practical part is based on qualitative research based on interviews with eight preschool teachers, which maps their experiences with children's experiencing crisis and dealing with such situations in the kindergarten environment.
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Assessing the criminal origin of the financial crisis.
Cieslar, Jan ; Dupáková, Lenka (advisor) ; Seknička, Pavel (referee)
Assessing the criminal origin of the financial crisis Abstract The diploma thesis dealt with white-collar crime in the financial environment. The aim was to find out to what extent the financial crisis in 2007-2008 was the result of the economic cycle and to what extent it was the result of criminal practices. To this end, we analyze the theoretical perspective of white-collar crime from the perspective of the individual and the corporation. We denote criminogenic factors and models in the structure, strategy and culture of corporations. We examine individuals from a psychological and demographic point of view. We apply this knowledge to the scandal of Enron Corporation, as a paradigmatic case of economic crime that caused extensive damage but did not lead to a financial crisis. Further we are examining documented dubious practices leading to the collapse of financial markets in 2008. A minimum of convictions could indicate that the crisis did not originate in illegal practices. However, such a conclusion would be misleading. In this research work we present a number of reasons why the prosecution of white-collar crime is difficult and is often abandoned. However, the behavior of corporations and their representatives often shows the features described in criminology textbooks. The system, which began to...
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Europeanisation of Czech, Polish, and SLovak media in the context of three crises
Rosenfeldová, Jana ; Vochocová, Lenka (advisor) ; Gregor, Miloš (referee) ; Havlík, Vlastimil (referee)
The dissertation focuses on the level and form of Europeanisation of Czech, Polish and Slovak media in the intense phases of three crises - the migration crisis, the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine. The theoretical starting points of the thesis are the theories of the public sphere. Its functional variant is considered in the context of the "European communication space" as a means or a necessary condition for eliminating various deficits of the European Union, especially the democratic deficit. Of the various approaches to conceptualizing the European public sphere, the research in this thesis adopts a Europeanization approach, through the lens of which the European public sphere is seen as a network of national public spheres that are increasingly "Europeanized", and which relies on individual national media in its empirical efforts to detect the European public sphere. A parallel quantitative and qualitative content analysis of the content published on Facebook by six Czech, Polish and Slovak mainstream media outlets in the early stages of each crisis identifies different levels of Europeanisation across crises, reflecting the different levels of competences that the EU possessed in each of them. At the same time, it shows that EU issues and actors have managed to gain a foothold...
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