Collaboration among Social Work Specialists and Families at Long-Term Social Risk

Abstract

Master Thesis “Collaboration among Social Work Specialists and Families at Long-Term Social Risk” focuses on the challenges of collaboration between social work specialists and families at long-term social risk (more than 1 year). The aim of the Master Thesis is to look on the ways to influence family function dynamics and the significance of the effective collaboration manner. The theoretical perspective on the collaboration among social work specialists and families at long-term social risks based on the systems dynamic theory approach. This perspective gives an opportunity to look on the effectiveness of the different intervention forms of family functioning dynamics. Although the technical approach of the systems dynamics theory is not a common way to look at the any problem in social work, this Thesis reveals the benefits of using this theory to look for a solution for the common and complex problem in the social work area.