THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF CONSULTING FAMILIES IN DIFFICULT LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES

Abstract

The article highlights the specific nature of consulting families in difficult life circumstances. The author reveals the theoretical and practical foundations of consulting families in difficult life circumstances. The author defines a social consulting service as a component of professional activity in the field of social work. The author also reveals the concept of consulting, which defines both the strategy, the technology and the method of professional assistance. The author analyses the concept of difficult life circumstances, determines the essence and content of the concept of family in difficult life circumstances. She provides a typology of families in difficult life circumstances. She highlights the causes of difficult life circumstances. In accordance with the State Standard of Consulting, she defines the types, methods and forms of consulting. There are the following types of consulting: informational and motivational; problem-oriented; peer-to-peer; psychological; crisis. The methods of consulting include individual, group, and family consulting. There are the following forms of consulting: contact (face-to-face); remote (telephone, online). The author reveals the following stages of consulting: initial (problem assessment, drawing up a consulting plan), main (the stage of consulting itself and providing support to a family in difficult life circumstances), final (conclusion on the result of work, assessment of the effectiveness of the activities carried out). The author places special emphasis on establishing and maintaining contact with a family in difficult life circumstances. She emphasizes the sincerity, warmth, empathy, respect, support given by the consultant and the transfer of instructions to the family in the difficult life circumstances.