BuddyUp Project as a Participatory Tool to Tackle Inequality in Children at Risk of Social Exclusion
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197807538.003.0012" target="_blank" >10.1093/oso/9780197807538.003.0012</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
BuddyUp Project as a Participatory Tool to Tackle Inequality in Children at Risk of Social Exclusion
Original language description
One of the most vulnerable groups in terms of inequality in society are children and young people at risk of social exclusion. The aim of this chapter is to present a project supporting their integration by setting up a comprehensive student buddy program based on a critical evaluation of the existing system of practical (fieldwork) education of students of social work. This evaluation has the nature of participatory research, with academics setting up a system of practical education for students and with the students themselves. This research took place at one specific faculty located in a region with one of the highest rates of social exclusion in the Czech Republic. During the evaluation, it appeared that the design of the buddy program, based on the mentoring relationship of a specific student with a specific child, fulfilled the needs of all three involved groups of stakeholders in a synergistic effect: (a) academics, through the creation of a systematic structure of practical education; (b) students, by supporting the improvement of the professional identity and readiness of students to handle professionally demanding situations; and (c) children at risk of social exclusion, in the form of support for the use of antioppressive approaches in social work. A direct implication is the creation of the principles for setting up the BuddyUp program and the discussion of this setting in the context of a meta-analysis of similar, already-existing solutions in an international context.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/TQ03000519" target="_blank" >TQ03000519: BuddyUP! Supporting the inclusion of vulnerable children living in segregated environments</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Social Work in an Unequal World
ISBN
9780197807569
Number of pages of the result
20
Pages from-to
245-264
Number of pages of the book
640
Publisher name
Oxford University Press
Place of publication
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