Changes in Social Services for People with Disabilities in the State of Emergency Instigated by the COVID-19 – Results of Preliminary Research

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://socialniprace.cz/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SP4-2022-web-1.pdf" target="_blank" >https://socialniprace.cz/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SP4-2022-web-1.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Changes in Social Services for People with Disabilities in the State of Emergency Instigated by the COVID-19 – Results of Preliminary Research

Original language description

OBJECTIVES: The objective of the paper is to present the results of a pilot research project dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on selected types of social services for people with disabilities (changes in provided services, sources of information, routine in the facilities and modifications of internal procedures, impact on clients, staff and finance). THEORETICAL BASE: The theoretical background is constituted by government resolutions, measures and recommendations issued by ministries, inner regulations in the social service facilities and the results of foreign studies analysing the impact of COVID-19 on social services for people with disabilities. METHOD: The chosen method was qualitative and the data was collected through semi-structured interviews. The target group comprised the management of social services for people with disabilities. RESULTS: The article presents the results of the qualitative content analysis of the interviews, which are structured according to the areas defined in the section “objectives” and they include a discussion aiming at the identification of potential risks, areas of further research and limits thereof. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: The text provides social workers with an insight into how the selected social services for people with disabilities coped with the pandemic, into their greatest challenges and effects of the pandemic on services, clients and staff.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

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

Project

<a href="/en/project/TL05000413" target="_blank" >TL05000413: The changes of selected social services provided to people with disabilities during the viral disease crisis</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Sociální práce

ISSN

1213-6204

e-ISSN

1805-885X

Volume of the periodical

22

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

4-20

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85141181285