Background: The implementation of the Care Matters: Transforming the Lives of Children and Young People in Care Green Paper (Department for Education and Skills, (DfES) 2006) and the subsequent Care Matters: Time for Change White Paper (DfES, 2007), witnessed the consolidation of a universal ambition to improve the opportunities for all children living in care. Arguably, the most important recommendation in this pursuit is reflected in the need to provide people who have lived in care as children with independent support, which enables them to discuss their experiences, and suggest ways in which the care system might be improved. However, whilst this recommendation has been implemented with a diverse range of care leavers, the impact of the experience of living in care and the associated disadvantage experienced by Travellers and Gypsies remains under researched, understated, and unacknowledged (Cemlyn et al., 2009). Methodology: Guided by the philosophical assumptions of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), this study represents and constructs the experience of living in public care by focusing on the voices 10 Travellers and Gypsies who lived in care as children. Testimonies were collected through a wide variety of methods that included face-to-face interviews, focus groups, telephone interviews, blogs, emails, letters, song lyrics, and poems. Findings: Following a considered application of IPA, six main themes emerged from the analysis. These were social intervention; an emotional rollercoaster of separation, transition, and reincorporation; a war against becoming settled; leaving care and the changing relationship with the self and others; inclusion and strength; and, messages for children living in care. In line with the tenets of phenomenology, these findings are presented in such a way to as to invite the reader to move away from their own personal understanding of the world in order to enter the ‘lifeworld’ (Husserl, 1970, 1982) of Travellers and Gypsies who lived in care as children. However, to assist in this sense making activity, this study also provides a discrete interpretation of the findings before developing this knowledge to form a more detailed theoretical construct entitled ‘the model of reflective self-concepts’. Taken together with the testimonies of each person who took part in the study, the thesis enables an understanding of how the experience of living in care is inextricably linked to a process of social and psychological acculturation. By staying close to the experiences provided, it reveals how a process of change is determined, more often than not, by a sense of personal resilience directly related towards a Traveller or Gypsy self-concept. In attempt to move towards service improvement, this thesis offers a series of recommendations and conclusions which aim to support social workers and carers empower Traveller and Gypsy children to develop a secure Traveller and Gypsy self-concept thus enabling them experience improved outcomes including those opportunities set out in Care Matters social policy agenda (DfES, 2006; 2007).

Föreliggande studie ämnade att undersöka vilka jobbattribut studenter på Jönköpings Tekniska Högskola (JTH) samt Hälsohögskolan (HH) i Jönköping värderade i valet av framtida arbetsgivare. Vidare undersöktes även huruvida kön och skola påverkade hur studenter värderade jobbattribut. Forskningsstrategin har utgått från en deduktiv ansats och grundade sig i kvantitativ design där en enkät valts som undersökningsmetod som distribuerades vid föreläsningar vid de båda högskolorna. Urvalsmetoden bestod i huvudsak av ett slumpmässigt klusterurval med inslag av ett bekvämlighetsurval vilket genererade 346 enkätsvar. Envägs ANOVA, Mann-Whitney U samt Univariat analyser utfördes för att analysera data. De fem högst värderade jobbattributen bland studenterna var arbetsuppgifter jag tycker om, trevliga kollegor, en säker och trygg anställning, bra arbetsförhållanden och möjligheten till att använda mina färdigheter. En signifikansnivå på p= .05 tillämpades och signifikanta skillnader visade sig i hur både kön och skola värderade enskilda jobbattribut. Vid kategorisering av jobbattribut visade det sig att inre jobbattribut värderades högre av studenterna än de yttre jobbattributen. Resultatet av studien bidrar med värdefull information om hur studenter i Jönköping värderar olika jobbattribut i valet av framtida arbete och kan användas av organisationer för att kunna rekrytera den målgrupp som efterfrågas. / The aim of this study was to examine what job attributes students at The School of Health and Welfare (HH) and The School of Engineering (JTH) in Jönköping preferred in the choice of their future employer. Furthermore, it was investigated whether sex and the choice of school influence students’ job attribute preferences. The study had a deductive research approach and quantitative data were collected by a delivery and collection questionnaire, which was handed out in classes at JTH and HH. The selection method consisted mainly of a random cluster sample with some elements of a convenience sample and the findings in this thesis are based on 346 students preferred job attributes conducted through a survey. One-way ANOVA, Mann-Whitney U and Univariate analysis was made to analyze collected data. The top five job attribute preferences among students was “work I like doing”, “friendly people to work with”, “a secure job”, “good working conditions”, and “opportunities to use my abilities”. A significant level at p= .05 was applied and showed significant differences in separate job attributes for both sex and school. By categorizing the job attributes the results showed that the internal job attributes was more preferred than the external job attributes. The result of this study contributes valuable information by which job attribute students prefer in their choice of their future employer and could be used by organizations to identify the target group which is inquired for.

Este estudo considera como ponto de partida a Constituição Federal de 1988 onde no capítulo da Seguridade Social os direitos do cidadão na saúde, assistência social e na previdência social foram garantidos. Objetiva descrever e analisar o processo de gestão unificada, de dois sistemas públicos relacionados com a proteção e exercício de direitos sociais, o de saúde (SUS) e de assistência social (SUAS), segundo os componentes do financiamento, planejamento, gestão do trabalho e descrever a participação do controle social neste processo, dentro do centro integrado de saúde e assistência social (CISAS) em Pindamonhangaba, no período de 2005 a 2008. Utiliza como procedimentos metodológicos a pesquisa qualitativa descritiva, do tipo de estudo de caso onde foi realizada coleta de dados secundários para análise de estratégias para unificar o SUS e o SUAS no CISAS, um equipamento de atenção básica onde a estratégia de saúde da família e o centro de referencia de assistência social atendem aos usuários dentro dos preceitos legais, na lógica da territorialização. Concluiu-se que a equipe gestora se empenhou em realizar uma gestão unificada mais não consolidou a proposta do trabalho unificado junto aos funcionários e a população, e encontra dificuldade para unificar políticas publicas que já se separaram em outras esferas de governo / This study considers as a starting point the 1988 Federal Constitution, in which the rights of citizens health, social care and social welfare have been assured. It aims to describe and analyze the process of unified management of two public systems, related to protection and social rights, the Health System (SUS) and the Social Care (SUAS), according to the financing, planning and work management components and to describe the participation of the social control in this process, inside the Integrated Center for Health and Social Care (CISAS) in Pindamonhangaba, in the period of 2005 to 2008. As methodological procedures, it uses the descriptive qualitative research, such as the case study in which the secondary data have been collected in order to analyze the strategies to unify the SUS and the SUAS in the CISAS, a primary health care tool where the strategy of Familys Health and the Social Care Reference Center attend the users, according to the legal guidelines, following the logic of municipal territorialization. It has been concluded that the management team made efforts to perform an integrated and coordinated management, but it did not consolidated the proposal of unified network with the work-team and the population, and is finding difficulties to unify the public policies that have already been separated in other government levels

Este estudo considera como ponto de partida a Constituição Federal de 1988 onde no capítulo da Seguridade Social os direitos do cidadão na saúde, assistência social e na previdência social foram garantidos. Objetiva descrever e analisar o processo de gestão unificada, de dois sistemas públicos relacionados com a proteção e exercício de direitos sociais, o de saúde (SUS) e de assistência social (SUAS), segundo os componentes do financiamento, planejamento, gestão do trabalho e descrever a participação do controle social neste processo, dentro do centro integrado de saúde e assistência social (CISAS) em Pindamonhangaba, no período de 2005 a 2008. Utiliza como procedimentos metodológicos a pesquisa qualitativa descritiva, do tipo de estudo de caso onde foi realizada coleta de dados secundários para análise de estratégias para unificar o SUS e o SUAS no CISAS, um equipamento de atenção básica onde a estratégia de saúde da família e o centro de referencia de assistência social atendem aos usuários dentro dos preceitos legais, na lógica da territorialização. Concluiu-se que a equipe gestora se empenhou em realizar uma gestão unificada mais não consolidou a proposta do trabalho unificado junto aos funcionários e a população, e encontra dificuldade para unificar políticas publicas que já se separaram em outras esferas de governo / This study considers as a starting point the 1988 Federal Constitution, in which the rights of citizens health, social care and social welfare have been assured. It aims to describe and analyze the process of unified management of two public systems, related to protection and social rights, the Health System (SUS) and the Social Care (SUAS), according to the financing, planning and work management components and to describe the participation of the social control in this process, inside the Integrated Center for Health and Social Care (CISAS) in Pindamonhangaba, in the period of 2005 to 2008. As methodological procedures, it uses the descriptive qualitative research, such as the case study in which the secondary data have been collected in order to analyze the strategies to unify the SUS and the SUAS in the CISAS, a primary health care tool where the strategy of Familys Health and the Social Care Reference Center attend the users, according to the legal guidelines, following the logic of municipal territorialization. It has been concluded that the management team made efforts to perform an integrated and coordinated management, but it did not consolidated the proposal of unified network with the work-team and the population, and is finding difficulties to unify the public policies that have already been separated in other government levels

<p>The opinion of social workers towards their work with children and young persons was</p><p>studied in this essay. Even their point of view with reference to the term the child’s best</p><p>interest has being considered and special focus was laid on the social workers attitudes</p><p>towards media coverage and its criticism towards their work. A qualitative approach was used</p><p>consisted of six interviews. The theoretical frameworks were based on the theory about</p><p>freedom of action and the theory of social representations. Our result showed that almost all</p><p>of the interviewees felt a relatively high freedom of action in their work within the framework</p><p>of the law and other policies and that despite the difficulties this can imply, they still enjoy</p><p>working with this target group. Concerning the term the child’s best interest, all of</p><p>interviewees said that it is very good that it exists but that it is also difficult to define since it</p><p>depends on whom one asks. Nearly all of the social workers thought that media coverage is</p><p>one-sided and very negative.</p>

The opinion of social workers towards their work with children and young persons was studied in this essay. Even their point of view with reference to the term the child’s best interest has being considered and special focus was laid on the social workers attitudes towards media coverage and its criticism towards their work. A qualitative approach was used consisted of six interviews. The theoretical frameworks were based on the theory about freedom of action and the theory of social representations. Our result showed that almost all of the interviewees felt a relatively high freedom of action in their work within the framework of the law and other policies and that despite the difficulties this can imply, they still enjoy working with this target group. Concerning the term the child’s best interest, all of interviewees said that it is very good that it exists but that it is also difficult to define since it depends on whom one asks. Nearly all of the social workers thought that media coverage is one-sided and very negative.

SUMMARY Kristina SLIAUŽYTĖ The organization of social services providing in Alytus district municipality The final work of postgraduate study, 64 pages, 15 illustrations, 8 tables, 45 literary sources, 2 annexes, Lithuanian. KEYWORDS: social services, social services providing, organization, municipality, social work, the social assistance department, social worker, social care. The object of research – the organization of social services providing in Alytus district municipality. Purpose of research – to measure the organization of social services providing in Alytus district municipality. Goals: 1. To explore the organization of social services providing theoretical aspects; 2. To measure the present social services sector situation in Alytus district; 3. To traverse a accomplishes empirical research data; 4. To identify the problems of organization of social services providing; 5. To offer a suggestion to improve of social services providing in Alytus district municipality. Methods of research – nonfictions and statistics collection and systematizes, analysis and synthesis, comparison, graphic simulation, generalization method and interview method. To traverse element of social services systems: social services recipient, conveyor, sort, management, purpose, means, functions, and accomplished empirical research of the organization of social services to measure the organization of social services in Alytus district municipality, to traverse problems and to give a... [to full text]

Master's project identifies, describes, analyses and provides sugestions of solving ethical problems whom social worker is dealing with when working and looking after clients in terminal phase of their life. Master's project is divided into 4 chapters. First chapter is focusing on explanation of terms like dying, aging, nursing home and social worker. Second chapter is about explanation of chosen ethical terms with whom social worker is often dealing with. Third chapter is focusing on each of all areas where problems may occur for social worker during his work, for example moving clients to the hospital, keeping their privacy during stay in a double bed room and optimizing daily schedules of dying patient. Last area of interest is divided into providing tasks like feeding, hygiene and spiritual care. Last chapter is conclusion of those problems with ideas and examples how to solve them. Moving clients in terminal stadium of their life is within competences of a nurse, however, it would be better if nursing homes would have their own doctors, who could examine and analyse each patient individualy. Dying in a double bed room with presence of another patient is uncomfortable and displeasing moment, that could be solved with spare room, where this roommate could stay during last moments of that dying patient. Food is served in accordance with schedule, which could be good to adjust to clients individual needs. Same adjustments would be good in schedule of staff, to ensure 24 hour care. Spiritual care is insufficient, and social worker is responsible for this situation and should fix it along with coopreation of various churches.

Nowadays the insufficient facilities of social and health care institutions in Rokycany region don{\crq}t get a motivation to participate in finance of different institutions, in spite of the fact that they are placed in its territory, and provide services for their citizens.From the point of view of residential structure in Rokycany region it seems to be clear that the region itself has to play a big role so that the services would be provided even in small municipalities, and distant urban areas of the region. The above remarks confirm the hypothesis: 1. Social hospitalization in a health care institution results in insufficient facilities of places in retirement homes and in residence institutions of social care. I propose to improve the organiation of social and health care services for old and handicapped people in SO ORP Rokycany region, which I can regard as an availability of social and health care services in the whole region, as an icrease and enlargement of the social services mainly in non-governmental and nonprofitable sector, and as an increase of the quality of provided social services. The range of social hospitalization in Rokycany hospital, Corp., conditions was investigated within the practical part of my thesis. Both aims were fulfilled by working up the practical part of the thesis, and by carrying out the social demographic analysis. By observing the basic data and information while observing the social care in the health care institution, it definitely bears to the hypothesi 2.: The refund of social hospitalization doesn{\crq}t include the costs of sickbed in a health care institution, which is contributing tounfavourable economical situation in a health care institution. The new law doesn{\crq}t solve this problem of financing the social sickbeds. This law insufficiently solves conditions of social allowance belonging, on the contrary, the allowence depends on agreement.This results in repeated and longtime people{\crq}s hospitalization,who are being given this health care allowance. I think it is necessary to ammend the accepted law 108/2006, of Law Digest, abot social services. The matter of finance of longtime hospitalization in health care institution could be solved by the items up increase for longtime lying people. I can see the other aspect of solution in setting up the clear conditions to provide the social care allowance.

Title: The Principles of Funding of the Public and Voluntary Formalised Solidarity in the Social Care Services in the Czech Republic Abstract: The social care services are a specific system within the social protection system. Opposed to the public benefit systems they allow the coexistence of public and voluntary solidarity. There are many welfare state models and systems of cooperation of the public and NGOs in Europe. These models offer differently formed relationships of their entities. This thesis raises the question of finding a more convenient organisation of the whole system of the social care services in the Czech Republic where the problem is currently being discussed The objective of the thesis is to find possibilities of public and voluntary solidarity in the social care services settings and to suggest ways for their cooperation. The research is mainly based on qualitative methods. Firstly, the causal links of statistical nature from the fields of demography, social relations and economics are introduced. In the next step a combination of methods of in depth interviews and expert discussions is used. They focus on public solidarity and regulation in the system. The last research step brings 3 case studies with examples of the best practice in financing of NGOs in the social care services...