How to develop and manage a participative organization in social services with children and youth?

NAVRÁTIL, Pavel. How to develop and manage a participative organization in social services with children and youth? In Pech, Martin. The International Scientific Conference INPROFORUM 2015. 1st. České Budějovice: University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Economics, 2015, p. 87-92. ISBN 978-80-7394-536-7.

Basic information

• Original name: How to develop and manage a participative organization in social services with children and youth?
• Name in Czech: Jak rozvíjet a řídit participativní organizaci v sociálních službách s dětmi a mladými lidmi?
• Authors: NAVRÁTIL, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: 1st. České Budějovice, The International Scientific Conference INPROFORUM 2015, p. 87-92, 6 pp. 2015.
• Publisher: University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Economics

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: 50600 5.6 Political science
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/15:00087095
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• ISBN: 978-80-7394-536-7
• ISSN: 2336-6788
• UT WoS: 000383863800013
• Keywords (in Czech): children; participation; youth; involvement; social services; development of organization
• Keywords in English: children; participation; youth; involvement; social services; development of organization

Abstract

The idea that children and adolescents can and should participate in decision-making in the context of social services management for youth and children started to be discussed relatively recently in the Czech Republic (Nosál & Čechová, 2014). Earlier views on participation focused mainly on adults, and at the same time the area of services for children and teenagers was based on the assumption that by involving adults (parents, teachers and so-cial workers) the best interests of the child would automatically be represented. McNeish and Newman (2002) note that currently there is no longer a debate about whether to include children and young people in the decision-making process, but rather ways are being sought to find different approaches to participation which apply in different con-ditions and situations. In the Czech environment, however, it still seems that the involvement of children and teenag-ers in decision-making in the context of social service management is not routine. The text is very first of the outputs of the Czech-Swiss project, whose research and the practical aim is to analyze and transfer experience from children and teenagers participation in the Swiss social services. The goal of the essay is to review the academic and professional literature on the topic of participation of children and adolescents, especially from the domestic and Anglo-Saxon environment to establish conceptual framework and knowledge base for empirical research (which we do not present here).

Abstract (in Czech)

The idea that children and adolescents can and should participate in decision-making in the context of social services management for youth and children started to be discussed relatively recently in the Czech Republic (Nosál & Čechová, 2014). Earlier views on participation focused mainly on adults, and at the same time the area of services for children and teenagers was based on the assumption that by involving adults (parents, teachers and so-cial workers) the best interests of the child would automatically be represented. McNeish and Newman (2002) note that currently there is no longer a debate about whether to include children and young people in the decision-making process, but rather ways are being sought to find different approaches to participation which apply in different con-ditions and situations. In the Czech environment, however, it still seems that the involvement of children and teenag-ers in decision-making in the context of social service management is not routine. The text is very first of the outputs of the Czech-Swiss project, whose research and the practical aim is to analyze and transfer experience from children and teenagers participation in the Swiss social services. The goal of the essay is to review the academic and professional literature on the topic of participation of children and adolescents, especially from the domestic and Anglo-Saxon environment to establish conceptual framework and knowledge base for empirical research (which we do not present here).