The diploma thesis deals with families who face sudden separation of a loved one due to imprisonment. From previous experience the work differs in focusing primarily focused on the family, not prisoners. Theoretical part is devoted to conceptual and legislative definition, the negative effects of imprisonment and the specific needs of the prisoners families as an object of help. Thesis marginally touches on recidivism in the chapter about the family as an entity assist in the reintegration of prisoners and also highlights the potential risks that may family for imprisoned in the process mean. It results from foreign experience, which is traditionally ahead. The empirical part of the qualitative research carried out within of self-help groups of prisoners families provides insight into the specific experiences of families. Its purpose is both to draw attention to this marginalized social group and its needs, as well as outline effective assistance, which would deal with this life situation the best. POTOCKÁ, Veronika. Prisoner's family as an object of social work. Prague, 2014. 121 pages. The diploma thesis. Charles University in Prague, Department of social work. Supervisor: Andrea Matoušková

No / Existing research on the impact of growing up in care focuses upon either the care experience itself or the period of transition from care to independence. Our knowledge of outcomes largely ceases when former residents of the care system reach their early twenties. There are strong social justice reasons for extending research into the older adult lives of such young people. We know a great deal about the multiple disadvantages that such individuals face as children. But research is largely silent about their subsequent adult lives. While we must be cautious in drawing causal links to the childhood care experience as the time period since life in care extends, we know that early experiences can affect care-leavers across their life coursejust as childhood experience affects all adults in a variety of ways. In this review, we highlight evidence drawn from research in Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, and the United States, with particular attention paid to the first two of those countries. We use a wide range of sources and identify areas for further consideration, including access to personal records, mental health, education, and parenting. By doing so, we seek to open up this area for further research with the hope that such research will lead to an increasing recognition of care-leavers' needs and thus to improvements in social policy and service provision.

This thesis concerns the ethical aspects of accompanying the caregivers and the dying in hospice care and problematic situations in this care. This thesis is comprised of four chapters. The first chapter concerns hospice care - form, goals and definitions of hospice care. The second chapter focuses on hospice care in social work, which belongs to hospices. The third chapter concerns the ethics in social work, ethical dilemmas in social work and the importance of ethics in social work itself. The fourth chapter is focused on ethics in hospice care, dilemmas and ethical aspects of communication and mourning within hospice care.

Die Entwicklungen in den Sozialen Berufen sind seit jeher eng verbunden mit dem gesellschaftlichen Interesse an der Absicherung der Erziehung, Betreuung, Beratung, Begleitung und Pflege von Menschen in unterschiedlichen Lebenslagen. Mit den an die Entwicklung der modernen Gesellschaft gebundenen Pluralisierungs- und Entgrenzungsprozessen werden Pflege, Erziehung und Betreuung immer mehr zu öffentlichen Aufgaben. Dabei entwickeln sich neue Aufgaben, die den Bedarf an professionellem sozialen Handeln zusätzlich bestimmen. Der Sektor personenbezogener sozialer Dienstleistungen wuchs in den vergangenen Jahren stetig an und expandierte zu einem Sektor mit erheblicher volkswirtschaftlicher Relevanz. Vor dem Hintergrund dieser Expansion des Sektors personbezogener sozialer Dienstleistungen bei gleichzeitigem Rückzug des Sozialstaates aus der monetären Absicherung der Leistungen greifen die vielschichtigen Entgrenzungsprozesse auf die Entwicklung der Beruflichkeit im sozialen Bereich über. Als Antwort auf veränderte Bedarfe etablieren sich in diesem Kontext aktuell neue, insbesondere privatwirtschaftliche, Formen der Leistungserbringung. Gegenwärtig lassen sich als Reaktion auf diese Realität Bestrebungen erkennen, Auflösungs- und Differenzierungsprozessen in den Bereichen der sozialen Arbeit mit Differenzierung und Spezialisierung in beruflicher Ausbildung zu begegnen. Tatsächlich erscheint es notwendig, im Hinblick auf sich verändernde Anforderungen im Sektor personenbezogener sozialer Dienstleistungen ein verändertes Verständnis von Beruflichkeit hervorzubringen. Den Kontext der vorliegenden Arbeit bildet die Etablierung der Ausbildung zur/zum "Staatlich geprüften Sozialassistentin/Staatlich geprüften Sozialassistenten" in Sachsen. Auch in Sachsen wurde der Beruf "Staatlich geprüfte Sozialassistentin/Staatlich geprüfter Sozialassistent" im Rahmen eines Schulversuches erprobt und nach insgesamt fünfjähriger Erprobungsphase mit Beginn des Schuljahres 2002/2003 als reguläres Ausbildungsangebot eingeführt. Hier wurden mit der Einführung dieses Berufes - auf den bundesweiten Vergleich bezogen - neue Wege beschritten. Vor dem Hintergrund der Sozialassistentinnenausbildung in Sachsen beschäftigt sich die vorliegende Arbeit mit der Beruflichkeit in Sozialen Berufen und bezieht diese auf die Bestimmung einer breit angelegten Erstausbildung für den Sektor personenbezogener sozialer Dienstleistungen. Dabei bezieht sich die Arbeit auf Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Begleitung des Schulversuches zur Einführung der Ausbildung "Staatlich geprüfte Sozialassistentin/Staatlich geprüfter Sozialassistent" in Sachsen durch die Technische Universität Dresden.

There is minimal research into families where a person who is receiving palliative care has dependent children. In particular, there is a lack of information about the work that palliative care social workers undertake with such families. This study examines the role of the palliative care social worker in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children of adults receiving specialist palliative care. This is a qualitative study involving the collection of information from a total of 57 palliative care social workers in three ways: focus groups, survey and semi-structured interviews. The analysis demonstrates that palliative care social workers understand the term 'safeguarding children' to mean more than child protection alone. The analysis also focuses on the process of referral, institutional barriers, supports for their work with children, and inter-agency collaboration. An equally important aspect of the analysis, and one generally neglected in psycho-social studies, relates to the socio-economic context of the palliative care social workers' work, including the effects of the immigration status of families on children. In the main, concerns about the present and future care of children come to the attention of palliative care social workers via members of the multidisciplinary team in which they are based. The numbers are reported to be relatively small in contrast to the total number of referrals received. The extent to which support to children is provided varies considerably; some palliative care agencies do not encourage palliative care social workers to work directly with children prior to bereavement and others restrict direct work with children post-bereavement. The main emphasis for all workers, however, is on support to the parents to help them understand their children's needs during the terminal phase of the illness. The well-being of children at this time of emotional stress is included in the palliative care social workers' definition of 'safeguarding children'. In addition, the wide-ranging examination of the palliative care social workers' involvement with the families illustrates the extent of the dedication involved in an under-resourced and little understood area of their work. Whilst palliative care social workers reported receiving basic training on child protection within their agency, with some themselves providing this training, further training on safeguarding children is not always available or known about. The amount and type of professional supervision and support is also varied, particularly in relation to child-care matters; not all have access to supervision from another social work professional. There are a small number of examples given in the study where children are considered to be at risk in some way. Children cared for by lone parents are recognised as being especially vulnerable, particularly if future care plans are not in place before the death of the parent. Also identified as vulnerable are children of parents whose immigration status is in question as their future location may be in doubt, placing children and the surviving parent under additional stress. One of the major difficulties for palliative care social workers is securing support services from local authority children's services. Whilst there are examples of collaboration and co-operation, the findings in this study echo those of others which examine the relationship between adult and children's services. In this study, palliative care social workers speak of frustration and disappointment in the responses they receive, and they are concerned that the needs of children of dying parents are not understood. This study contributes to the debate about the focus of children in care services for adults and how staff may be supported in their task of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This study also adds to the limited existing knowledge about palliative care social work practice.