This dissertation covers the impact of changes in the transition of the financing system of social services from the Ministry of Social Affairs to local regions. This phase of the transition is assested from the point of view of the current state of cooperation between non governmental organizations (NGO)s and governmnetal institutions. The sample region selected for this work is Stredocesky region and the evaluation of this change was done in the context of providing social services aimed on integration of Roma into the society. The theoretical part of this dissertation is concerned with the relationship of the state with the NGOs. Further financing of social services, the history up until the current situation of the state of the process of integration of Romes into Czech Republic is outlined in this work. This work evaluates a case study of Romodrom o. p. s., an organization providing social services for individuals, who are on the edge of exclusion from the society or are impacted by an unfortunate life situation. The primary data was collected using semi-structured interviews with employees of this organization. The secondary data was gathered using the content analysis of relevant sources. The research results are divided into chapters based on themes. Those themes were identified found on...

This master's thesis deals with the possibilities of employment of direct care workers in day care centers. The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part provides a primary insight into the system of social services with the specification of day care centers as social care services according to Act No. 108/2006 Coll., On social services. It also discusses the range of professions that can be employed in day care centers based on the Czech Republic's legal system. The practical part presents quantitative research which had an aim to find out the possibilities of employment of direct care workers in day care centers in a selected region, the capital city of the Prague region. The research monitors the professional proportionality of multidisciplinary teams concerning the level and field of education and employee participation in activities carried out in day care centers. Based on the research results, the last part of the work proposes recommendations for practices. There is a demonstration of work using the staging method and applying the principles of experiential learning. The demonstration's intention is the development of functional communication and the practice of establishing social contacts for clients with an autism spectrum disorder. The motivation for the activities is Daisy...

The main research of my diploma is the competence of social workers and personal care attendants. In this work I focus on the definition of terms of social work competence and adaptation of the Australian competency model for the conditions of social services in the Czech Republic. I also focus on the design of the change process and its implementation - the application of competence model to the organization of social services for retired people. The design of the competency model is compiled of the non-profit organization ŽIVOT 90 which focuses on helping seniors. It can be used to select staff, set up or improve the adaptation process of new employees, evaluate and develop existing employees in the team, and for possible career changes. Keywords Competence, competence model, Australian competence model, competence of social workers, competence of workers in social services, social services.

Bakgrund: Barn har rätt att växa upp under trygga förhållanden utan utnyttjande eller våld. Tyvärr far barn illa på många sätt, vilka är en utmaning att identifiera. Distriktssköterskan har en skyldighet enligt lag att orosanmäla till socialtjänsten då ett barn misstänks fara illa, dock finns det försvårande faktorer som påverkar anmälningsbenägenheten. Det är svårt att identifiera riskfaktorer för barn i fara under korta vårdmöten på vårdcentral. Samtidigt åligger det distriktssköterskan att arbeta på ett familjecentrerat sätt och ta hela familjens mående i beaktande. Syfte: att beskriva distriktssköterskors erfarenheter av att få kännedom om eller misstänka att ett barn far illa. Metod: Kvalitativ intervjustudie med induktiv ansats, som analyserades med konventionell innehållsanalys. Individuella intervjuer över telefon eller video hölls med 12 distriktssköterskor från varierande arbetsplatser inom primärvården, med erfarenhet från vårdcentral. Resultat: I resultatet framkom ett övegripande tema: barn i fara är ett komplext ämne för distriktssköterskan. Två kategorier framträdde i resultatet: distriktssköterskans samlade kompetens om barn som far illa samt faktorer som påverkar anmälningsbenägenheten negativt. Distriktssköterskorna såg orosanmälan som en plikt, ibland saknades dock rätt förutsättningar. Det gjorde att distriktssköterskorna kunde tvivla på bedömningen och undvika orosanmälningar. Ett familjecentrerat arbetssätt underlättade. Slutsats: Inför beslut om orosanmälan behöver distriktssköterskan kartlägga familjens situation och barnets utsatthet, eftersom det oftast inte är tydligt att barnet far illa. För att känna trygghet i professionen behöver distriktssköterskan rätt förutsättningar på arbetsplatsen. Arbetsmomentet underlättas om distriktssköterskan har färdigheter i kommunikationstekniker med barn och föräldrar. Ytterligare insatser i form av samverkan med socialtjänsten behövs för att stärka distriktssköterskans anmälningsbenägenhet.

This thesis deals with problems of financing social service and with using care allowance as an instrument of social policy. The need for affordable and quality social services for the elderly results from prognosis of the demographic trends of aging population and it is always of interest to social policy that tincludes new tools in addressing social protection to people who depend on additional care. Determination of the public policy problem is based on a study and an analysis of available data, referring to the finding that the care allowance is not (as opposed to the intention of the law), used sufficiently as one of the sources of financing social service providers. My thesis is based on findings, which brings a theory of social inclusions as the prevention of a social exclusion of people because of a reduced self-sufficiency and a theory of a quality of life under which is necessary to ensure individual's everyday needs; later it focuses on a concept of a social protection of people in important public policy documents. The research deals with fundamental changes in the concept of the care allowance under the law No. 108/2006 Coll. on social services and the impact of these changes on the recipients of care, informal care providers and institutional social services. It analyzes public records and...

The presented dissertation is concerned with the ethic features of the quality of the social services inspectors professional behaviour in the residental facilities. This dissertation is divided into two main parts. The first part comprises theoretical bases related to given problems with the analysis of the relevant professional literature. The other part comprises with the actual research, the aim of which was finding ethical contexts of the inspection performance, inspector's education in the ethics, ethic code of the inspectors, the inspector profession and the value preferences of the inspectors. The main target is to analyze the ethical connections during the ispection performance in chosen residential facilities of the social services. In the research the quantitative and qualitative methods, the questionnaire survey and structural interviews were used. Based on the synthesis of the acquired knowledge the dissertation presents a view of the ethics application in professional activities of the inspectors. Key words: social services, quailty standards, quality inspections, values, ethics, the ethic code, career of the inspector, residential social services.

This thesis deals with the marketing of non-profit organizations. Namely, it focuses on the marketing communication of the Christian organizations providing social services. Theoretical part of the thesis deals firstly with the importance which has the marketing for the nonprofit sector. Secondly, it suggests some specifics associated with the marketing of social services and with Christian social service providers. In the empirical part of the thesis there are revealed the key elements of the marketing communication of the Christian non-profit organizations providing social services. At the same time the question of whether Christian values could be used as a competitive advantage is answered.

The thesis concentrates on influence of work evaluation and supervision on motivation of workers of low threshold clubs for children and youth. Supervision and work evaluation is perceived as an obligation for providers of social services defined in quality standards of social services. The thesis concetrates on effects of supervision and work evaluation on the motivation of workers. The opening of the thesis describes roles in the process of motivation (roles of workers and the roles of their supervisors and senior executives), along with two fundamental theories of motivation (developed by Maslow and Herzberg). In the same chapter, the risks connected with work motivation (helpers' syndrome and burn-out syndrome) within helping professions are tackled. The thesis further introduces measures, which influence motivation of workers, employees of social services, namely financial recognition and education. Attention is also paid to non-financial means of motivating employees. Two selected measures of non-financial motivation, supervision and work evaluation, are described in greater detail, specifically in terms of their foundation, function, form, procedures, purpose and impact. In the pratical part of the thesis it is verified, whether all low threshold clubs for children and youth carry out...

This thesis deals with communication process among staff in a nursing home (the facility requested not to be named). It deals as well with implementing change in the structure of multidisciplinary staff meeting in the same nursing home to improve team cooperation and to fulfill Standards for Quality in Social Services. In four chapters of the theoretical part, author follows introduction to the topic of human communication and intracompany communication to determine researched domain. For the same reason author later deals with subject of teams, it's creation, leadership and team roles. Third chapter pursues topic of meetings, their benefit, types and rules how to conduct an effective meeting. Theoretical part ends with contextualization of communication process within the Standards for Quality in Social Services. Practical part contains diagnostics of communication process among staff in a nursing home that showed the need to conduct change in the structure of multidisciplinary staff meeting. Other chapters deal with the process of the change from the stage of laying out the goal of the change, over diagnosis of the actual state of the meeting with the use of qualitative research to the phase of a creation of a new methodic directive for multidisciplinary staff meeting. Key words: communication...

BAREŠ, P. 2013. Social Services in the Czech Republic and the Role of Public Institutions in their Provision. Doctoral Thesis. Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Science, Institute of Sociological Studies: Prague. Key words: Czech Republic, municipalities, non-governmental organisations, providers of social services, public administration, public policy, regions, social services, state Abstract: Social services should be perceived as important instrument of the system of social protection in the Czech Republic. The extent of provision of social services by organisation representing different institutional sectors should be considered as key characteristics of this system. Two main groups of organisations should be distinguished in this regard primarily - public and private organisations. However both these broad categories consist of different subjects: state, regional or municipal organisations in the first case and for-profit organisations, entrepreneurs, social enterprises or non-profit organisations in the second. The primary aim of the thesis is to analyse the extent of provision of social services by public organisations (all above mentioned types), however the provision of social services by private organisations has been analysed as well, because this question is complementary to the...