Critical Social Work, Gender Competence, Professional Conduct, Social Construction, Social Work Practice.

This contribution deals with theoretical framework of dissertation thesis and informs about intended research. The thesis looks at gender perceptions and stereotypes in social work practice in relation to gender competence of social workers. Gender competence isn't the subject of research in the Czech Republic. The stereotyped perspectives of social workers about mother-clients and father-clients and uncritical application of traditional concepts of the role distribution in the family can be discriminatory and marginalized.