Vzdělávání poskytovatelů sociálních služeb v oblasti problematiky seniorů

doi:10.32725/kont.2008.047

Kontakt 2008, 10(2):310-316 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2008.047

Education of providers of social services in the field of problems of seniorsHealth and Social Sciences

Radka Prokešová: Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Ekonomická fakulta, katedra strukturální politiky EU a rozvoje venkova; Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra právních oborů, řízení a ekonomie

In the period from September 2006 to June 2008, the Faculty of Health and Social Studies of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice implemented the project "Education of providers of social services in the field of problems of seniors".
The target of the project was preparation of accredited lifelong education aimed at needs of providers of social services directly taking care of seniors and implementation of the education for these staff members.
Before the project was initiated, the interest of the target group in the education proposed was identified by telephone interviews. Based on results of the telephone interviews, eight education themes were chosen, which were furthermore processed in details by expert guarantors and lectors. The implementation of courses was provided in a uniform way for all the educational themes based on agreed plan of training. After the education was completed, the contribution of the education to the target group was verified by the form of a questionnaire.
The target group of the project comprised providers of social services - staff members directly taking care of clients in old people's homes. The research sample comprised 70 members of the target group, who went through all the eight educational themes established and completed the questionnaire aimed at the feedback resulting from the evaluation of particular themes.
The prepared educational themes were beneficial for the participants of the education process. The participants were satisfied with the level of the educational materials and technical provisions during the course. The educational courses established can be furthermore employed in the education of social service providers in a complex manner in the whole Czech Republic, in the form of the theoretical part of the accredited educational programme "Qualification course for staff members directly taking care of seniors", which will be offered after completing the project within the framework of the lifelong education at the Faculty of Health and Social Studies of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice.