VS24VP016 Komunitní plánování jako makro metoda sociální práce

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2024
Extent and Intensity
13/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Pavel Bareš, Ph.D.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Ing. Lucie Kamrádová, Ph.D.
Prerequisites
In order to pass the exam, the students must produce an essay that addresses selected aspects of community planning of social services and that will meet the prerequisites for credit in this course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course introduces community planning of social services as a macro method of social work supporting efforts to ensure the quality and availability of social services in the defined territory. The course first focuses on the objectives, background and context of community social service planning. Attention is also paid to the key characteristics of the social services system in the Czech Republic. Subsequently, the background of community planning of social services, the procedures used in it, its individual components and the phases of its implementation are presented.
Learning outcomes
Professional Knowledge:
Students acquire and demonstrate knowledge of basic issues of the legislative basis for social services in the Czech Republic and methods directed at achieving quality and availability in the area of provision of social services.
Professional Skills
Students are well versed in legislation governing the provision of social services in the Czech Republic, can implement the method of community planning as a tool to ensure local and type availability of social services.They can also navigate the issue of defining and implementing social services quality standards as one of the methods of ensuring the quality of social services, social services inspection, legislative anchoring of social services quality standards and creation of medium-term plans for the development of social services in the Czech Republic.
General Qualification
Students are able to virtually participate in the creation of medium-term plans of social services at local and regional levels and in the development and implementation of quality standards for individual social services providers.At the same time, the methods of the course will encourage the development of critical thinking, creativity and the students' ability to make decisions independently and responsibly.
Syllabus
  • 1. Social services and other public services and the key dilemma surrounding their provision.
  • 2. The role of public administration institutions in the provision of public services, the prerequisites for the performance of entrusted agendas and the measures applied in their performance.
  • 3. Participatory approaches in public administration and community planning. Community and community work. Basic characteristics and definitions of community planning of social services. Selected models and approaches to community planning.
  • 4. Community planning and typology of social services. Determining the network of social services. Community planning and determining the network of social services.
  • 5. Community planning from the perspective of Czech law. Stakeholders of social services community planning. Basic principles of community planning of social services.
  • 6. Accessibility of social services. The needs of users of social services. Assessing the needs of users of social services. Participation in the community planning process.
  • 7. Phases and processes of community planning - preparatory phase. 8. Phases and processes of community planning - analytical and descriptive phase.
  • 9. Phases and processes of community planning - planning phase, implementation phase.
  • 10. Evaluation of community planning of social services. Public participation in community planning.
  • 11. Users of social services as key actors in the community planning process. Involving users in the community planning process. Example of participation of users in decision-making processes in the field of financing of social services at the municipal level.
  • 12. New approaches to assessing the needs of users of social services. Focus groups. New assessment of needs.
Literature
    required literature
  • BRUEGGEMANN, G. William. The Praktice of Macro Social Work. Edition 4. Cengage Learning, 2013. ISBN-13 9780495602286.
  • ČÁMSKÝ, P., SEMBDNER, J., KRUTILOVÁ, D. Sociální služby v ČR v teorii a praxi. Praha: Portál, 2011. ISBN 978-80-262-0027-7. info
  • MATOUŠEK, O. a kol. Encyklopedie sociální práce. Praha: Portál, 2013. ISBN 978-80-262-0366-7. info
  • PILÁT, M. Komunitní plánování sociálních služeb v současné teorii a praxi. Praha: Portál, 2015. ISBN 978-80-262-0932-4. info
  • PILÁT, Miroslav. Komunitní plánování jako makro metoda sociální práce. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě, 2021. Elektronická studijní opora.
    recommended literature
  • JANÁK, Dušan and Miroslav PILÁT. Vývoj právních norem k sociální péči a sociálním službám v Československu a v České republice od roku 1956. In Dušan JANÁK ml. a kol. Mikropodnikání v sociálních službách. Ostrava-Opava, 2012, p. 13-64, 183 pp. ISBN 978-80-7248-766-0. info
  • KUBALČÍKOVÁ, Kateřina a KRCHŇAVÁ, Anna. Komunitní plánování jako prostor pro účast uživatelů na rozhodování: realita nebo iluze? O respektování principů jedné z metod sociální práce v praxi. Sociální práce/Sociálna práca. 2010, ročník 10, č. 3, s. 110 -
  • Sociální práce/sociálná práca, 2004, ročník 9, č. 3. ISNN: 1213-6204.
  • PILÁT, Miroslav. Metoda komunitního plánování jako nástroj k zajištění dostupnosti sociálních služeb prostřednictvím komunitní sociální práce. Speciální pedagogika. 2014, ročník 24, č. 2, s. 104-124. ISSN 121-2720.
  • ŠŤASTNÁ, Jaroslava. Když se řekne komunitní práce. Praha: Karolinum, 2016. ISBN 978-80-246-3356-5. info
    not specified
  • Zákon č. 108/2006 Sb., o sociálních službách, ve znění pozdějších předpisů.
  • Vyhláška č. 505/2006 Sb., kterou se provádějí některá ustanovení zákona o sociálních službách, ve znění pozdějších předpisů.
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
To pass the course exam, students will prepare a paper of at least 7 standard pages on a topic chosen from the course syllabus. Literature on which students will draw will be in the scope of a minimum of 3 items of basic and 1 item of recommended literature. The basic criterion for assessing the quality of the paper will be its ability to demonstrate the ability to work with scientific texts, with an emphasis on appropriate linking of individual authors’ propositions into a coherent logical framework and the ability to translate theoretical knowledge into practice. Consultations (personal, electronic) can be used by students to resolve ambiguities in their work on assignments. The paper is a condition for signing up for the exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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