Determinants of the work of a court-appointed guardian in Poland
The profession of a court-appointed guardian belongs to the so-called social professions. This means that the person performing such a profession has direct and constant contact with people. In Poland, a very important legal act regulating the work of a court-appointed guardian is the Act of 27 July 2001 on court-appointed guardians which emphasizes that the legal supervision is a professional social service. As a public officer cooperates not only with the ward and their immediate environment, but also with institutions and institutions dealing with care, education, rehabilitation, treatment, counselling and social assistance. The actions taken by the court-appointed guardians are of educational and social rehabilitation, diagnostic, preventive, and supervision nature. The purpose of this article is to analyse the conditions of the work of a court-appointed guardian.