Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur massmedia och regeringen framställer socialtjänsten samt att undersöka om och hur de massmediala framställningarna korresponderar med regeringens framställningar. För att besvara studiens syfte har 37 stycken artiklar som publicerats i Dagens Nyheter under perioden 2017-07-01 – 2017-12-31 och 21 stycken av regeringens egenproducerade artiklar som publicerats på regeringens hemsida under perioden 2017-01-01 – 2017-12-31 analyserats med hjälp av kritisk diskursanalys. Anammandet av den kritiska diskursanalysen innebär att analyser (kvalitativa och kvantitativa innehållsanalyser) genomförts inom tre olika dimensioner av texten: text (textens innehåll), diskursiv praktik (textens produktion) och social praktik (hur texten knyter an till en bredare samhällsmässig struktur). I studien framkommer det att framställningarna av socialtjänsten i Dagens Nyheter har utgått från tre olika diskurser: handlingarnas diskurs, den organisatoriska diskursen och förpliktelsernas diskurs. Hur socialtjänsten framställs beror på vilken av diskurserna skribenterna i DN aktualiserar när de gör sina uttalanden. I de flesta fall är det handlingarnas diskurs som framträder. Detta innebär att socialtjänsten oftast framställs som en kontrollerande, vårdslös, likgiltig och maktfullkomlig verksamhet. Dessa egenskaper måste, enligt skribenterna, ifrågasättas och förändras.     I regeringens artiklar framkommer det att samtliga uttalanden inom ramen för artiklarna har utgått från en enda diskurs: den socialpolitiska diskursen. Utifrån diskursen framställs socialtjänsten som en verksamhet som är en del av en bredare välfärdsapparat som finns till för att hjälpa människor när behov för det finns. Det framkommer emellertid också att socialtjänsten för närvarande omfattas av en rad problem som är upp till politiken att lösa. När diskurserna i Dagens Nyheter relateras till den socialpolitiska diskursen så framträder ett mönster. Två av diskurserna i Dagens Nyheter (den organisatoriska diskursen och förpliktelsernas diskurs) framställer socialtjänsten på ett likartat sätt som regeringen medan den tredje diskursen (handlingarnas diskurs) förmedlar en motstridig bild. / The purpose of this study is to explore how the mass media and the government represent the social services as well as explore if and how the mass media´s representations correspond with the government's representations. 37 articles from the daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter who were published between 2017-07-01 and 2017-12-31 as well as 21 of the government´s own articles who were published on the governments website between 2017-01-01 and 2017-12-31 have been examined to answer the purpose. The form for examination have been critical discourse analysis which means that the material has been analyzed (with qualitative and quantitative content analysis) within three different dimensions of the text: text (the content of the text), discursive practice (the production of the text) and social practice (how the text relates to a broader societal structure).  The study shows that the representations of the social services in Dagens Nyheter have been based on three different discourses: the discourse of action, the organizational discourse and the discourse of obligations. How the social services are represented depends upon which discourse the different authors base their statements on. The majority of the statements can, however, be found within the discourse of actions. This means that the social services in most cases are represented as controlling, wreck less, careless and autocratic. These are characteristics that, according to the authors, need to be questioned and changed.   In the government's articles it´s shown that all statements within the articles have been based upon one single discourse: the discourse of social policies. This discourse describes the social services as an organization that´s only one part of a wider welfare apparatus, which solely purpose is to help individuals when needed. It also shown, however, that the social services nowadays are subject to a number of problems and that it is up to the government to resolve them. When the discourses in Dagens Nyheter are compared to the discourse of social policies, the study argues, that a pattern appears. Two of the discourses in Dagens Nyheter (the organizational discourse and the discourse of obligations) represent the social services similarly to the discourse of social policies. However, the third discourse (the discourse of actions) conveys a contradictory and different picture of the social services.

ABSTRACT In the year 2003 and 2005, several legislative changes were made to same-sex couples advantage. Among other things, lesbian couples were given the right to be tested as adoptive parents and the possibility of assisted reproduction through the county councils. With such changes in law, society and family constellations are evolving today with more forms than the existing nuclear family. Similarly, the choice of approaches to forming a family in a same-sex relationship increases, two alternatives outside the county Council's assisted conception are; Insemination by clinic in another country or home insemination with private donated sperm. When insemination in same-sex relationship occurs at home or by clinic in another country, subsequent paternity investigations and Related adoption are required for the non-biological mother to be considered as legal parent, an investigation requested by the District Court and operated by Social Service in each municipality. With the possibility of same-sex couples to be tested as adoptive parents also follows expectations about the investigation procedure and its guidelines as a partner in the development. The aim of this study is to try to create a synthesized knowledge about the investigation process of paternity investigation and Related adoption, when it occurs in same-sex relationship. This by jointly trying to understand the experiences of women and Social workers ' in the investigation process and its content. The study is based on qualitative interviews with both women who have undergone the process and social secretaries who dealt with these cases. The result is a dominant shared experience of unclear guidelines where there is a demand for nuanced legislation and updated dossiers. / SAMMANFATTNING Under år 2003 och år 2005 gjordes flera lagförändringar till samkönade pars fördel. Bland annat fick lesbiska par rätt till att prövas som adoptivföräldrar och möjlighet till assisterad befruktning via landstingen. Med sådana lagändringar utvecklas samhället och familjekonstellationer idag har fler former än den ännu rådande kärnfamiljen. Likaså ökar valmöjligheterna av tillvägagångssätt för att bilda familj i en samkönad relation, två alternativ utanför landstingets assisterade befruktning är; insemination via utrikesklinik eller heminsemination med privat donerade spermier. När insemination i samkönad relation sker hemma eller på utrikesklinik krävs efterföljande faderskapsutredning och närståendeadoption för att den icke bärande mamman ska betraktas som juridisk förälder, en utredning som begärs av tingsrätten och som drivs av familjerätten i respektive kommun. Ju med samkönade pars rätt till att prövas som adoptivföräldrar följer också förväntningar kring utredningsförfarandet och dess riktlinjer som medpart i utvecklingen. Syftet med denna studie är att försöka skapa en syntetiserad kunskap kring utredningsförfarandet av faderskapsutredning och närståendeadoption, när det sker i samkönad relation. Detta genom att gemensamt försöka förstå kvinnors och familjerättssekreterares upplevelser av utredningsprocessen och dess innehåll. Studien baseras på kvalitativa intervjuer med både kvinnor som genomgått processen och familjerättssekreterare som handlagt dessa ärenden. I resultatet framkommer en dominerande gemensam upplevelse av otydliga riktlinjer där det finns en efterfrågan om nyanserad lagstiftning och uppdaterade underlag.

The diploma thesis deals with the issue of providing all elements of the comprehensive rehabilitation of handicapped people. The goal of this thesis was to determine, what experiences adult handicapped people have in terms of being taken care of in their home environment and in an institution. Another goal was to try and find out what criteria are important for the way they evaluate these. And, the last goal of the thesis was to propose an effective model of taking care of these people given obtained results and given financial capacities of the state and today's regulations. The theoretical part shows the section and development of care provided to handicapped people from the beginning of humanity until today including valid legal regulations. The following part describes briefly the issue of a coordinated rehabilitation and the efforts to ensure the legal regulation thereof in the Czech Republic. The last chapter of the theoretical part is devoted to the D.R.A.K. Association, the clients of which are the relevant research set. For the research itself the qualitative research strategy was chosen. The data were acquired using semi-structured interviews with clients, their family members and those who care for them in the D. R. A. K. Association. Acquired data were processed using the qualitative contents analysis of interviews. The set of participants included nine clients, members of the D.R.A.K. Association, the target group of which are adult handicapped people. Next, I spoke with five family members and three experts from D. R. A. K. Results are divided into three chapters according to research questions. The first chapter contains answers of clients, how they perceive the difference when being taken care of in an institution (D.R.A.K. Association) and in the natural environment (at home). The second chapter of results describes criteria, which are decisive and important for clients and have emerged during interviews.

The diploma thesis focuses on the term risk in human life in general, as it is seen in the society and defined by current knowledge in the field of social science. Furthermore, the thesis explores the risk as a phenomenon connected to the social services. The social integration of disadvantaged groups of inhabitants into majority society have brought with it the need to defend the rights of people with disabilities, with an emphasis on their active involvement in everyday life, in seeking the opportunity to experience those situations that define this life. This focus brings a number of theoretical solutions for risk planning with respect to clients of social services. These solutions have been further taken into account in this section of the thesis. The experimental part of thesis focuses on the perception of risks by the employees who work in residential facilities in Zlín district, directly taking care of clients. This part of the thesis provides a relevant insight into risk awareness in selected residential facilities and its active use in practice. Consequently, it deals with other factors that may affect employees of facilities for people with disabilities when assessing risk planning and generally concerning their perception of the risk phenomenon in clients with mental disabilities. On the...

Health Studies / (M.P.H. (Health Studies))

The statistics shows low quantity of custody transfer while it shows a high number of children in long-term foster care placement in Sweden. This qualitative study examines how social services work with custody transfer and the challenges that comes with it. Questions under study were; Which factors makes social services initiate a custody transfer? What argument stands for and against custody transfer after three years? Which dilemmas and difficulties are related to a custody transfer?   The aim of the study was to study what obstacles and possibilities a custody transfer contains according to social workers, and to try to understand the social workers process in working with custody transfer. The group under study consisted of five social workers with a variety of experience within the field. The material from the interviews was analysed by two steps using a phenomenological method. The result shows that many actors can make application of custody transfer difficult. The perspective of the placed children seemed to have a low value when deciding about the children’s staying and what’s best for them. Furthermore, the informants described social services today as in constant change, the staff has less experience and the guidelines is deficient. In accordance with earlier research, the result indicate however that custody transfer means many advantages for the children in foster care. Based on research and theoretical perspectives along with the findings of this study, the discussion is about the importance of children attachment, stability and participation in decisions about their own lives. Further, social services experiences of children worry and other emotions in foster care when custody transfer is discussed. There were also various dilemmas and difficulties according to the informants when assessments of custody transfer were made.

The thesis compares funding of domiciliary services in the administration district of České Budějovice, the municipality with the extended scope of performance. In the theoretical part I focus on the history of the development of domiciliary social services provided on site and I define the social service at first. Then, I identify the different specifics of social services and their characteristics. Attention is also devoted to funding of social services in the Czech Republic and European countries. I also show the differences in management in the non-profit sector. The most important section of the thesis analyzes domiciliary service and gives its definition. Further, the thesis contains practical part, which compares the collected data on the domiciliary services. It specifies services provided within the domiciliary services, funds granted for the service, number of clients, basic information on providers and their pricelists. The data were collected as of the last quarter of 2011. The target of the thesis was to compare the income and expenditures of the domiciliary services provided in the administration district of České Budějovice, the municipality with the extended scope of performance. For the applied methodology I selected qualitative research and the secondary analysis of data as the applied method. The conducted research analysed four types of services provided in the administration district. The original hypothesis of the thesis that the assessed providers have identical average cost per 1 user proved to be invalid.

During our life, there comes a lot of situations which we have to deal with and which need to solve. Such situations as decease, invalidism, health disability, poorness, job loose or loneliness. Some of these situations we are able to handle ourselves, some of them with help of family members or friends, but we are not able to handle all of the events and we are not able to secure basic life needs. In such situations, help of the state in context of its social politics, is needed. Social politics in Czech republic is divided in three branches ? next to social insurance we have state and social support and social help which is mentioned as the third branch of social protection. System of social help constructs certain standard where its basic part is about individuals rights to live his life. Social help is realized by services and social benefits. Between social benefits is also included contribution for social care that is served to individuals dependent on help of another physical being and that is topic of this dissertation. Person is considered as dependent on help from another person in four grades ? from light to full dependence. In order of dependence level and the dependent person age the amount of benefit is derived. Between the receivers of social benefits are included seniors and disabled people. By providing the benefits, the state participates in social service realization that are administered at home or in social service institutions.

Today´s society starts to be intensively interested in life in general and old people´s quality of life, therefore I decided to focus this diploma thesis on seniors´ quality of life in social service facilities. The given goals were to map and assess the quality of seniors? life in chosen social service facilities in a former Jindřichův Hradec district, to compare the quality of seniors´ life in three facilities of the same social services in the frame of the former Jindřichův Hradec district and also to compare the seniors´ quality of life in different social service facilities. The research of this work was made due to a qualitative form. A semi-standardized (semi-controlled) interview survey method and a qualitative observation method, which was used to get the assumed goals of the whole work, were used. To get the aims I used an interview method which was done in Senior Apartment in Jindřichův Hradec, České Velenice and Budíškovice as well as in an apartment with day care in Jindřichův Hradec. It was also used a scale questionnaire called WHO DAS II as a complementary technique in all the social service facilities. The following hypotheses were made out in keeping with the given goals of this diploma thesis. The first hypothesis ? the more social active actions were offered in the frame of provided social services, the higher is the users´ quality of life of this service. The second hypothesis ? users of this service have higher quality of life in the district town than users of this service provided in a municipality with inhabitants less than 10 000. The third hypothesis ? users? quality of life in day care facilities is higher than users´ quality of life of a senior apartment. The given hypotheses were confirmed. We can say old people´s quality of life has been improved in the comparison with last years. I would recommend solving this problem with good communication and feedback which is necessary to find out how seniors are satisfied with services in facilities. It is also very important to keep each client´s private which leads to the feeling of certainty and safeness.

Abstract An allowance fot the care is rather a new institute which is the main implement of the model of social services established 1/1 2007 on the basis of the law 108/2006 Statute Book about social services. This contribution relates to providing social services. The creation took 13 years and brought many amendments to this sphere ? not only a new conception of social services, their kinds, forms and conditions of providing, it also introduced a new approach to financial source for persons who need it in their unfavourable situation. Current allowance in the process of the care for a close or other person was replaced with an allowance for the care. The aim of this work is a mapping of offers of the social services in the territory of Trhové Sviny and to find if beneficiaries of these allowances for the care use more an assistance providing by the close person or by a registered provider of social services. The results of this research point out that in most cases the assistance of the close person is used. This dissertation could be used for a community planning and as an information material for Sviny´s inhabitants and providers of the local social services.