Department of Social and Charity Work

Mission and Profile of the Department

The main task of the Department of Social and Charity Work is to secure scientific and pedagogical background for study programmes Social and Charity Work (Bachelor) and Ethics in Social Work (Master). In addition, the department secures scientific and pedagogical background toother fields of study- particularly in the areas of pastoral theology for theological disciplines, ethics for all programmes at the faculty and the basics of psychology and social work for theological and pedagogical branches.

The Projects 

Project No. TL02000390 in the Applied Research Programme TAČR Éta

Training of Prison Chaplains with Regard to the Specifics of the Prison Environment


The aim of the project is to innovate the training of future chaplains working in the Czech prison environment. The main investigator is doc. Jan Váně from the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. The co-researcher is doc. Michal Opatrný from the Faculty of Theology, USB which also acts as an application guarantor in the project, which means it will use the results of the research in practice. Another member of the team is Ing. Bc. Pavel Kočnar, Chief Chaplain of the Prison Service of the Czech Republic, the chaplain of the Vinařice Prison, and the parish priest of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren. The outcome of the project will be a lifelong learning course designed for future prison chaplains and masters students of theology which will help them to prepare for their professional activity in the prison environment. The concept of the course will be based on results gained from research amongst prison chaplains, prison staff, and prisoners.

 

Project No. 2018-1-CZ01-KA203-048104 in Erasmus+ Key Action 2: Strategic Partnerships

Spirituality and Social Ethics in Social Work

The main investigator is doc. Michal Opatrný from the Department of Ethics, Psychology and Social Work and the other member of the research team is Dr. Emanuele Lacca from the Department of Philosophy and Religion. The project is implemented by a consortium of Universities and research institutions in Spain (Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia), Germany (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i.Br.), Hungary (Gál Ferenc Főiskola Szeged), and Ireland (Clare Youth Service, Ennis). The aim of the project is to innovate the educational content of follow-up masters and doctoral study programmes in social work. The modules and programmes will focus on the issues of spirituality and social ethics. Partial objectives include creating support materials for these educational modules, especially a multilingual manual for students, professionals, and academics on spirituality and social ethics in social work. The project thus responds to the growing cultural and religious diversity in the EU. Social work faces a challenge to support refugees and other incoming aliens from other countries for whom their spirituality and religiosity are an essential part of their lives. The issue of spirituality and religiosity is closely linked to ethical issues in social work because social workers work with the value systems of the client, society, social work, and their own value system, and must make complex decisions that require high ethical competence. The nature and theme of the project calls for an interdisciplinary approach that is common in social work, as well as an approach that will take into account the specificities of different cultural areas in Europe. The implementation of the project at a wide international level will ensure the usability of its results across the EU, both in traditionally religious countries such as Spain or Ireland, and in highly secularised countries such as the Czech Republic; this covers both the ‘old’ EU countries, such as Germany, and in post-communist EU countries, such as the Czech Republic and Hungary.

web: spiritualsocialwork.net


The Research Activities of the Department 

In the field of ethics, the members of the Department mainly specialize in theological and social ethics, especially the specific ethical issues in the context of current social changes and challenges.

In terms of practical theology, the scholars are particularly concerned with the diaconal pastoral care, methods of pastoral care and history of practical theology.
In the area of social and charity work, the members of the Department primarily persue the relationship and interactions of social work and practical theology, the definition of charity work, social work with minorities and the identity and quality of social work.

In 2013-2015 the Department relizes two projects of Grant Agency of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice:

* 157/2013/H Ethics in the Context of Social Changes and Challenges; investigator: doc. Jindřich Šrajer
* 117/2013/H Concept of Quality of Social Work in Relation to Selfdefining of a Social Worker and His/Her Profession; investigator: Markéta Elichová, Ph.D.


Study programmes secured by the Department 

The Department mainly builds up social work education on the principles of human dignity and human rights, not on current social policydirectives. In its teaching, therefore, it focuses on professionalism and humanity as equally important criteria of the quality of social work.

Through the Bachelor programme Social and Charity Work the Faculty of Theology is a member of the Association of Educators in Social Work.

 

                                                               Research AreaFotografie
Assoc. Prof. Dr.  Michal Opatrný
(Head of the Department)

I have a sabbatical from 1st February until 31 July 2019 and I am working at Albert-Ludwig-University in Freiburg, Germany in the framework of the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers.

e-mail:
room: 4.50
Theory and Methods of Charity Work
Interaction between Social Work and Practical Theology
Chaplaincy

Pastoral constitution Gaudium et Spes

Opatrný Michal
Secretary

Martina Strusková
phone: +420 389 033 537
room: 206 c
Dr. Karolina Diallo

phone: +420 387 773 508
e-mail:
room: 207
General Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Social Psychology
Forensic Psychology
Line up identification
Individual identification
Dr. Markéta Elich

phone: +420 387 773 526
e-mail:
room: 4.16
Theories and Methods of Social Work
Arttherapy Quality of Social Work and Social Services
Selfdefinition of Social Worker
Social Work with Minorities 
Dr. Ján Mišovič
phone: +420 38 777 3541
e-mail:
room: 4.18
Sociological aspects of Social Work research
Empirical aspects of the relations between population and religion

Sociology and public opinion research

Assoc. Prof. DrJindřich Šrajer

phone: + 420 389 033 519
mobile phone: + 420 731 600 087
e-mail: 
room 4.45 
Theological Ehtics
Ethics of Marriage
Social Work Ethics

Social Teaching of the Church

Dr. Karel Šimr

phone: +420 387 773 533
e-mail 
room: 4.50

Diaconal Theory
Diaconal Theology
Diaconal Spirituality

Nicole Emrová, M. A.

room: 4.16

Dr. Emanuele Lacca

phone: +420 387 773 533

room: 4.50

 

Ethics and Social Ethics
Charity in Social Ethics
Human Dignity
Medieval and Modern Philosophy (Second Scholasticism, Spanish and Italian)

 Martina Pavelková, M. A. 

phone: + 420 389 033 533
mobile phone: + 420 777 322 299
e-mail: 
room: 4.46 
Special Theological Ethics
Medical Ethics
Virtue Ethics 
Assoc. Prof. Dr. David Urban

phone: +420 387 773 541

room: 4.18

 

Petra Tlčimuková, M. A.

phone: +420 387 773 541
room: 4.18
Dr. Veronika Zvánovcová

phone: +420 387 773 541
e-mail:
room: 4.18

External Lecturers                                                                                                                        
Tomáš Adámek, M. A.
phone: 723 697 694
e-mail: 
room: 4.18
Dr. Jaroslav Hála
phone: +420 389 037 566
e-mail: 
room: 115
Personal webpage: http://www.sweb.cz/penologie.hala
Dr.  Alois Křišťan
phone: +420 389 033 503
mobile phone: +420 602 132 393
e-mail:  
room: 203

Dr. Jana Maryšková
phone: +420 38 777 3541
e-mail:
room: 4.16

Prof. Dr. Milan Nakonečný

phone: +420 387 773 510
e-mail: 
room: 207
Dr. Jaroslav Šetek
phone: +420 38 777 3541
e-mail:
room: 4.18
Postgraduate students

Lucie Bláhová (Smolíková), M. A.

Michal Kaczor, M. A.

Helena Lustová, M. A.

Marie Němcová, M. A.

Monika Vachová (Flídrová), M. A.

phone: +420 389 033 541

room: 4.18

Anna Sýkorová, M. A.

External postgraduate students:

Ondřej Čech, M. A.

Veronika Halamová, M. A.

Dr. Markéta Kateřina Holečková

David Mutemwa
Tomáš Novák, M. A.

novakt14@tf.jcu.cz

Petra Otýpková, M. A.

Silvie Ročovská, M. A.

Important persons from the history of our Department:
Jan Polivka & Zdeněk Demel 
Helmut Renöckl