Interaction of the Social Worker with the Institute of Family
The author of the article focuses attention on the important functions of social work: development of social communication, prevention of interpersonal tensions, conflicts and strengthening of family ties In recent decades, the dramatic changes in socio-political and economic conditions of life of Russia’s society, the a turn to market relations have produced a negative impact on the development of the modern family. Along with the deepening of the spiritual world of the modern individual, one can observe degradation of the demographic situation, new challenges in educational process and a higher than ever before percentage of children with deviant behavior. That entails the necessity to prepare specialists with a well-developed communicative competence which lets them interact with risk-group families. The article provides a definition of the essence and contents of underprivileged family and risk-group family in modern conditions of society: a category of families which, owing to certain circumstances, is subject to negative external influence from society and its criminal elements. The author underlines the important role of the social worker in rendering assistance to such family.