Drug Prevention in Low-thershold Facilities for Children and Young People in Terms of Social Work

The submitted bachelor's thesis deals with drug prevention in low-threshold facilities for children and young people. The main goal was to find out how drug prevention is implemented and three research questions were developed to identify it. The Bachelor thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part deals with drug prevention and policy, the historical context of drug policy, low-threshold facilities and prevention in them. Qualitative research, polling methods and data analysis were chosen for the practical part. The semi-structured interview was chosen as a technique. The research set consists of 5 informers who are social workers in low-threshold facilities. Informants were approached through email communications. The results of the research were evaluated using the open-coding method. This method produced a total of 10 categories with codes and each category contains at least two or more codes. Research has found that specifically drug prevention takes many forms, but on a whole picture the devices agree. Prevention programs fall under the educational, educational and activation activities of low-threshold facilities. This activity is anchored in the Social Services Act 108/2006 Coll. Low-threshold devices are anchored in this Act under Section 62. Furthermore, it was found that drugs, addictive substances and addiction in general are the most common and popular topics among clients encountered by workers when carrying out prevention activities. This Bachelor thesis offers a glimpse into drug prevention in low-threshold facilities. The results can be used by these facilities or social workers, who carry out anti-drug prevention activities, to improve them or make them more transparent