Macroeconomic Impacts of the Expansion of Social Services for Ageing Population of the Czech Republic

Abstract The theme of the paper is very topical in global and European context. It brings theoretical information on the concept of asocial model of early care in the Czech Republic and practical case studies and final reports related to the early care provision which demonstrate tangible activities within the system of the complex support and assistance to children with disability and their families. The author applies the theoretical-practical approach as she is of the opinion that „the practice without theory is as a blind person on the road and the theory without practice is as a cart without an axle”. The aim of the paper is to extend theoretical information on the topic in the Czech Republic by individual examples of final reports related to the provision of social prevention of the early care in the Czech Republic. The overall aim of the paper is to justify topicality and eligibility of early care in its broad reference framework, including its practical impact. The theoretical basis of the paper is elaborated with respect to the analysis and comparison of Czech and foreign literature, legislation, methodology document and other relevant written resources. The practical level is elaborated with respect to 3 cases and final reports of the provider of an early care of the social prevention. The early care in the Czech Republic represents a professional, modern and recognized system in European and global comparison and is legally anchored in the Act 108/2006 Coll. on social services. It aims on the minimization of child´s disability impact upon child´s development, especially the social inclusion of a child and a family and their capability to cope with limitating disability in natural environ, i.e. by the preservation of standard way of life. It represents a multi-dimensional model, overcoming limitation of sectoral division of the early care and facilitating complex assistance from a series of subject fields at the same time. Services for families with an endangered child in early age are the background for social, educational and pedagogical inclusion of a child and the re-socialisation and re-inclusion of a family. Early care is considered preventive, from the point of the prevention of the second disability (i.e. is effective), in the prevention of institutionalized and asylum care (i.e. is economical), in the prevention of segregation (i.e. is ethical).

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The Development of the Communication Skills of Individuals Living in Homes for People with Disabilities

Lifelong Learning ◽

10.11118/lifele2012020256 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 56-70

Author(s):

Petr Kopečný

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Case Studies ◽

Social Services ◽

Communication Skills ◽

Speech Therapy ◽

People With Disabilities ◽

Educational Support ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

The Subject ◽

The Given

This paper concentrates on the area of special educational support provided to individuals living in homes for people with disabilities in the Czech Republic and presents partial research results illustrating the state of the provision of speech therapy to users of social services facilities falling under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The subject of the research is an analysis of support for the development of the communication skills of pupils living in social services facilities. The partial results of the research outline the approaches employed by the managerial staff of the given facilities in implementing special educational procedures, describe forms of speech therapy provision in homes for people with disabilities, and compare the attitudes of teachers and social services staff to the development of communication with the importance attributed to it by speech therapists and demonstrated by the case studies performed.

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The Crossroads of Critical Social Work Practice in the Context of an Institutionalised System of Social Services in the Czech Republic

Caritas et Veritas ◽

10.32725/cetv.2019.010 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 85-97

Author(s):

Radka Janebová

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Social Work ◽

Social Services ◽

Work Practice ◽

Social Work Practice ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Critical Social Work ◽

Critical Social

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Construction of Reflexivity in Social Workers Working with Vulnerable Children in the Czech Republic

European Journal of Social Sciences ◽

10.26417/412sof39r ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 24

Author(s):

Kateřina Glumbíková

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Social Work ◽

Social Workers ◽

Social Services ◽

Social Worker ◽

Situational Analysis ◽

Vulnerable Children ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Social Risks ◽

The Impact

Social work in the Czech Republic is confronted with the impact of global neoliberalism, which is manifested by privatisation of social services, individualisation of social risks and economisation. Reflexivity of social workers working with vulnerable children and their families has the potential to lead to a higher quality of social work, strengthening of social workers' identity, and empowering social workers to promote changes in everyday practice. Meeting this potential requires an understanding of constructing reflexivity by social workers, which is the objective of this paper. We used a qualitative research strategy, particularly group and individual interviews with social workers and their analysis using current approaches to grounded theory. Concerning data analysis, we found out that constructing reflexivity (nature and subject of reflexion) derives from the perceived roles of social workers (social worker as an ununderstood artist, social worker a as mediator between social and individual, social workers as an agent of a (society) change, social workers as an agent of normalisation and reflexive professional). The acquired data, within the situational analysis, was inserted into a position map on the scale of holistic and technical reflection. The conclusion discusses the implication for practice and education in social work.

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Capabilities and well-being of child and adolescent social services clients in the Czech Republic

Children and Youth Services Review ◽

10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105280 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 117 ◽

pp. 105280

Author(s):

Monika Punová ◽

Pavel Navrátil ◽

Jitka Navrátilová

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Social Services ◽

Well Being ◽

Child And Adolescent ◽

The Czech Republic

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Impact Evaluation of the Provision of Social Housing on the Use of Social Services by Homeless People in the Czech Republic

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su122310184 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (23) ◽

pp. 10184

Author(s):

Katerina Glumbikova ◽

Pavel Rusnok ◽

Marek Mikulec

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Social Work ◽

Social Services ◽

Social Housing ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Homeless People ◽

Specific Area ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Research Survey ◽

The Impact

The Czech Republic has recently experienced a growing number of homeless people, which leads to the need to evaluate the impact of social housing on the living conditions of its users. At present, there is no existing law on social housing in the Czech Republic and the agenda of assistance to the homeless is thus carried out mainly by social services. For these reasons, the paper intends to evaluate the impact of social housing on the homeless in the Czech Republic in a specific area of the use of social services. Based on a quantitative research survey of 147 social housing dwellers after moving in and after 12 months, the impact of social housing on the use of social services was determined, which was put into context with the trend of using social work services in social housing. Research results show that the provision of social housing leads to an overall decrease of the social work utilization and (possible) increase in client self-sufficiency, which can result in strong economic impacts of social housing in the form of savings on social work provision.

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