Influence of law of social services on supply and demand of social services in České Budějovice

Abstract Social services are not important because many people need them, but because without their influence a significant part of citizens could not participate in all aspects of social life. The exercise of their human and civic rights would be rendered impossible and their social separation would occur. Social services are provided to citizens who need them due to their health condition, age or difficult social situation and who are not able to overcome their burdensome situation or unfavourable background. The planned reform of social services whose outcome is Act no. 108/2006, Coll., on social services, aimed at three main activities {--} social services planning, a change in financing of social services and quality standards of social services. Within the set objective it was necessary to assess and compare the individual community plans of social services in České Budějovice for years 2005-2007 and further, for the period of 2008-2013, and on the basis of these findings to eliminate possible flaws in the course of development and the offer of social services in the given city. As an author of the thesis I suppose that the objective of this work has been achieved. The elaborated thesis verified the need of preparing a plan of city social services for the reason of its use for implementation of the middle-term regional plan