Alice Gojová
Biographic Data
| ID | 4431631 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alice Gojová |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alice |
| FAMILY NAME | Gojová |
| SIGNATURE | GOJOVÁ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ostrava |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0656-6278 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The role of social work in vocational rehabilitation for people with mental health disorders in the Czech Republic, England, and Finland
This article compares the role of social work in vocational rehabilitation for people with mental health problems in the Czech Republic, England, and Finland. Mental health disorders are now a major cause of reduced work capacity, making effective rehabilitation essential. Finland provides an integrated system, England emphasizes activation and employability, and the Czech Republic still struggles with fragmentation and weak professional recognit…
Information and communication technology in shelters for mothers with children
This article explores how information and communication technologies (ICT) are integrated into direct work with users of shelters for mothers with children, from the perspective of shelter staff. Data were collected through individual semi-structured interviews (N = 8) and one focus group (N = 4). The findings show that users have access to ICT only when its use is directly related to addressing their adverse social situation. This access is limi…
The new role of social work
This article explores the evolving role of social workers in the context of increasing digitalisation, focussing on the Czech Republic. Using ecological systems theory and the shift from street-level to screen-level bureaucracy as a framework, we analyse how digital tools are reshaping the relationship between clients and social workers, as well as professional boundaries. Using qualitative data from focus groups and interviews with social worker…
Discourse on deinstitutionalisation and disability rights in Czechia
peer reviewed
Transforming Residential Disability Services in Czechia Under Neoliberalism
This article examines the dynamics of deinstitutionalization of residential services for people with disabilities in the Czech Republic, focusing on barriers, tensions, and opportunities for social work to support disability rights. Deinstitutionalization, understood as the development of community-based services replacing large residential facilities, is analyzed across three interconnected levels: political, organizational, and everyday practic…
Criminalisation of truancy as a manifestation of advanced marginality that mothers should be blamed for
In this study, we present an analysis, driven by the Critical Discourse Studies, Frame Analysis, and Narrative Analysis, of how truancy is represented in the Czech media. Based on our findings, we assert that Czech media employ three frames (gender bias; moralisation and individualisation; and repression/retribution) for representing truancy, effectively depicting it as a criminal problem created by irresponsible mothers (and children they neglec…
Development of social worker critical reflexivity through integration of lived experience into further education
Social work education is not completed by graduation from school, and further education is becoming increasingly important. It has been co-opted by neoliberal concepts, even though it should help to solve serious social problems and defend the interests of social groups threatened by current development. Learning from lived experience is key to further education in reaching the critical reflexivity of social workers. Few research studies deal wit…
Digital social work
Social interaction through technology, professional intervention through digital tools, and reorganization of public and private organizations to digitalize their procedures and work with reliable and robust data are three processes that coexist and feed off each other, giving rise to the development of what has been called digital social work. In this article, we briefly analyze some of the characteristics of digital social work, the challenges …
Peer Support Workers as Equal Team Members. A Case Study of Peer Support in Glasgow Housing First
The text investigates peer support in the Glasgow Housing First project. Housing First is considered a social innovation towards ending chronic homelessness. Peer support should be an integral part of this approach, but little is known about its role. The aim of this text is to analyse peer support in the project from the perspective of its team and service users. We carried out an instrumental case study. For data collection we used semi-structu…
Evka—Fuzzy Modelling Based System for the Decision-Making Support of Community Workers
This article describes a unique software system for the intelligent decision-support of community workers called EVKA. Community work has been proved to be a key tool in tacking dealing social exclusion. So far, distinct approaches and expert methodologies have been developed to help community workers, especially the organization and mobilization of the community and its members through the so-called mobilization cycles. However, to the best of o…
Examining self-care practice frequency among social workers
The importance of self-care among social work practitioners notwithstanding, research literature is in the nascent stages of examining this area inquiry. This exploratory study examined the frequency of self-care practices among social work practitioners in Czech Republic, Finland, Poland, and Slovakia. Utilising data collected as part of Wave I of the Global Self-Care Initiative, a large-scale exploratory study designed to examine self-care prac…
Variables of community social work and their interconnections in socio-spatial excluded neighbourhoods – example of the Czech Republic
The article investigates the variables influencing the performance of community social work in a context of the socio-spatial excluded neighbourhoods in the Czechia. The aim of the paper is to find out which variables influence community work in socio-spatial excluded localities and which of them contribute to the successful solving of the problems. The objective was achieved by means of a quantitative research, within which 69 structured intervi…
Gendered practices of family social workers
The aim of this article is, through a study of the construction of gender in social work, to identify gendered practices of family social workers in their interactions with clients and to consider the implications of these practices for gendered power relations. Using social constructionism and a critical and interpretive framework, we carried out repeated individual and group interviews, while observing interactions between social workers and pa…
The use of health care services by homeless shelter residents
This submitted article is based on partial data from the Health and Use of Health Care Services by Shelters Users research, taking advantage of the sequential synergy of qualitative and quantitative research strategies. The quantitative research involved 192 respondents, while the qualitative research involved 30 communication partners. The article aims at finding out the relationship between selected health characteristics of the shelter populat…
Critical reflection of the reintegration process through the lens of gender oppression
The article discusses the impact of the construct of motherhood on the process of reintegration of single mothers from shelters into permanent forms of housing in the Czech Republic. At the beginning of the article, we deal with the construct of women and mothers in Czech society and apply this construct to the construct of homeless mothers who are clients of shelters. We also describe the system of shelters in the Czech Republic. Our research in…
Neue Soziale Risiken und Soziale Arbeit in der Transformationsgesellschaft
Neue soziale Risiken und Soziale Arbeit in der Transformationsgesellschaft
Variables of community social work and their interconnections in socio-spatial excluded neighbourhoods – example of the Czech Republic
The article investigates the variables influencing the performance of community social work in a context of the socio-spatial excluded neighbourhoods in the Czechia. The aim of the paper is to find out which variables influence community work in socio-spatial excluded localities and which of them contribute to the successful solving of the problems. The objective was achieved by means of a quantitative research, within which 69 structured intervi…
Digital social work
Social interaction through technology, professional intervention through digital tools, and reorganization of public and private organizations to digitalize their procedures and work with reliable and robust data are three processes that coexist and feed off each other, giving rise to the development of what has been called digital social work. In this article, we briefly analyze some of the characteristics of digital social work, the challenges …
Peer Support Workers as Equal Team Members. A Case Study of Peer Support in Glasgow Housing First
The text investigates peer support in the Glasgow Housing First project. Housing First is considered a social innovation towards ending chronic homelessness. Peer support should be an integral part of this approach, but little is known about its role. The aim of this text is to analyse peer support in the project from the perspective of its team and service users. We carried out an instrumental case study. For data collection we used semi-structu…
The use of health care services by homeless shelter residents
This submitted article is based on partial data from the Health and Use of Health Care Services by Shelters Users research, taking advantage of the sequential synergy of qualitative and quantitative research strategies. The quantitative research involved 192 respondents, while the qualitative research involved 30 communication partners. The article aims at finding out the relationship between selected health characteristics of the shelter populat…
Critical reflection of the reintegration process through the lens of gender oppression
The article discusses the impact of the construct of motherhood on the process of reintegration of single mothers from shelters into permanent forms of housing in the Czech Republic. At the beginning of the article, we deal with the construct of women and mothers in Czech society and apply this construct to the construct of homeless mothers who are clients of shelters. We also describe the system of shelters in the Czech Republic. Our research in…
Neue Soziale Risiken und Soziale Arbeit in der Transformationsgesellschaft
Neue soziale Risiken und Soziale Arbeit in der Transformationsgesellschaft
Critical reflection of the reintegration process through the lens of gender oppression
The article discusses the impact of the construct of motherhood on the process of reintegration of single mothers from shelters into permanent forms of housing in the Czech Republic. At the beginning of the article, we deal with the construct of women and mothers in Czech society and apply this construct to the construct of homeless mothers who are clients of shelters. We also describe the system of shelters in the Czech Republic. Our research in…
The use of health care services by homeless shelter residents
This submitted article is based on partial data from the Health and Use of Health Care Services by Shelters Users research, taking advantage of the sequential synergy of qualitative and quantitative research strategies. The quantitative research involved 192 respondents, while the qualitative research involved 30 communication partners. The article aims at finding out the relationship between selected health characteristics of the shelter populat…
Gendered practices of family social workers
The aim of this article is, through a study of the construction of gender in social work, to identify gendered practices of family social workers in their interactions with clients and to consider the implications of these practices for gendered power relations. Using social constructionism and a critical and interpretive framework, we carried out repeated individual and group interviews, while observing interactions between social workers and pa…
Examining self-care practice frequency among social workers
The importance of self-care among social work practitioners notwithstanding, research literature is in the nascent stages of examining this area inquiry. This exploratory study examined the frequency of self-care practices among social work practitioners in Czech Republic, Finland, Poland, and Slovakia. Utilising data collected as part of Wave I of the Global Self-Care Initiative, a large-scale exploratory study designed to examine self-care prac…
Variables of community social work and their interconnections in socio-spatial excluded neighbourhoods – example of the Czech Republic
The article investigates the variables influencing the performance of community social work in a context of the socio-spatial excluded neighbourhoods in the Czechia. The aim of the paper is to find out which variables influence community work in socio-spatial excluded localities and which of them contribute to the successful solving of the problems. The objective was achieved by means of a quantitative research, within which 69 structured intervi…
Evka—Fuzzy Modelling Based System for the Decision-Making Support of Community Workers
This article describes a unique software system for the intelligent decision-support of community workers called EVKA. Community work has been proved to be a key tool in tacking dealing social exclusion. So far, distinct approaches and expert methodologies have been developed to help community workers, especially the organization and mobilization of the community and its members through the so-called mobilization cycles. However, to the best of o…
Peer Support Workers as Equal Team Members. A Case Study of Peer Support in Glasgow Housing First
The text investigates peer support in the Glasgow Housing First project. Housing First is considered a social innovation towards ending chronic homelessness. Peer support should be an integral part of this approach, but little is known about its role. The aim of this text is to analyse peer support in the project from the perspective of its team and service users. We carried out an instrumental case study. For data collection we used semi-structu…
Digital social work
Social interaction through technology, professional intervention through digital tools, and reorganization of public and private organizations to digitalize their procedures and work with reliable and robust data are three processes that coexist and feed off each other, giving rise to the development of what has been called digital social work. In this article, we briefly analyze some of the characteristics of digital social work, the challenges …
Criminalisation of truancy as a manifestation of advanced marginality that mothers should be blamed for
In this study, we present an analysis, driven by the Critical Discourse Studies, Frame Analysis, and Narrative Analysis, of how truancy is represented in the Czech media. Based on our findings, we assert that Czech media employ three frames (gender bias; moralisation and individualisation; and repression/retribution) for representing truancy, effectively depicting it as a criminal problem created by irresponsible mothers (and children they neglec…
Development of social worker critical reflexivity through integration of lived experience into further education
Social work education is not completed by graduation from school, and further education is becoming increasingly important. It has been co-opted by neoliberal concepts, even though it should help to solve serious social problems and defend the interests of social groups threatened by current development. Learning from lived experience is key to further education in reaching the critical reflexivity of social workers. Few research studies deal wit…
The role of social work in vocational rehabilitation for people with mental health disorders in the Czech Republic, England, and Finland
This article compares the role of social work in vocational rehabilitation for people with mental health problems in the Czech Republic, England, and Finland. Mental health disorders are now a major cause of reduced work capacity, making effective rehabilitation essential. Finland provides an integrated system, England emphasizes activation and employability, and the Czech Republic still struggles with fragmentation and weak professional recognit…
Information and communication technology in shelters for mothers with children
This article explores how information and communication technologies (ICT) are integrated into direct work with users of shelters for mothers with children, from the perspective of shelter staff. Data were collected through individual semi-structured interviews (N = 8) and one focus group (N = 4). The findings show that users have access to ICT only when its use is directly related to addressing their adverse social situation. This access is limi…
The new role of social work
This article explores the evolving role of social workers in the context of increasing digitalisation, focussing on the Czech Republic. Using ecological systems theory and the shift from street-level to screen-level bureaucracy as a framework, we analyse how digital tools are reshaping the relationship between clients and social workers, as well as professional boundaries. Using qualitative data from focus groups and interviews with social worker…
Discourse on deinstitutionalisation and disability rights in Czechia
peer reviewed
Transforming Residential Disability Services in Czechia Under Neoliberalism
This article examines the dynamics of deinstitutionalization of residential services for people with disabilities in the Czech Republic, focusing on barriers, tensions, and opportunities for social work to support disability rights. Deinstitutionalization, understood as the development of community-based services replacing large residential facilities, is analyzed across three interconnected levels: political, organizational, and everyday practic…
Political science (9 works) · Social Work (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (6 works) · Czech (5 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (5 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Social science (4 works)