Department of Social Policy and Social Work
The Department of Social Policy and Social Work was established in 1994, however between 1991-1994, the teaching in the areas of social policy and social work was organised under the Department of Sociology. The department members have been developing and applying their longterm research of social work and social policy issues. The have contributed to the study of social exclusion, marginalization, societal functions and integration. Together with their colleagues from the Czech Republic as well as abroad, they work on several research projects including 6th and 7th FP projects on "Growing Inequality and Social Innovation", "Reconciling work and Welfare in Europe” or "Meeting the challenges of economic uncertainty and sustainability through employment, industrial relations, social and environmental policies in European countries".
Contacts
Masaryk university
Fakulty of Social Studies
Department of Social Policy and Social Work
Joštova 10, 602 00 Brno
Czech Republic
Fax.: +420 549 49 1920
E-mail: kotolova@fss.muni.cz
Offices: 5th floor, 5.62+
Head of the unit
Winkler, Jiří, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
tel.: 549 49 8029 | e-mail: winkler@fss.muni.cz | kancelář: 5.64
Secretary
Zálešáková, Hana, Bc. DiS.
tel.: 549 49 4724 | e-mail: kotolova@fss.muni.cz | kancelář: 5.62
Additional Information
The Department offers education in the Social Policy and Social Work at Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. level. At Bachelor level, the students can study social work, at Master level, they can focus on social work or public policy. Students are acquainted with the concepts of modern development of public social policy, social work with clients and their theoretical bases. They are introduced into the methods of social work with individuals as well as with social groups. Necessary knowledge includes also the introduction into the creation and implementation of social policy and social service programmes, and into the methods of their effectivity. The study of legal conditions helps to frame the theory, and the study of methods gives further skills necessary for practical reflection on social prolems, life situtations of clients, and mainly on the ways how to handle them. The Public Policy and Human Resources study field prepares its students for intedendent work in the sphere: they learn how to reflect on and evaluate issues in social policies and human resources, or labour market spheres, how to work on system interventions and public policy measures, and co-ordinate their implementation.
The graduates of social policy and social work learn basic skills that can be developped in the sphere of professional career. After some time of practice, they can apply for jobs of conception or leading workers in the organizations providing social services, in state as well as non-state sectors. They can pursue their careers as the proponents of social policy conceptions at regional as well as central level.
Ph.D. program of Social Policy and Social Work welcome quality applicants with research projects oriented on theory or methodology in the field.
The department publishes the academic journal Sociální politika/Social Policy.