Awareness of social workers the authority of social - legal protection of children's activities and the importance of children's diagnostic institute

This bachelor thesis is divided into two main parts. In the theoretical part I give the definition of basic terms which are the content of this work. I deal with the definition of a child and problem behaviour of the child, family and its types and its main function. I specify the main and the most important lawful adjustments of Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children. I give the definition of an institutional education, activity and progress in children´s diagnostic institute and the main reasons for placement of children. The main aim of the practical part is to determine the range of awareness of social workers about the activities of Children´s Diagnostic Institute, who place children to the diagnostic institutes. The sub-aim is to find out if the social workers encounter the activities of Children´s Diagnostic Institute and describe their knowledge about the Children´s Diagnostic Institute and about the reasons, which serve as the impulse for the court at the children with behaviour problems and disorders. I used the strategy of qualitative research, the questioning method and the technique of half-structured conversation in my research. The research file was formed by ten social workers who work in the Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children, which are located in the villages of the South Bohemia Region. The random selection method to select the file was chosen. The summary of statements of the social workers shows that they know about the activities and the content of the diagnostic institute. The social workers from the Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children had studied the information on the issues using the Internet, specialised literature but after some time they gained the personal experience with this facility. This work could be used to improve the awareness of OSPOD social workers and other people dealing with children's behaviour disorders