VPL124 Employment Services

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Markéta Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Pavel Horák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Vander, DiS., Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Tomáš Sirovátka, CSc.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 9:45–11:15 P22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to outline to the students the particular fields of social policy. At the end of the course students will be able to: identify basic processes at the labour market and their possible impacts in connection with the specific of individuals and social groups; understand relations between social and economical mechanism that participate at formation of the labour market features; explain concrete principals, targets, tools and impacts of the labour market policy; use the acquired knowledge for the creation of labour market policy targets for specific group at the labour market.
Syllabus
  • Contemporary development tendencies at the labour market
  • Differential risks of unemployment
  • Unemployment and other forms of labour market exclusion
  • European dimensions of labour market policy
  • System of public employment services
  • Active labour market policy in the Czech Republic
  • European social fund
  • Programs of work training and retraining
  • Guidance for unemployment
  • Monitoring and evaluation of employment programs
Literature
  • Weinert, P. et al. (eds.). Employability: From Theory to Practice. 2001.
  • DURRSCHMIDT, Jorg and G. P. TAYLOR. Globalization, modernity and social change : hotspots of transition. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, x, 196. ISBN 0333971574. info
  • KELLER, Jan. Teorie modernizace. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2007, 194 s. ISBN 9788086429663. info
  • WINKLER, Jiří, Lenka KLIMPLOVÁ and Martin ŽIŽLAVSKÝ. Účelové programy na lokálních trzích práce. Jejich význam, potřebnost a realizace (Specific local employment programmes. Their meaning, needs and realization.). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2005, 218 pp. ISBN 80-210-3867-5. info
  • WINKLER, Jiří and Martin ŽIŽLAVSKÝ. Český trh práce a Evropská strategie zaměstnanosti (Czech Labor Market and European Employment Strategy). Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2004, 241 pp. ISBN 80-210-3565-X. info
  • SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš and Petr MAREŠ. Trh práce, nezaměstnanost, sociální politika (Labour Market, Unemployment, Social Policy). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 272 pp. ISBN 80-210-3048-8. info
  • Vývojové tendence podniků. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 98 pp. ISBN 80-210-3213-8. info
  • SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš. Menšiny a marginalizované skupiny v České republice (Minorities and marginalised groups in the Czech Republic). 1st ed. 2002: Masarykova univerzita a Nakladatelství Georgetown, 2002, 355 pp. Rubikon, sv. 7. ISBN 80-210-2791-6. info
  • ROSSI, Peter H. and Mark W. LIPSEY. Evaluation : a systematic approach. Edited by Howard E. Freeman. 6th ed. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 1999, x, 500. ISBN 0761908935. info
  • MAREŠ, Petr. Nezaměstnanost jako sociální problém (Unemployment as a Social Problem). Nové rozšíř. vyd. Praha: SLON-Sociologické nakladatelství, 1998, 172 pp. ISBN 80-901424-9-4. info
  • SHACKLETON, J. R. Training for employment in western europe and the United States. Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 1995, ix, 266 s. ISBN 1-85278-863-1. info
Teaching methods
Specific themes are presented in a form of professional lectures, some of them by external professionals in the sectors (examples of good practice). Students discuss individual themes and findings from the literature in the seminars. During the curse students should make project proposal that solve the unemployment problem or difficult position at the labour market for one of the risk groups at the labour market. This project proposal is individually presented and argued at the final meetings. Participation on lectures and seminars likewise the homework are the preconditions for the course graduation.
Assessment methods
Students are preparing continuously according to the theme and literature in the syllabus. The presentation of the employment project proposal is the precondition for participation at the examination. The aim of the project is practical exercise of the knowledge about differential risks of unemployment, labour market policy tools and practical exercise of knowledge about possible forms of work with unemployed. The individual presentation should take approximately 15 minutes, with a standard time to discussion. The submission is project proposal that solve the unemployment problem or difficult position at the labour market for one of the risk groups at the labour market. The evaluation of individual presentation comprises 40% of the final mark. Final examination has written form.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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