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22 Kriminologija i Socijalna Integracija 76 (2014)
Family Supervisors' Perception of Difficulties in Implementation Professional Support Measures to Parents under Jurisdiction of Social Welfare Centre

handle is hein.journals/crmsoint22 and id is 80 raw text is: Kriminologija i socijalna integracija Vol.22 Br.1. Zagreb 2014 Received for publication: 30.6.2014. Original scientific paper UDK: 364.44 THE PERCEPTION OF DIFFICULTIES AT WORK AMONG THE PROVIDERS OF PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT MEASURES FOR PARENTS, WITHIN THE COMPETENCY OF CENTRES FOR SOCIAL WELFARE Marina Ajdukovid Maja Laklija University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law, Centre for Social Work Studies SUMMARY Professional support measures for parents under the jurisdiction of the Centres for Social Welfare have a long tradition in Croatia. Nevertheless, the control component of these measures, and the changes in family legislation, are consistently designed as preventive measures based on expert assistance to parents in a family environment. Although there has been little research in this area, previous studies have pointed to the need for more effectiveness in their implementation and better, systematic training, and other forms of professional support to the professional conducting these measures as family supervisors. Identifying areas of difficulties in their work is of great significance for planning the education and supervision which ought to provide the necessary quality of implementation of these measures, which are covering a wide range of family situations, different constraints and needs of the parents, and different risks to children respective of their age. The purpose of this paper is to explore the most common difficulties in the implementation of that parental support measure. The study was conducted with a convenience sample of 121 family supervisors from the Centre for Social Welfare (CSW) in Zagreb. Family supervisors perceived as the most difficult their work with unmotivated and uncooperative parents, along with work with families that are experiencing multiple problems e.g. alcoholism, violence, poverty. Following that, they are most affected by the difficulties in cooperation with CSW experts and work with particularly vulnerable groups of parents e.g. promiscuous or HIV positive. More pronounced difficulties in one area of work with families are connected with more pronounced difficulties in 76

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