The mester's thesis deals with the importance of volunteer work as a supporting factor for young people in the transition to adulthood. It comes primarily from the understanding of postmodern society as a society of risk, where the transition of young people to adulthood is becoming more and more endangered and full of various psychosocial challenges. Voluntary work represents one of the subsystems that can significantly influence the easier transition of young people into adulthood, their personal development and the development of professional competence. By participating in voluntary work, young people take an active role in co-creating the community and participating in the narrower and wider social system. Voluntary work can have a supportive effect on their personal development and the development of professional competence from the point of view of influencing the individual's self-confidence, self-esteem, the feeling of control over their life, the feeling of happiness and satisfaction with life. At the same time, with inadequate support from volunteer organizations and exposure to poor conditions within volunteer work, volunteer work can become a risk factor for experiencing various psychosocial hardships.
The purpose of the work is to get a better insight into the supporting factors that are established within the mentor-led voluntary work of young people between the ages of 18 and 29, and to understand the importance of various elements within volunteer work for personal development and the development of young people's professional competence. In the research, I used a qualitative research approach and a semi-structured interview as a data collection technique.
With my work, I want to contribute to a greater understanding of the connection between mentor-led voluntary work and the personal development and development of professional competence of young people on the transition to adulthood, as well as a greater visibility of the elements within volunteer work that prove to be supportive in this context.
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