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Praxe oddělení sociálně právní ochrany dětí při řešení rodičovských sporů
Practice of the Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children in resolving parental disputes

Author(s): Kateřina Hejnová
Subject(s): Family and social welfare
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: Child Protection; Best Interest of a Child; Child Custody; Parental Conflicts; Parental Disputes; Guardianship; Reflexive Practice; Defensive Practice; Intuitive Practice

Summary/Abstract: The article summarizes results of the author’s doctoral thesis, which was defended in 2021. The thesis aimed to identify the variability of approaches used by Czech social workers operating in the field of child protection to resolve parental disputes. The research combined both qualitative and quantitative methodology and identified a typology of defensive practice, reflexive practice, and intuitive practice. Individual types differed in the attitudes the child protection social workers expressed towards recognized attributes of best practice, i.e. participation, multidisciplinary cooperation, transparency of processes and neutrality, professionalism and reflexivity.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 9-19
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Czech
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