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The bachelor's thesis focuses on school clubs and their educators. In addition to the characteristics of this institution, the thesis also includes the view of educators on their profession and their role of children education. There are also identified problems, that educators face in their profession. The thesis deals with the concept of street-level bureaucracy and career self-concept.

This thesis deals with the comparison of the after school club and the children´s school club at primary school in Dobřany. The first part is focused on the characterization of the after school club in general according to legislation, available literature and activities of the after school club at a specific primary school. Further more, the goals, activities and staffing of the after school club are described there. In the second part is characterized the children´s school club in general according to available documents. On a specific case are described the conditions of establishment and operation, including the specifics of this facility. The third part of the thesis summarizes the activities of the after school club and children´s school club at primary school in Dobřany. In the summary of work we find out that two facilities in one school, which take care of the free time of children after school from the 1st to 5th classes, may have different duties, the system of enrolling children, opening hours and activities. The thesis shows a need for at least a minimum pedagogical education for people who work with children, although this is not required by legislation in this case.

This dissertation deals with the topic of after-school care facilities. It develops a profound description of the functions of the after-school care facilities in all aspects of their activities. The after-school facilities are included amongst school institutions; they are one of the most important organisations when it comes to the free time of children from the first school. Despite that, they have not been given much attention. This dissertation brings, in its theoretical part, the basic information about the environment and function of the after-school care facilities, the personality of their educators but it also characterises the children from the first school for whom the facilities are intended. In the practical part, it expounds the environment of the after-school care facilities in the deep description of their organisational matters and activities. It also brings the analysis of the main benefits for children and seeks to find the possibilities of improvement of the functions of the after-school care facilities from the points of views of the educators working there. This dissertation also brings the opinions of the educators; it shows which activities they think are the most popular amongst children. A significant part of the practical part deals with individual activities; organised...

The thesis aims to illustrate the issue of burnout syndrome in educators in after school clubs. The theoretical part presents basic knowledge about after school clubs, educators and causes of stressful situations. It also characterizes burnout syndrome, its causes, sympoms and stages. The last part of the section deals with supervising seminar, its kinds, orientation and charakteristics of supervisor. The practical part contains a summary of the data obtained from educators, including chief educators. Thus, this section provides an insight into the issue of burnout syndrome in after school clubs educators. It presents certain findings about educators' aweareness and prevention related to the phenomen of burnout syndrome.

This thesis deals with the functioning of the family in connection with the physiological and psychosocial development of children. It also describes the reasons why children are taken away from the family and the options of residential care. The first option is institutional care in orphanages and therefore we mention several organisations that offer projects to help these children in particular to have an easier entry to life after the completion of institutional care. The empirical part of this study analyses the background, the habits and also the preparation of young adults to leave the orphanage in two institutions: Primary school and Orphanage Přestavlky and Orphanage Klánovice. It includes personal life stories of several children not only from the two orphanages but also from children brought up in foster care. The main goal of this thesis was to find out whether the children brought up in orphanages have different vision of the future in comparison with children raised in foster care. The results of our open- ended interview survey are presented in the final part of this paper.