The profile of an enducationist in children's homes

This dissertation presents the general profile of an educationist in a children's home. It views the profession from two points: both individual aspect of its performance and from up-to-date state of children's homes and possibilities of institutional upbringing. The dissertation links theoretically defined legal, pedagogical and social context of institutional upbringing with actual working of children's homes and work of educationals in them. One partial goal of this dissertation was to answer following questions: What are the conditions of working in this profession? What singificant factors is it influenced by? What troubles may be hidden in educationst's job? What possibilities does it, on the other hand, offer? Different subjects were studied in five different children's homes, in Prague, Central Bohemia and in the district of Zlín. I focused on non-private children's homes. The method used in theoretical part is secondary analysis of available literature and references. Practical part of qualitative research is based on semi-structured interviews I conducted with 14 educationists. The profession of educationist has undergone progress as well as the system of institutional upbringing as a whole. As for professional training and level of education, quite transparent conditions for the educationists to..