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Survival story
- Author:
- SLUCKIN Alice
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 2.5.91, 1991, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Recalls Czechoslovakia's social work tradition and its ability to adapt to different political systems.
Transatlantic transfers in social work: contributions of three pioneers
- Author:
- HEGAR Rebecca L.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 38(4), June 2008, pp.716-733.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Internationalism has been a prominent theme in the transatlantic history of social reform, and many pioneering social workers championed the causes of peace, war relief, human rights and international avenues for dispute resolution. For some, internationalism was inseparable from social welfare. Jane Addams in the United States, Alice Masaryk of Czechoslovakia and Alice Salomon of Germany were central figures during the early 20th century in transatlantic campaigns for social reform and international co-operation, as well as in the emergence of social work. This article draws from letters, autobiographies, and published works of these three pioneers to reconstruct their social networks and to examine their contributions to the transatlantic transfer of knowledge. International diffusion of thought and practice has high salience for a profession embracing change in the 21st century.
The shadow fathers in social work with families: barriers to whole-family working
- Authors:
- GRUNDELOVA Barbora, STANKOVA Zuzana
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 49(7), 2019, pp.1913-1931.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The paper discusses some findings of a recent qualitative study. The study deals with the topic of gendered construction of clients by social workers employed in ‘social activation services for families with children’. The research set out to explore the gendered construction of clients and an impact of this construction on the professional conduct of social workers. This paper focuses in particular on one aspect of this investigation, namely the social construction of fathers in social work with families and barriers to whole-family working. The goal of the present paper is to discuss how the gendered construction of fathers affects the whole-family working. Structural and individual barriers to the involvement of fathers in social work with family have been identified. (Edited publisher abstract)
‘But don’t tell anybody’: the dilemma of confidentiality for the lone social worker in the context of child protective services
- Author:
- JANEBOVA Radka
- Journal article citation:
- International Social Work, 62(1), 2019, pp.363-375.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Social workers repeatedly find themselves confronted with a dilemma regarding the seemingly conflicting responsibilities of support and control. In the field of child protection, such a dilemma can literally be fatal in situations where the social worker feels solidarity with parents but also sees the child as in some way endangered. This article presents and discusses the methodological tool of self-reflective research in an attempt to understand the origins and contexts of certain conflicting responsibilities between support and control. This research tool is then applied to the author’s own practice in the field of social and legal protection of children. (Edited publisher abstract)
Teaching social work supervision to part-time students of distance studies: challenges and opportunities
- Author:
- NECASOVA Mirka
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Education (The International Journal), 37(6), 2018, pp.731-745.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Supervision provides a forum for social workers to reflect on their practice with respect to increasing the quality of their work. To fulfil the objective of supervision, some conditions are needy: first of all, a confidential relationship between supervisor and supervisee and, second, a safe and supportive environment. It is a question whether it is possible to cover such demanding conditions when teaching supervision to part-time students of distance studies. The aim of this article is thus to discuss the challenges and opportunities of teaching social work supervision in the form of blended learning where diverse elements of distance learning are used (e.g. rare face-to-face contact with teachers and other students, online written assignments and online feedback replacing the face-to-face contact of the full-time students). The author shares her experience from the teaching of a one-term course of supervision at the master’s level of the Social Work part-time distance studies programme. The analysis of the students’ written reflections of the Balint supervision group session shows that, even within the above-mentioned form of education, it is possible to fulfil a specific level of the main supervision objectives. Some suggestions for optimizing this supervision method within the distance studies are presented in the conclusion. (Publisher abstract)
Positions of social workers’ views about residential care for people with dementia
- Authors:
- HAVRDOVA Zuzana, JIRI Safr, STEGMANNOVA Ingrid
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work and Society: International Online Journal, 10(2), 2012, Online only
- Publisher:
- University of Bielefeld
Reform of the social services in the Czech Republic faces numerous obstacles in individual care, mainly in residential services. Many different professions participate in these services provided to care recipients. To show how social work may contribute to reforms in this area, the authors present the views of social workers about the care provided within a team of different professionals. A questionnaire survey was used to study the respondents’ readiness to apply the person-centred approach in a group of 560 professionals working in a number of residential facilities for the elderly. The results show that regardless of the organisational context, social workers tend towards the client-centred approach more often than other professionals. The organisational context influences however the perspectives of other professionals. (Publisher abstract)
Practical wisdom in caring for children with a disability in the Czech Republic
- Authors:
- FRANCOVA Hana, NOVOTNY Ales
- Journal article citation:
- Ethics and Social Welfare, 4(1), April 2010, pp.24-43.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon
Drawing primarily from central and east European expert publications and resources, this article examines the problems concerning social inclusion of families caring for a child with a disability. The study focused on identification of the specifications and limits of social work carried out in the social administration system in the Czech Republic, and identification of risk in organisational procedures that complicate the social functioning of families with children with a disability and of the obstacles limiting the application of the social rights of families with children with a disability. The research included analysis of data and documents, qualitative interviewing with parents of children with a disability and direct neutral observation of social workers administrating social benefits. The authors present and discuss their findings, concluding that the greatest problem is the complex support of the citizen and the use of a procedural approach.
Czech children of the revolution
- Author:
- SLUCKIN Alice
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, July 1995, p.8.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Assesses the state of social work in Czech Republic since the country's emergence from behind the iron curtain.
In Europe: 4. a wider vision for post qualifying studies
- Authors:
- SHARDLOW Steven, SHARDLOW Polly
- Publisher:
- Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Identifies existing and potential links with European courses, looks at how UK and European PQ programmes can complement each other and explores how migrant social workers might participate in UK PQ programmes. Contains a country by country description of PQ studies in the EC and other European states, together with suggestions on how to develop links.
Good enough support? exploring the attitudes, knowledge and experiences of practitioners in social services and child welfare working with mothers with intellectual disability
- Authors:
- STRNADOVA Iva, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 30(3), 2017, p.563–572.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: This study examined the attitudes, knowledge and experiences of practitioners in social services and child welfare working with mothers with intellectual disability. Method: The authors used a national survey, which was completed by 329 participants. Descriptive statistics and frequency tables were generated, and the associations between variables and differences between various subgroups of the sample were made. The open questions were analysed using the processes involved in content analysis. Results: The findings indicated that the participants had limited knowledge of available supports and services for mothers with intellectual disability. Furthermore, many participants believed that mothers with intellectual disability should have an abortion should they become pregnant. The findings show practitioners' stereotyped attitudes towards mothers with intellectual disability. Conclusions: Workers in the area of social services and child welfare need access to training and professional development in the area of supporting mothers with intellectual disability. (Publisher abstract)