In the theorethical part the graduation thesis deals with working hours and possibilities for their adaptation at social work centres in Slovenia. The general frame of work at social work centres, their areas of work, activities and the organization of their working time are presented. There are 16 regional social work centres in Slovenia, which have individual units, so there are a total of 63. In addition to pay, working hours for an employee are one of the mors important working conditions. Full-time work in Slovenia is 40 hours, and one of the possible forms of work is also part-time work. The right to this form of employement is mostly used by women. The most important areas, also explained in the theoretical introduction, which are influenced by the length and arrangemenrt of working hours, are the reconciliation of work and family life and the health of employees. A study made in Sweden, when they reduced social workers' working hours for 25 % is also presented.
The empirical part of the research describes the problem, the research questions are asked, which are how satisfied are the employees with current regulation of working hours, how many of them work overtime, how many of them can adapt working hours, how many of them would change working hours, what do they think is the biggest problem with the current regulation of working hours, which of their needs and interests are taken into account with the current regulation of working hours, what suggestions for improvement do they have, how they reconcile work and private life, how much the current regulation of working hours is adapted to the needs of users, how many employees have used the right to part-time work and whether they have had any problems with this.
The survey was quantative, data were collected using a survey method, with an online survey questionnaire. The research involved 220 people employed at various social work centres in Slovenia. 95 % of women and 5 % of men participated.
The main findings of the research are that employees at some social work centres can already ajust their working hours according to their needs and interests in different ways (eg. later arrival and departure from work). These are less than half of all participants. More than half of them do not want to change the current regulation of working hours. However, they believe that working at social work centre is mentally exhausting and they also think about users and cases from workplace at home. The right to part-time work was used by few respondents, and only a few had difficulty using this right.
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