SAVJETODAVNI RAD SA PORODICOM MALOLJETNOG PRESTUPNIKA
COUNSELING WORK WITH THE FAMILY OF A JUVENILE OFFENDER

Summary/Abstract: The goal of the work is to determine the presence of counseling work with the family in practice with juvenile offenders in centers for social work. Studying the theory and research, the influence of the family on the (re)socialization of children is visible. The family and the relationships within it are important as a preventive factor in the occurrence of delinquent behavior among children, and also in the process of treatment and resocialization of juvenile offenders as a support factor. That is why counseling work with the family of juvenile offenders is essential in order to strengthen them and provide the necessary help to the juvenile in crisis. In this paper, the importance of the family, as a factor in the process of resocialization, is updated from the aspect of treatment carried out in the center for social work. This research was conducted as part of research into the application of counseling and work on family and parental relationships in centers for social work. This research was carried out by a survey of 150 professional workers employed in social work centers in the Republic of Srpska as part of a broader study of the application of theories and methods in social work with juvenile offenders, and this paper contains additionally obtained and unused data on work with the family of juvenile offenders. Data processing was carried out in SPSS statistical software using methods of descriptive statistics and chi-square testing. The analysis of the results showed that professionals employed in centers for social work attach great importance to the family when treating children with delinquent behavior. This is indicated by the data that speak of the high presence of counseling in practice with the family, without significant differences with regard to the professional's educational profile (social worker, psychologist, pedagogue, defectologist ). It was also found that professionals pay attention to family and parental relationships as important elements of a functional, supportive family. Based on all of the above, it was concluded that strengthening the family and its interactive presence in the interventions carried out in practice with juvenile offenders are an indispensable and necessary part of social work with juvenile offenders.

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