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Mission - OUR VIEW OF SOCIAL WORK

Social work is a theoretical and practical discipline, based on many scientific disciplines. It uses the findings of psychology, sociology, economics, law, education, medicine and other scientific disciplines. Due to its multiparadigmatic character it has not yet been explicitly defined. Despite its broad range, its objective is clearly identifiable: it aims on a professional level to fix the problems that people experience whilst in difficult life situations. These situations are seen in social work in the context of social reality, making social work significantly different from other helping professions. This view allows social work to envisage the problems of a person as difficulties transcending beyond a certain boundary, affecting not only himself but his entire social surroundings.

Difficult life situations are experienced by various groups of people. The clients of social workers are not only homeless people, drug addicts, mentally ill or mentally disabled persons, but also abused women and children, the unemployed, and refugees seeking asylum. In an effort to help the client, the social worker deals with the overall situation of a person. They must also take into consideration in their work not only social factors, but also psychological, biological or spiritual factors. This approach allows them to correctly assess and diagnose on such basis, and subsequently carry out social therapy. In other words: the difficulties of a person which have a social character, may also stem from other than (just) a social dimension, and that must be detected so that the person may be helped either by the social worker or by another specialist in the field, such as a psychologist.

Former President, current Vice-President of the Editorial Board prof. Libor Musil, said this of the magazine:
"There are several reasons from my point of view, why we began to issue the magazine. In regards to society: it is important to achieve recognition of the field, which in the eyes of society had been reduced to the carrying out of official duties and general assistance activities, requiring qualification. Concerning people in the field, I would welcome the foundation of a space for the mutual exchange of ideas, experiences and discussion. The existence of the magazine allows for the emergence of an occupational community, which can formulate and pursue common interests and goals. It allows necessary open communication between three groups of people; theorists, theoretically educated practitioners, and practitioners, who are not very interested in the theory. All three categories can be mutually enriching and support ideas which would not have otherwise arisen. Researchers and interested people in the field need to have somewhere to publish the results of their work, and they have a desire for it to be discussed and debated. The magazine should open this option for them."

THE MISSION OF THE MAGAZINE "CZECH AND SLOVAK SOCIAL WORK" IS:

• to support the ability of Czech and Slovak societies to address life problems of people through social work,

• to promote the quality of social work and the professionalism of social work practice,

• to contribute to the development of social work as a scientific discipline and to the improvement of the quality of education in social work,  

• to promote the interests of social services providers and users.

In the interest of achieving these objectives the magazine within the scope of social workers and with them co-operating and assisting workers will support other disciplines:

• positions, which consider professionalism and humanity as equal criteria to the quality of social work,

• attitudes, which emphasise linking the theoretical justification for social work practice with a practical orientation to the problems of clients and their real possibilities,

• coherence of all who are committed to addressing problems of clients through social work,

• open understanding of diversity, guidance and substantive discussion within the realm of social workers,

• interest of social workers to see themselves in the eyes of others.

YEAR 2010
4/2010 - Social work and people with special needs
3/2010 - The practical application of theory in social work
2/2010 - Social work with the dying
1/2010 - Social work and the fight against poverty

YEAR 2009
4/2009 - Social work and development aid
3/2009 - Different concepts of social work
2/2009 - Social work with people in debt
1/2009 - Community Planning

YEAR 2008
4/2008 - Spiritual Dimension of Social Work
3/2008 - Corporate social work
2/2008 - Social contract and our responsibility
1/2008 - Social work with people with mental illnesses

YEAR 2007
4/2007 - Practice and Supervision in social work
3/2007 - Social work with people with addictions
2/2007 - Social work with immigrants
1/2007 - Role of a social worker

YEAR 2006
4/2006 - Homelessness
3/2006 - Organisational Culture
2/2006 - Domestic Violence
1/2006 - Socio-legal protection of children

YEAR 2005
4/2005 - Probation and Mediation
3/2005 - Equal Opportunities
2/2005 - Social work with families and children
1/2005 - Active employment policy

YEAR 2004
4/2004 - Values and Ethics in social work
3/2004 - Community Work
2/2004 - The role of families in caring for the elderly
1/2004 - Quality Standards in Social Services

YEAR 2003
4/2003 - Options in social work with Roma communities
3/2003 - Theories and Methods of Social Work
2/2003 - Children and alternative educational care
1/2003 - Education

YEAR 2002
2/2002 - Roma in Czech society

Structure

The journal Czech and Slovak Social Work plays a major role today as an educational periodical on social workers in the Czech and Slovak Republic.In terms of quality, it is at the level of a recognised scientific journal; at the same time, we hope it also remains readable for practicing socialworkers.

The journal Czech and Slovak Social Work is published by the Association of Educators in Social Work - a voluntary association of universities and secondary and higher vocational schools, whose aim is to increase the professional quality of social work education in the Czech Republic. For more information go to: www.asvsp.org.

The journal Czech and Slovak Social Work was first issued in 2001. Since 2003, it has appeared in its current format as a magazine running to approximately 150 pages, and has been divided in sections thematically since its inception. Most articles are connected by one particular topic, a current problem or an area of social work. From a professional perspective, each issue is supervised by an independent guarantor, a recognized authority in the given area. The greatest emphasis is placed on linking the theoretical justification for social work practice with a practical orientation to the problems of clients and social workers, which in Europe is unique.

The academic section of the magazine includes work by specialists and students. Their texts are subjected to double-blind reviews and on the outcome are afterwards printed.

The current affairs section is more varied - with, regular columns published mainly from authors actively working in social work.Our priority is the diversity and applicability of the contributions from both parts.

WHAT SPECIFICALLY DOES SOCIAL WORK OFFER

• The latest information on major industry events and new methods, analysis, research and evaluation of existing approaches
  
•   Interesting interviews, reports and reviews of new books
  
• A comprehensive overview about the current state of selected fields or problems of helping professions
  
• Valuable study material for students of social work and related disciplines
  
• Much needed inspiration for everyday practice

CONTENTS OF THE QUATERLY SOCIAL WORK

Current topics

In this section we feature generally in the form of interviews and reports of activities of individuals, organizations and institutions that implement interesting activities in social work. The vast majority of articles in this section relate to the themes of the given issue.

Inspiration for the Practice

In the section ‘Inspiration for the Practice’ we accept contributions about projects or people who are carrying out interesting activities in the field of social work.

Survey

In this section we are looking for answers to important questions which are closely related to the themes of the given issue.

Facts, Decrees 

In this section we present law, institution, regulation, document, decree or other publicly accessible texts that are linked to the topic of the given issue.

Views on the isme

This section presents recognised experts addressing their often conflicting views on the debated issue.

Quality in social services

In this section recognised experts explain in detail the quality standards of social services. Your reactions, suggestions and contributions are welcome and should be sent to the editor’s address.

Academic Topics

In this section we present academic topics, which have successfully passed two critical reviews.

Student work

In this section we present particularly successful works of university students which have successfully passed a basic critical review.

Reviews

In this section we publish book reviews on social work and related disciplines.

Events, news and announcements

In this section we accept short contributions in the range of up to 80 lines, which present the reader with the outcomes of conferences, congresses, seminars and interesting courses.

Contacts

In this section we provide contacts for institutions and organisations, which deal with the given subject in the issue.

Editorial Board

The Editorial board is the highest authority of the journal

Prof. PhDr. ANNA TOKÁROVÁ, CSc.

Chairman of the Editorial Board

The Head of the Department of Adult Education at Social Work at the Philosophical Faculty at the University of Presov

Prof. PhDr. LIBOR MUSIL, CSc.

Deputy of the Editorial Board

The head of the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University in Brno

Mgr. ROMAN BALÁŽ

Editors of the magazíne

Mgr. MARTIN BEDNÁŘ, Ph.D.

Director of Caritas – Olomouc College of Social Studies

Doc. PaedDr. OLDŘICH CHYTIL, Ph.D.

Dean of the Faculty of Social Studies in Ostrava

doc. PhDr. EVA MYDLÍKOVÁ, Ph.D.

Executive Director of the Association of supervisors and social counsellors and teachers at the Department of Social Work at the Pedagogical Faculty at Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Health and Social Work.

doc. PhDr. PAVEL NAVRÁTIL, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University in Brno.

PhDr. MIRKA NEČASOVÁ, Ph.D.

Executive Secretary of the Association of educators in social work (ASVSP) - Magazine publisher

Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University

PhDr. LIBOR NOVOSAD, Ph.D.

represents the interests of the society of social workers

Assistant Professor and the Head of academic counselling at the Technical University of Liberec

Prof. PaedDr. MILAN SCHAVEL, Ph.D.

President of the Association of Educators in Social Work. Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Social Work at the Faculty of Health and Social Work at Trnavaj University and also at the Department of Social Work and Social Sciences at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Healthcare at the University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra.

Prof. PhDr. ANNA ŽILOVÁ, Ph.D.

Professor at the Department of Social Work at the Pedagogical Faculty, Catholic University in Ruzomberok and the Director of the Institute of Social Sciences

Editors

CONTACT AND BILLING INFORMATION

Association of Educators in Social Work

The Journal Czech and Sloval Social Work

Joštova 10

602 00 Brno

IČO ASVSP: 49465619

Bank connection: Raiffeisenabnk a. s. 777630001/5500,  transparent account

Mgr. Roman Baláž

The director and editor of the magazine, the editor of current affairs

is responsible for the personnel and the content of the magazine

tel.: +420 549 491 969 
e-mail: roman.balaz@socialniprace.cz 

Mgr. Zdenka Dohnalová, PhD.

The academic editor of the magazine; 

is responsible for the academic section of the journal

tel.: +420 549 493 586

e-mail: zdenka.dohnalova@socialniprace.cz

Olga Cídlová

The office manager and the manager of the subscribers diabase

receives and handles orders from subscribers

tel.: + 420 549 495 224  

e-mail: olga.cidlova@socialniprace.cz