MOZNOSTI STANDARDIZACE SOCIÁLNÍCH SLUZEB V CESKÉ REPUBLICE/POSSIBILITIES OF STANDARDIZATION OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

This paper at the theoretical level deals with approaches to standardization of social services in the Czech Republic in terms of quality and quantity. This paper, based on the theoretical starting points of standardization of social services, aims to provide an empirical view of the standardization of selected social care services in the Czech Republic. The empirical part of the paper is more dedicated to the application of standards in quantitative terms at the selected social care services in regions of the Czech Republic. Between the years 2007 and 2012 there was made analysis on the examples of social care services of the availability of residential, outpatient and terrain character in regions of the Czech Republic. Based on analysis the availability of social care services in regions of the Czech Republic was compared with recommended standards. By means of method of multidimensional scaling between the years 2007 and 2012 was carried out comparison of similarities or differences in regions of the Czech Republic according to the structure of availability by selected social care services. The results of the comparison of the Czech Republic regions showed that, the largest regions (Central Bohemian Region, Moravian - Silesian Region, South Moravian Region) and the smallest regions (Liberec Region and Karlovy Vary Region) are the least similar to their representation by selected social care services (residential, outpatient and terrain character). And the least similar regions according to the structure of the availability by selected social care services are Usti Region and the City of Prague.