Relations with natural parents of children in foster families

Social casework is widely used by social assistants in care and education institutions and rehabilitation and psychological counseling to provide social assistance in a broad sense to individuals, taking into account their current environmental situation. Social casework is treated in terms of a process that aims, on the one hand, at developing personality predisposition that facilitates adaptation to the functioning in society, and on the other hand, at developing the ability to cope with the demands of the ever changing world. Social workers play an important role in selecting the method of social casework: by providing assessment and therapeutic interventions, they undertake assistance activities aimed at strengthening and developing the client’s potential. Special importance is attached to empowerment and its fundamental principle to overcome the individual’s difficulties and make him or her independent from the supporting institution, including the social worker, by providing him or her with knowledge and skills that are necessary to function in society independently and effectively.