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The thesis deals with the resocialization and social inclusion of persons after serving a prison sentence and the possibilities of assistance from the penitentiary and post- penitentiary care system. The aim of the thesis was to identify the needs of persons concerning social inclusion after release from prison, to further reflect the identified needs with the possibilities of the penitentiary and post-penitentiary care system and to offer alternatives to optimize the current care system. The research part of the thesis was conducted by qualitative research. Data was collected using the method of semi-structured interviews with respondents from among women serving sentence and workers from penitentiary and post-penitentiary care. A thematic analysis method using open coding was chosen to analyse the data. A needs assessment was used to identify needs in six specified dimensions of social inclusion after serving a prison sentence. The thesis was able to identify the needs of people in their integration after incarceration. In particular, the needs in the dimensions of financial security and employment, housing and interaction and family relationships emerged a s key to inclusion. While the need to have a social background appeared as the most important for meeting needs across the dimensions. In...

The bachelor thesis deals with the issue of social inclusion of people living with the diagnosis of Tourette's syndrome. The first part of the thesis describes Tourette's syndrome, its history, causes, manifestations and diagnosis. Furthemore, this part also focuses on associated disorders. The next part of the thesis is devoted to the issues of inclusion and related concepts such as prejudice, stigma and social inequalities. It also describes social work and professional help available for people living with Tourette syndrome. The practical part is based on the knowledge and facts obtained from a qualitative research study conducted with people living with Tourette's syndrome.

KITTNAROVÁ, Denisa. Communication training and social integration of people over cerebral apoplexy. Prague 2021. Diploma thesis. Charles University in Prague. Hussite Theological Faculty. Department of Psychosocial Sciences and Ethics. Thesis supervisor PhDr. Beáta Krahulcová, CSc. The main goal of my diploma thesis was to find out, how successful it is to integrate people over cerebral apoplexy into normal social and working life. The theoretical part introduces the reader to the cerebral apoplexy as such. It also deals with phatic disorders caused by cerebral apoplexy and brain trauma, rehabilitation and its possibilities, communication, and communication training and, last but not least, social services. In this thesis, I chose a qualitative method to obtain data using a semi-structured interview. At the end of this diploma thesis, the results of the research survey are processed and interpreted.

The paper represents an ethnographic study of a skateboarding community in Amman, Jordan. My aim is to explore how participation in skateboarding influenced identity construction of the community members and their relationships with a broader social milieu they lived in. I explore the social composition of Amman’s skate scene, as well as issues of inclusion and social diversity. Subsequently, I seek to find out how transnational ties of Amman’s skaters and interaction with their foreign counterparts influenced the development of Amman’s skate scene. The paper is based on data collected through ethnographic fieldwork in Amman between September and December 2014 and subsequently in August 2018. Firstly, the fieldwork consisted of participant observation at skateboarding locations. Secondly, it included semi-structured interviews with a total of fifteen respondents – Jordanian skaters and foreigners involved in skateboarding projects in Amman – while ten more interviews were conducted via communication platforms such as Messenger and Skype. I also analyzed content of relevant websites and social media platforms. The study shows the Amman’s skate community as a subculture that revolved around appropriating places in the urban space. I explain that skateboarding in the Jordanian capital prior to 2014 was an activity confined to relatively privileged youth, since participation required economic and social capital indispensable to gain access to skateboarding equipment. Positioning Amman’s skate community in a global context, I show that the skaters’ transnational ties, related primarily to their family backgrounds, were also expanded through participation in skateboarding. Namely, I show the role of Philadelphia Skateboards – the first skateboarding brand in the Arab World – in stimulating active interaction between Amman’s skaters and their foreign counterparts. In the last chapter, I focus on the circumstances of 7Hills Skateparks project. I explain a broader context of skateboarding within ASDP movement (Action Sports for Peace and Development) and the policies of Make Life Skate Life – the organisation which carried out the project. I also demonstrate how the project exposed skateboarding to new participants and transformed skateboarding from a subcultural practice pursued by a group of Westernised youth into a tool for social inclusion.

Kvalita veřejných služeb, včetně sociálních služeb je tématem často diskutovaným mezi tvůrci sociálních politik, poskytovateli sociálních služeb a těmi, kteří zastupují uživatele služeb. Cílem této studie bylo zjistit, jak respondenti – zástupci veřejné správy, poskytovatelé sociálních služeb a uživatelé vnímají kvalitu sociálních služeb, se zvláštním zaměřením na to: (1) co hodnotí respondenti jako důležité; (2) jaká je relativní vnímaná důležitost každé domény a jak se tato vnímaná důležitost liší mezi kategoriemi respondentů a (3) jak se tato důležitost liší v závislosti na charakteristikách respondentů. Speciálně navržený dotazník vyplnilo 217 poskytovatelů služeb, 249 zástupců veřejné správy a 205 uživatelů sociálních služeb. Subjektivní kvalita života uživatelů služeb byla všemi třemi kategoriemi respondentů hodnocena jako nejdůležitější ukazatel kvality služeb. Obzvláště důležité pak byly položky, které se týkaly povahy vztahů a interakcí mezi zaměstnanci a uživateli služeb. Existovaly určité rozdíly mezi kategoriemi respondentů a také podle jejich charakteristik. Respondenti veřejné správy, starší uživatelé služeb a poskytovatelé rezidenční péče hodnotili zdravotní péči mnohem důležitěji než ostatní respondenti. V článku jsou diskutovány také některé přístupy k hodnocení kvality. Quality of public services including social services is an issue frequently discussed by policy makers, service providers, and by those who represent service users. The aim of this study was to explore how stakeholders perceive quality of social services, with a particular focus on (1) what did participants rate as important; (2) what is the relative importance of each domain and how does that differ across stakeholder groups and (3) does importance vary by participant characteristics. A specially designed questionnaire was completed by 217 service providers, by 249 public administration representatives and 205 service users of residential care and in-home support. The subjective quality of life of service users was rated as the most important indicator of service quality by all three stakeholder groups. Particularly important were items that related to the nature of the relationships and interactions between staff and service users. There were some differences between stakeholder groups and also by respondent characteristics – public administration respondents, older service users and providers of residential care were more likely to rate health care as more important than other respondents. Implications for how quality is measured are discussed.

In the Czech Republic, there is no comprehensive system that would prepare young people living in children's homes for independent living. Therefore, children's homes are increasingly involved in volunteer programs, with volunteers or patrons providing young adults with a certain pattern of behavior based on a friendly relationship, passing on their experiences to them and supporting them in entering everyday life. The aim of the diploma thesis is to identify the role of a volunteer in the integration of a child leaving a children's home into society. The specifics of cooperation of children's homes with volunteer programs supporting the social inclusion of the child are investigated. The qualitative type of research and the technique of semi-structured interviews were used to carry out the research part. The results of the interviews were processed in the form of open coding and data categorization. Based on the results of interviews with social workers and volunteers who work with young adults from children's homes, volunteers are important actors in the social inclusion of young people leaving children's homes. The results of the diploma thesis research could be beneficial for children's homes that are considering participating in one of the volunteer projects. The diploma thesis can also be used as an information material for the public and thus address potential volunteers.

This diploma thesis deals with an issue of treatment of alcohol dependence and the process of social inclusion of people who have undergone this process. The thesis provides an overview of services and other forms of assistance that are targeted at this group. Attention is paid mainly to the current set-up of the services and assistance system to identify strong and weak aspects of the system. The work is based on a qualitative research. The research was conducted throught expert interviews and interviews with users of these services. Theoretical basis of the work is the ethiology of addiction, which offers various explanations of the origin and persistence of the problem of alcohol dependence. The work also uses the findings of the life course perspective, which allows to map the life trajectories of the interviewees, including the recognition of key events in their lives affecting the emergence and development of addicton. The last theoretical starting point of the work is the concept of social inclusion.

This Bachelor thesis outlines issues of activism and related activities available to people with disabilities in the Nazaret Borovany Centre. The Bachelor thesis describes concepts such as social services, methods of social work, social inclusion, objectives and roles of activism. Furthermore, the description of activation activities as a tool of social work for integrating people with disabilities into society. The Aim of the Bachelor thesis was to identify the impact of activation activities on the integration process of people with disabilities. The Research survey was carried out through semi-structured interviews, accompanied with active observations and documents analysis.

The diploma thesis is focused on senior's education and aims to find out whether seniors are interesed in education and whether this interest is influenced by the age or financial situation of the individual. The whole work is primarily based on the context of the National Action Plan for Positive Aging for the period 2013-2017, where social inclusion of seniors focuses on the areas of ensuring and protecting the human rights of elderly people, lifelont learning, healthy aging, a quality environment for the elderly, volunteering and intergenerational cooperation, employement of older people and care for the most fragile seniors with limited self-sufficiency. The thesis was divided into a theoretical and practical part. In the theoretical part are described in detail the necessary terms related to the given issue and the practical part includes the chosen target of work, hypothesis, methodology, which subsequently tests these hypotheses, the results of the survey and the final discussion.

Diploma thesis deals with the participation and representation of Roma in the Czech Republic mainly in social inclusion. Generally in the Czech Republic the principles of the participation are underused during the development and implementation of public policies. A certain change occurs at the local level. In some towns there are gradually promoted models of the participation and representation of the population of excluded localities. This thesis deals by the methods of case study, summative evaluation and observation with implementation of certain local good practice: the system of the caretaking in the town Kadaň - Prunéřov, which primarily addresses the issue of housing in the socially excluded locality, but with the full participation of its people, including the creation of a natural representation, leading to the improvement of social skills of people, their self-confidence and willingness to engage in solving their unsatisfactory situation. The thesis also summarizes the development in the formation of Roma representation at the highest level since the 90s of the last century and its adverse impact on the development of real participation of Roma in social inclusion at all levels of administration. Therefore there is a contrast between the situation in the participation and representation...

The aim of this bachelor thesis was to introduce the personal and working life of Mrs. Terezie Hradilkova, the founder of the early care. This work had been divided into four parts. The first one dealt with handicapped disability, the next part described the visually impaired and it was followed by characterization of the early care. The life story of Terezie Hradilkova had been paid attention in the last part of this thesis and it gave the detailed sight on her roots, social work, family life and also on her personal emocion and life experiences. The major benefit of this work could be seen in the life description of a person, who had stood in the beginning of the social work for handicapped children and their families and who has not been really known among Czech population.

Submitted thesis is addressing the phenomenon of social exclusion from the gender perspective. Local issues of social exclusion is trying to resolve Central Bohemian town Kralupy nad Vltavou by producing written documents as an instrument to deal with this phenomenon. Documents look into the current situation and possibilities for change in order to achieve gradual elimination of negative effects related to social exclusion in all domains of citizens live, male or female, should they be affected by social exclusion. By using the methodology of critical gender qualitative content analysis Im to find out the way the concerned documents include the subject of gender and what role the gender stereotypes play. In the theoretical section I focus on the field of social work, which is as a discipline, heavily affected by stereotyped gender views and since its origins, faces constant misconceptions of being predominantly female profession. Key words: social exclusion, gender intersection, homelessness, institution, social integration, ethnicity, threat, gender, family, female, male

Gaining independence of clients in the system of the alternative education care is the cardinal topic of the work. Within the framework of the international comparison, the author analyses and makes a survey of the problems accompanying this process. The work does not contain only the conclusions the author came to based on the research in chosen countries (Czech Republic and Poland) but also presents suitable recommendations how the problem of gaining independence of clients of the alternative education care can be solved. The introductory part is applied to theoretical solutions, the international comparisons and examples of a good practice abroad. The author follows opinions of different experts in causalities of the problem from the influence of the biological family through socialization of the clients of the education care to the very problems of the institutional care. He presents these opinions subsequently in the context. In the methodological and research parts the author tries to answer the cardinal question: "What is way the clients of the alternative education care are prepared in order to gain independence?" Within the framework of the qualitative design of the research, the author is mediating the readers the real situation which the clients gaining independence and their carers are...

This bachelor thesis aims on determination of contemporary and potential future possibilities of return of target group - homeless people on labour market as the way of their social integration to the society with the focus on Prague, and own formulation of measures for further dealing with this issue. Data obtained from available literature, academic articles, public policy documents, web sites and expert interviews are used for analyses. Outputs of conducted analyses show that contemporary possibilities of returning to labour market for target group of homeless people are very limited, especially in terms of number of employment offers suited for this target group. It was revealed, that this way of integration is not treated with adequate attention, which is needed for improvement of current situation. Recommendations for dealing with this issue were formed based on performed analysis, between which I count emphasis on individual approach to homeless people as a specific target group and creation of direct measures for the development of their employment by supporting social entrepreneurship, creation of better starting conditions for new projects and implementation of reliefs for employers from private sector.

The bachelor thesis deals with the de-institutionalization of residential social services, their transformation for care provided in natural community (or the social services provided to the community way). Specifically, it focuses on the direct impact of these changes on the lives of the clients of social services in acquiring new competencies for everyday life. It also describes the general procedures and resources for the preparation of social services and clients to this change. In the practical part describes the changes in the lives of specific clients of social services and determines whether to important changes in their lives no longer occurs during training or after moving outside the institution.

The thesis "Development of Czech social inclusion policies" looks at what factors influenced the development of social inclusion policy, focusing primarily on socially excluded Roma since 1989. In the period after 1989 Czech public and social policy was under influence of many factor including both external ones, resulting from the efforts of the Czech Republic to join the European Union, or later from the membership itself, as well as internal ones, arising from the need to ensure the functioning of the system in a rapidly changing socio-economic conditions. When mapping the development of the policy attention is paid particular to the impacts of the process of European integration and institutional changes that are reflected in the implementation of social inclusion policies. Furthermore, the text seeks to uncover the causes and effects of changes in development of examined policy. Those identifying factors that may be considered essential for the development of Czech social inclusion policies, went from thematic analysis of interviews with experts. Data obtained from respondents are then often supplemented by more detailed information from literature and public policy documents. Changes in the Czech social inclusion policies since 1989 are explained also using theories of Europeanization and the...

Homeless hostels started being established on the territory of the Czech Republic in the beginning of 1990. At present they are institutions of social services providing persons in unfavourable social situation related with loss of dwelling with accommodation services of social prevention for transition period. The goal of the thesis was to characterize the homeless hostel for men as an institution helping homeless persons with social integration from the point of view of professional staff and to explain life fates and experiences of selected users. The work is conceived as quality research focused primarily on the issues of social work. In order to meet the aim, the following methods and techniques of data collection were used: interview with help of instruction, narrative interview, study of documents and observation. Rules of service provision, internal rules of the institution, social worker activities, course of service and its planning are specified in more detail on the base of the data from interviews with professional staff and their subsequent analysis. The work focuses also on the offer of activities with stress on possibilities of work rehabilitation of the users and compares the individual facilities according to specified criteria. Life experiences of selected users before they stay in the homeless hostel are described together with their expectancies and future plans. Two hypotheses were formulated on the base of the research.