Model of Social Services “Family Group Conference” “which has been applied in Europe and in the world and after two years of implementation in our country are justified the expectations of donors, the Netherlands Foundation CNFCEE, centers for social work, as well as users of service, in order that this model to continue for the third consecutive year.
Association “Family network” in cooperation with the Cantonal Center for Social Work Sarajevo and with the Center for Social Work Banja Luka provides assistance to families based on the model which is created on the idea that socially disadvantaged people can solve their own social problems and strengthen their own abilities, as well as capacities of their families and social networks, rather than having to wait for someone else to do it for them.
It is a model where the professionals are still present and are monitoring the situation, but the biggest responsibility is on the families that at a joint conference needs to find a way to solve their own problems.
For now, this model is applied in the area of Sarajevo Canton and City of Banja Luka, and it has proven to be very successful and there is possibility to extend this project even in other cities in the country, states the Association “Family Network”.
(Source: klix.ba)
