sociální fakulta, katedra sociální práce a sociální politiky 2 Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Teologická fakulta, katedra praktické teologie 3 Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra supervize a odborné praxe SummaryThe complex nature of the social position of the Romany minority within the majority society and many problems associated with changes in the life style and components determining the health calls for their deeper knowledge and for finding further ways of possible solution. In association with this,

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efficiently ensuring that users' human rights and freedoms are upheld in their organization. 42 Now it is necessary to ask about the causes, which may inhere in many spheres: from the manner and content of social workers' education through the management of specific social services to the state of the civil society. 43 In order to assess how efficient the standards are in protecting the human rights of users we must distinguish between theoretical elaboration of methodology (which according to respondents is highly developed) and its actual use in practice. In our view the standards should focus more on the actual process of methodology development and in accordance with the planned innovation of SQSS on creating conditions for upholding human rights and respecting human dignity. The system of inspecting how users' rights are protected should also be made more efficient.

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Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, studentka, dobrovolnice Erka-nízkoprahového zařízení pro děti a mládež při Oblastní charitě Jihlava 2 Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Teologická fakulta, katedra sociální práce Summary Education shows a way which mostly leads to improved opportunities in employment with subsequent increase in the living standard. The education of Romany parents and their children is mostly completed at a level of a special or primary school. Only a low percent proportion of Romany people continue studying at secondary schools and even a smaller proportion continue studying at universities. The successfulness in schools represents an important motivating factor, particularly at the beginning of the school attendance. The target of the research presented here was the assessment of the school successfulness and factors participating in it. For the determination of the school successfulness, the following areas were established: a) the family environment (attitude of parents to the education of their children, interest in school results, home preparation for the school): b) preschool preparation/attendance in preschool institutions; c) friends and schoolmates (relationships to children); d) interest activities beyond the school (free time activities). The work was considered as a qualitative research, the purpose of which was mapping the successfulness of Romany children in schools at the beginning of the school attendance (in the first and second classes) from the points of view of these children and their parents. The technique of the field accumulation of data was a semi-controlled interview, which was furthermore completed by observations and analysis of documents. The target groups were Romany children attending Erko at the Regional Charity Jihlava and their parents. The research results were processed by the form of a case study. Given the size of the group, particular data resulting from this qualitative research cannot be extrapolated in general to the whole Romany population living in the Czech Republic. However, authentic responses of eight children and their parents concerning the area of education and successfulness in schools can be considered as a supplementation to the currently discussed problems. The answers obtained acquaint us with experience, thoughts, wishes, feelings and attitudes of the children themselves and their parents to the importance of education, also indicating important roles of the teachers and school environment in direction of Romany pupils.