Abstract
The aim of social work in social services in the treatment of a prisoner is the mitigation of social problems or the elimination of their possible causes, and the preparation of a prisoner for release from prison. Social work, social services and social counselling are the specialised forms of care for an individual, the enhancement of his individual potentials, the optimisation of behaviour in the specific moments of his life. A relationship between a prisoner and a social worker is an important milestone which affects the quality of the counselling activity. However, the relationship develops step by step, and the social worker gradually gains trust and authority. However, in the development of such a relationship, the social worker in the helping profession must have certain principles to be followed. Social work in serving custody and serving an imprisonment sentence is a professional activity focused on clarifying the social problems of the prisoners which influenced their criminal activity, or whose existence is a risk factor for the resocialisation prognosis, so-called information assistance, support and counselling focused on limiting the negative effects of the prison environment and eliminating or minimising the causes of social problems. Social work in helping professions with prisoners belongs to a science area of social work. According to the place of work, we can divide social work with the punished persons into two subgroups: social work in the prison – i.e. penitentiary social work; and social work following the imprisonment sentence – post-penitentiary social work.
Highlights
The first contact of the social worker with the client is crucial in terms of meeting all objectives and further cooperation
They find out objective information about the sentenced client; the social worker uses social diagnosis focused on identification of and finding the reasons and causes of the social problem (Vanková, 2017)
Social work in the prison is a professional activity focused on clarifying the social problems of the prisoner through information assistance, support and counselling focused on limiting the negative effects of the prison environment and eliminating or minimising the causes of social problems (Collection of Orders of the General Director of ZVJS Order no. 66/2015 on social work in custody and imprisonment)
Summary
The first contact of the social worker with the client is crucial in terms of meeting all objectives and further cooperation. Kleskeň (2016), states that the most reputable sources for anchoring post-penitentiary care are legislative standards, such as the Criminal Act, the Collection of Laws on Probation and Mediation Officers and the amendment and supplementing of certain laws, or the Collection of Laws on the Corps of Prison and Court Guard He states that most often the released individuals are in contact with social workers when they are out of prison, because several positions in this area are covered by the profession of a social worker. Post-penitentiary care is purposeful support for an individual after his release from prison during his reintegration into civil society It is the final phase of the correctional-educational process in persons in which the effect in the resocialisation process was not achieved. From 1 July 2019 the maximum amount of the resocialisation allowance is 84.08 €
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