Name of diploma thesis: Analysis of community planning of social services in Prague and his impact on budget of social services Name and surname of author: Michal Vokurka Study branch: social work Head of diploma thesis: Doc. PhDr. Oldřich Matoušek, CSc. Opponent of diploma thesis: Prof. JUDr. Igor Tomeš, CSc. Regions have to process medium-term plan of social services development in cooperation with municipalities, representatives of social services providers and representatives of people, whom are social services provided by the law 108/2006 about social services, while municipalities can. This in case of Prague as a compact structure brings lot of questions. Method of formation plan of social services development in partnership of all interested parties is named community planning of social services. Diploma thesis is focused on answering question, if the method of community planning is in Prague used and is in conformity with Criterions of quality of social services planning on the level of Prague as region on the one side and Prague as complex municipalities on the other side. And also if community planning of social services is reflected in budgets of Prague as region and individual Prague municipalities, which introduced community planning and have plans of social services approved by local...

TICHÁ, Michaela. Work motivation in social services. Prague, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Management and Supervision in Social and Health Organisations, Charles University, 2012, 97 pp., Master Degree Thesis. This diploma thesis is concerned with the work motivation in social services and its potential for improvement in Czech Republic. A valid data was collected by questionnaire survey reflecting the needs of managers arising from their daily work. The theoretical part is focused on clarifying the motivating factors , the relationship of man to work, and specifics of work in social services. The empirical part deals with the survey among managers of social services. I compiled ranking of most common and missed motivators. In the discussion and conclusion, I compared the instruments used with the expectations of employees. The main outcome of this thesis has become a practical and distributed recommendation. Key words: motivation, work motivation, social services, managers in social services, human resources management

The thesis "Social services for the elderly in Rakovnicko and the trend of de- institutionalization" is trying to describe an effort to keep the elderly people as one of the largest groups of beneficiaries of local social services as long as possible at home. Its main objective is to determine the range of social services for the elderly in Rakovnicko district and based on the research of the key stakeholders (providers and local authorities) to assess whether the offer of social services is consistent with the trend of deinstitutionalization. The work is closely related to Rakovnik district and its municipality with extended powers The theoretical part of the work is based on a theory of public policy regulators in society , the principle of subsidiarity in social services and deinstitutionalization trend in social services. The resource background includes research covering the wishes ofseniors to remain in their homes as long as possible and documents that support this trend . The chapter on social services defines several legal terms based in Code No. 108/2006 Sb. on social services and describes the situation in recent years in the field of social services in the Czech Republic in relation to the target group of seniors. An important chapter is the chapter on social planning in the Czech...

Subject of this thesis is to evaluate effectivity of Strategic plan of social integration in the town of Jáchymov. Thesis is focused on the process of planning and effectivity of measures suggested in Strategic plan. Beside the main focus it also assesses the overall social situation of Jáchymov. It collects and describes activities aiming on social integration. It describes and evaluates the process of design and implementation of strategic plan. Connection of both areas provides a better insight into the whole topic. Based on the results of research this thesis provides possible measures to improve the quality of planning process of social services and to improve the living conditions of Jáchymov's inhabitants. This thesis can serve as a guideline to initiate proceses associated with social services planning or community activities planning. Key words: Jáchymov (Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic) Strategic planning and strategic plan, Community planning Social integration Social services

Syftet med studien var att utifrån professionellas kunskaper och unga vuxnas upplevelser undersöka hur bestämmelsen i 4 kap 4 § SoL används i praktiken samt om den möjliggör chansen till självförsörjning. Detta gjordes genom kvalitativa intervjuer med försörjningsstödshandläggare, vägledare och unga vuxna med anknytningar till undersökningsområdet. Studien är induktiv med ett hermeneutiskt förhållningssätt och materialet har analyserats med hjälp av Maslows behovshierarki, empowerment teori samt tidigare forskning. Resultatet visade på att en kompetenshöjande insats i slutändan ska leda till självförsörjning, men även utvecklar deltagarnas psykiska välbefinnande. Även om deltagandet i den kompetenshöjande verksamheten är ett krav för att få försörjningsstöd, har de unga vuxna en positiv upplevelse av verksamheten och vägledarna i motsats till tidigare forskning. Anledningen till det positiva resultatet tycks bero på det individuella stödet och utformningen. / The purpose of the study was that based on professionals' knowledge and experiences of young adults explore how the provision in chapter 4 § 4 SoL used in practice and whether it allows the chance to self-sufficiency .This was done through qualitative interviews with welfare benefits administrators, counselor , and young adults with connections to the subject .The study is inductive with a hermeneutic approach and the material has been analyzed using Maslow's hierarchy of needs , empowerment theory and previous research. The result showed that a competence-raising effort will ultimately lead to self-sufficiency, but also develops the participants' psychological well-being. Although participation in skill-enhancing activity is a requirement to receive welfare benefits, the young adults have a positive experience of the activities and counselors in contrast to previous research. The reason for the positive outcome seems to depend on the individual aid and the design.

The aim of this study is to examine, with background of the swedish specialized social service, how the client is formed in a process by categorizing and sorting in the receiving department of the financial support. Which factors professionals are perceived to be problematic in the management of cases and the social workers approach to meet the clients needs. The study was conducted with one qualitative semi-structured interview with the head of the department of financial support, and two focus group interviews with social workers at the department of financial support. The theoretical approach is Hasenfeld´s theory about human service organizations, Billquist´s theory about the sorting process and Johansson´s theory about the client construction process. The empirical results also relate to Johansson´s theory about mass handling of clients and Svensson, Johnsson and Laanemets theory about the social workers action space. The conclusion of this study is that a specialized social service is categorizing and sorting the client through all parts of the process in the receiving department of financial support. The result shows that several factors makes it problematic for the social workers to respond to the client needs in a specialized social service, causing the social workers to use their acion space.

Public schooling in the Unites States of America has long been the site of more than just meeting the academic needs of the country’s youth. Among the many roles the school house has played in the history of public schooling in the United States is the mechanism to deliver non-instructional services to students. School-delivered, non-instructional services are those services that extend beyond addressing the academically-disposed, educational needs of children and aim to meet the social, emotional, and physical needs of young people while they are in the care of educators. Through an historical example grounded primarily in archival research, I establish a genealogy of school-delivered, non-instructional services by examining how staffing developed in the Cobb County School District in Cobb County, Georgia during the 1938-39 to 1976-77 time period. I will point to the role of federal involvement in public education and the professionalization of social services during this time period to connect the changes that occur in the instructional employees and non-instructional employees, with a specific examination of lunchroom employees and counselors, in one school system.

The aim of this study was to get a better understanding of social workers experiences of supervisions impact on social work with children and families. The two research questions where: Which are social workers needs of supervision? And does social workers perceive supervision as a tool for professional development and learning? The study´s empirical findings were a result of semi-structured interviews with five social workers in the social service department. The study´s theoretical framework was based on two different theories: new institutionalism, which is a specialization within organizational theory, and system theory perspective. The result found that social workers experiences supervision as an opportunity for support and reflection, which encourages them to develop professional skills in their daily work. Supervision had an effect on social workers self-confidence and wellbeing by adding expertise, which gave more structure, energy and stress relief in their work. The interviews also showed that supervision had a direct impact on the interaction and the team climate within a working group. However, certain terms and conditions must have been considered to call supervision successful. The supervisors responsibility to lead, see the groups needs and have an over all perspective was mentioned as one condition for good supervision. Another term was that the group cooperated and showed professionalism and respect towards one another. It was very important that supervision took place in a safe environment and that all group members felt trust towards their colleagues and supervisor. This way they where able to learn from each others experiences and show vulnerability and emotions which could contribute to reflection and professional development. Furthermore, social workers emphasise supervision as positive and a necessary tool in order to achieve an efficient and well functioning workplace.

Samverkan är en viktig del i arbetet med unga. Särskilt viktigt blir det i arbetet med unga som har ADHD, då de kräver en viss struktur i vardagen. Då många unga med ADHD har skolproblematik samt beteendemässiga problem är det viktigt med samverkan mellan skola och socialtjänst. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur skolpersonal och socialsekreterare upplever deras samverkan kring ungdomar med ADHD, vilka områden det samverkas om och vilka utmaningar och möjligheter som uppstår i samverkan. Vi har använt oss av semi-strukturerade intervjuer och har intervjuat två ur skolpersonalen och två socialsekreterare. Våra huvudsakliga resultat är att samverkan upplevs vara god och viktig men att det verkar finns behov av att förbättra samverkan. De viktigaste slutsatserna är att socialsekreterarna och skolpersonalen är intresserad och engagerade i samverkan kring ungdomar med ADHD men att det antyds att viss utveckling behövs och även att viss kunskap saknas. / Collaboration is an important part of working with adolescents. It becomes especially important when working with adolescents who have ADHD, since they often demand a certain structure in their every-day life. Since many adolescents with ADHD have school problems and also behavioural problems, collaboration between schools and social services becomes important. The purpose of this study was to examine how school personnel and social workers experience their collaboration in regards to adolescents with ADHD, which areas their collaboration concerns and what challenges and possibilities that arise in collaboration. We have interviewed two people from the school personnel and two social workers. Our main results are that the respondents perceive their collaboration as functioning and consider it to be an important part of their job. However, they think that there are areas in need of improvements. The main conclusions are that the social workers as well as the school personnel are interested in and committed to collaboration when it comes to adolescents with ADHD but there seems to be a need of development and increased knowledge on the subject.

The aim of this study is that from a gender perspective, highlighting how investigating social workers assess and justify the decisions concerning youth with socially destructive behavior. The focus is on the similarities and differences constructed. In order to respond to our study, we interviewed six social workers in six municipalities who work with youth investigations. The interviews took place in the southern and central Sweden. Parallell to the interviews, we used a vignette that we designed and constructed ourselves. It contains a fictitious case of a youth with socially destructive behavior. Half of the interviewees had to answer the case where the youth had a girl's name and the other half in which the adolescent had a boy's name. Selected theories that have been used to create an understanding of our research problem is the gender system and professional ethics. The results of our empirical data gave us several conclusions. The outcomes of this study shows that social workers holds a gender awareness when working with investigations of teenaged boys and girls. However the results also show the complexity that exists in regard to possess a conscious approach to the gender impact of youth investigations among social workers. It appears that the social workers seem to react and act slightly different depending on whether the youth is a boy or a girl. Furthermore, the results indicate that the heavy workload affect the social workers investigative work and in turn the young people. Interesting findings were also the social workers descriptions of the importance of school's role in getting the girls and boys gone wrong to return to a healthy path in life.