Family of Youth with Behaviour Problems Resilience and Interventions that Promote It − Perspective of Professionals from Social Welfare System

Otpornost obitelji višedimenzionalan je koncept čije razumijevanje predstavlja trajni istraživački i profesionalni izazov. Stoga je cilj ovog rada steći uvid u obilježja otpornosti obitelji u riziku čije dijete manifestira probleme u ponašanju i intervencija koje ju potiču iz perspektive stručnjaka koji svakodnevno rade s takvim obiteljima. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 11 stručnjakinja koje rade u centru za socijalnu skrb ili nevladinim organizacijama u području socijalne skrbi. Podaci su prikupljeni metodom fokusne grupe, a analizirani primjenom tematske analize. Rezultati pokazuju da stručnjakinje prepoznaju višestruku rizičnost i složenost rada s ovim obiteljima. Otpornost obitelji vide kao relacijski konstrukt i nemaju jedinstveno stajalište kako ga konceptualizirati. Kao ključna obilježja intervencija koje potiču otpornost obitelji ističu usmjerenost na pozitivne snage te sustavni, pravovremeni, umreženi i sveobuhvatni intervencijski pristup. Naglašavaju kako postojeći sustav ima određene ranjive točke koje rezultiraju time da je sustav ponekad obiteljima dodatni čimbenik rizika. Doprinos rada očituje se u razmatranju obilježja intervencija za obitelji u riziku i konstrukta otpornosti obitelji čije dijete manifestira probleme u ponašanju.Family resilience is a multidimensional concept whose understanding is an ongoing challenge for research and practice. The aim of this paper is to gain insight into the resilience characteristics of families at risk in which a child manifests behaviour problems, and into interventions that promote family resilience, from the perspective of professionals who work with such families on a daily basis. The research involved 11 professionals working in the Centre for Social Welfare or in non-governmental organizations in the field of social welfare. Data were collected using the focus group method and analysed using thematic analysis. Results show that the professionals recognize the complexity of risks and challenges of working with these families. They see family resilience as a relational construct and do not have a common understanding of how to conceptualize it. According to them, key features of interventions that promote family resilience are focus on family\u27s strengths and a systemic, timely, connected, and comprehensive approach in interventions. They emphasize that the existing system has certain vulnerabilities the result of which is that the system is sometimes an additional risk factor for families. The contribution of the research lies in the consideration of key features of interventions for families at risk and the construct of family resilience for families in which a child manifests behaviour problems