SUMMARY During the political and economic changes of Lithuanian system the institutions of public social welfare services, which were administered by Government Administration, gained more freedom in their discretion. However, some things have not changed, such as an old attitude towards employees, worn out management position. It is very difficult for the society to transform, since it has used to old, soviet methods of working. Various researches, which were conducted by different authors, show that employees themselves determine a successful realisation of tasks and goals; therefore only using adequate Human Resources Management is possible to create such system, where both management’s (administration) and employees’ needs are met and ascertains accomplishment of the risen tasks and aims of the organisation. Currently, Social Welfare Services of Lithuania are at the point of the development and a rapid growth. There are essential performs ongoing at the Institutions of Social Welfare Service – reductions in quantity of the residents, the present living conditions are being improved, the structure of the staff is being reconstructed as well. In reality, there are often detected an ineffective solutions of Human Resources Management problems in practice of Institutions of Social Welfare Services as well as incompetence, inability to achieve the risen tasks, goals and expectations of their clients. This shows, that the problems of the public organisations of Social... [to full text]

Well organized extra- curriculm activities deflect young people from the meaningglees leisure.

The subject of research work Microclimate of baarding – hause community. The aim of the work To make analisys of the communitys demands to improve microclimate. Tasks : 1. To analyze microclimate of institution as base effective work. 2. To reveal importance of teamwork while mobilizing human resources. 3. To generalize the stresses in social care work, which are condition competences and state of mind. 4. To present methods of social help while initiative to develop state of mind of the staff. 5. To make an overview of social worker as member of teamwork, who is ready to coordinate the process of betterment microclimate. Methods: analysis of the scientific literature, analysis of the official documents, questioning in oral and written. The practical adaptability of this paper: The administration of Panevėžys region after the acquaintance with magūter ideas can to initiative office of social worker as initiator and coordinator of management microclimate in care institution. The structure of the paper: Part of the paper generalizes the ideas from the scientific literature about the microclimate of organization and input of social worker in process of changing it.Part of the paper presents understanding of the teamwork, principles of formation and the role of social worker in it. Third part the author of the paper generalize stresses of staff in care institution on theoretic field. Here are presented methods of overcome different stresses.Fourth part of the... [to full text]

In the magistracy work was survey principal social services conception diversity, history and classification methods. The principal work object for children was rendering of social services in Lithuania and Poland. My only purpose in work was comparing organization and rendering of social services in childhood protection in Lithuania and Poland. At this work pending educational, varied in compulsion form, poverty, care and adoption services was rendering at this countries. Trying to seek effective problems and social succour organization methods, because often social services recipients no have enough information about rendering services, and often don’t to make use chance to get them. Social services was rendering don’t know society’s requirement, prevent didn’t interdependent self-government work in Lithuania and Poland. Comparing the provision of social services in Lithuania and Poland at national (ministries, administrative organs of government) as well as at regional level (municipalities, districts, gmini, voivode districts) we can see that the social services provided in Poland are of greater extent, social workers are more thoroughly prepared for work. However, in Lithuania there are more legal documents, which assure the provision and receiving of the social services (Conception of social support (1994), Law of social services (1996), Catalogue of social services (2000) etc.). Nonfiction, pedagogic and law literature analyze to point out that swimmingly childhood... [to full text]

Culture like a powerful social potency always was in the center of attention. In particular researches culture condition often is fixated thruogh cultural activitties.In these master thesis more attention is given to preople cultural actives, it is analyzed how community's cultural center realizes its funkcions,reaching all the aims.

The topicality of suicide problem is self-evident. Ratings are speaking for them themselves. In recent years, however, there has been increasing evidence that we need to create programs of suicide prevention, particularly for young people. In 2000, the rate of suicide among adolescents (15-19) was 57; among young adults (20-24), the rate was 95. To investigate suicide until committing is very difficult, because potential self – murderers could be just implied. We can hardly imagine how he feels before committing suicide. That’s why it is very important to indicate factors, that can do influence on persons verdict to commit suicide. That’s why the main aim of this work is to investigate adolescents’ standpoint of suicide and then prepare possible prevention guidelines. There were chosen few general tasks to reach the main aim: · To overlook general characteristics of suicide and possible causes of suicidical behavior. · To discuss risk factors of teenagers suicide. · To acquit the testing, that displays pupils’ standpoint to descriptive phenomenon. Summarizing testing results we may say, that family is the main factor that can raise children thoughts about committing suicide. Unhappy love as possible source of suicidical behavior is much more relevant for younger (IX – X classes) respondents. If we talk about school influence, it should be said, that school as it was thought is not so powerful elements, which determine children decision to commit suicide. But about 90 % of... [to full text]

The Subject “Strategies of the Development of Special Education in the European Union Countries.” The problem analysed in the work: the strategic trends of special education in the European Union countries. The aim of the Master’s work is to reveal the essential trends of the policy of the European Union countries taking account of special education broadening. The objects are: 1. to discuss the historical experience of the European Union countries and legal regulations of special education; 2. to define the peculiarities of the assessment system of special education needs in the European Union countries; 3. to reveal the main purposes of the content of special education in the European Union countries; 4. to analyse the relation between the general and special education, realizing the prior aims of special education in the European Union countries. Being the member of the European Union it is necessary to read the laws including those regulating educational system. In Lithuania there is little information about educational system in the European Union and no information was found about policy of special education. So in comparative study the development of special educational system is compared in these European countries: Germany, England, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Germany and England have been chosen because of their old conservative traditions. Italy and Portugal interested in their historical past similar to Lithuania’s history. Both countries got free from... [to full text]

Health of the schoolchildren is influenced by many factors, but one of the main components of health improvement is physical culture practice (physical culture in school). Therefore it was important to investigate the higher forms schoolchildren’s (16-18 years) from the different regions of Lithuania and of different sex view of the physical culture practice and professionals, the physical activity and health, various forms of schoolchildren leisure time. The purpose of the research was to investigate the peculiarities of the 16 –18 years old schoolchildren view of the physical culture in school. The object of the project is the peculiarities of the 16 –18 years old schoolchildren view of the physical culture in school Goals: to investigate and determine the schoolchildren view of the physical culture practice, professional, health and physical activity and leisure considering the aspect of region and sex. The methods of questionnaire and mathematical statistics were applied. The research was carried out November to December, 2004 in Kaunas and Marijampole secondary schools. 200 (109 girls and 91 bay) 16-18 year old schoolchildren were surveyed. The results of the research showed that schoolchildren in Marijampolė much more frequently agreed with the proposition that practices of the physical culture are necessary in the schoolchildren development process, but these practices are not favourite classes and the knowledge acquired during these practices do not promote the... [to full text]

Motives are the stimuli of activity, related with meeting individual’s requirements. Sphere of motives for each sportsman varies considerably: their composition, hierarchy, intensity and stability are different. Many factors have influence for the stability and intensity of motivation: social life, purposeful upbringing of the maturating sportsman’s personality. Motivation is the specific state of sportsman’s personality, which shapes itself as an outcome of intercourse between one’s needs and possibilities with the results of sport activity. The aim of the research was to study and compare the motives of sports activities of high and low mastership basketball players and athletes (women). The methods of the research: 1. The study and analysis of literary sources. 2. Questionnaire. 3. Mathematical statistics. The subjects and the organization of the research. The research using the method of questionnaires was carried out in 2004-2005. The subjects consisted of high and low mastership basketball players and athletes(women). The subjects included 83 sportsmen. The subjects were to fill in the standardized F. Herzberg’s questionnaire consisting of 56 questions aimed at establishing the following eight motives of activities: financial, recognition and gratitude, responsibility, relations with chief, career, achievements, nature of activities, and cooperation. Maximum estimation of each motive was set at 28 points. The data obtained as a result f research carried out were... [to full text]

Creation and motivation structures, their development and existing correlation has been analyzed in this master’s degree work. It was defined that every creative motion is promoted by inner and outside motivations - sometimes inner, sometimes outside is dominating. Both sorts of motivation stimulate development of creation process. At the same time motivation is promoted by systematic artistic education; artistically prosperous environment; clearly defined creative targets and realization of final results; planning of each creative stage; control over creative process and self-control (latter is of more importance), as well as evaluation of creative process and its results. The research was performed among Vilnius College and Vilnius Pedagogic University exploratory objects (n=165) according to E. P. Torrance creative thinking research methodology and questionnaire compiled using E. Neck’s batching of inner creativity motives. It revealed that both – inner and outside motivations influence the development of creativity. Artistic environment, formation and training of creative skills induce motivation and creativity development (esp. originality and particularity). Such people become more creative and motivated in the future as well as they carry higher self-evaluation of their creative powers. Some respective differences were revealed in the research process between junior and senior students. Senior students are stronger inner and outside motivated, more creative and... [to full text]