Substitute Family Care in the Context of Social Policy of the Czech Republic
This article deals with the issue of substitute family care from the perspectives of social work and
social policy. In the first part of the article, basic terms are introduced: substitute family care and
social policy or family policy. However, the meaning of both is ambiguous. The second part
discusses the National Concept of the Czech Republic regarding social policy and social work
with respect to the current state of substitute family care after the amendment of the Act on Social
and Legal Protection of Children and the emergence of the new Civil Code. Substitute family
care is a social event which requires assistance by society both from the perspective of social work
and social policy. For this reason, the article describes how the issue of substitute family care is
perceived by Czech social policy and what position substitute family care holds in it.Zobrazit text