POHLEDY NA PRAXI ZAHRANIČNÍCH SYSTÉMŮ PÉČE O OHROŽENÉ DĚTI

Abstract

In most European countries and the U.S.A. the process of transformation of
the child protection system has started. It can be characterized by deinstitutionalisation,
restructuring of residential care, the strengthening of preventive
measures and alternative care. The most typical is the effective programmes to
strenghtes and expand foster care. In most countries strong child protection systems
exist. On the one hand there is family support model and on the other hand there is
the child protection model. Both of them are based on children rights but they use
different strategies. Welfare services and family support must be at the core of
prevention strategies for vulnerable children and children in care. This article deals
with some of the fundamental issues concerning social intervention and care of
vulnerable children in foreign countries. The purpose is to describe the actual
problems of systems, changing of minds and using contemporary practises of
residential care and family type care as foster care is.