Addressing the Educational Needs of Non-European Refugee Children in Czechia : Social Work Interventions

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Addressing the Educational Needs of Non-European Refugee Children in Czechia : Social Work Interventions

Original language description

This study examines the extent to which social workers in Czechia understand and address the educational needs of non-European refugee children in a national context that is characterised by strong anti-refugee sentiment and limited policy support. Drawing on the holistic integration model and social origin of civil society theory, the findings reveal that social workers understand these educational needs as both complex and multidimensional. While language acquisition is seen as essential, participants emphasise that this factor alone is insufficient in a background of under-resourced schools with unprepared teachers and weak institutional coordination. In response, social workers adopt a compensatory approach involving the implementation of individual, familial and institutional interventions so as to mitigate the systemic shortcomings. The state does not directly fund the intervention of social workers. This empirical study is the first to highlight the crucial but often overlooked role of social workers in the education of non-European refugee children as intermediaries who bridge the various systemic gaps in the education of refugees. The study provides the first empirical analysis of social work interventions directed at non-European refugee children in Czechia and by underscoring the need for the strengthening of cooperation between schools, policymakers and practitioners so as to facilitate integration.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Fórum sociální politiky

ISSN

1802-5854

e-ISSN

1803-7488

Volume of the periodical

2025

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

29

Pages from-to

8-36

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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