The Place of Family Mediation as a Form of Support and Protection of Children’s Rights in Social Assistance Activities

Joanna Rajewska de Mezer

The Place of Family Mediation as a Form of Support and Protection of Children’s Rights in Social Assistance Activities

Číslo: 4/2020
Periodikum: Sociální práce

Klíčová slova: family mediation, mediation in social assistance, child’s good, family conflict, conflict resolution

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Anotace: OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the work is to show the importance of mediation, which is a form

of conflict resolution, as a tool of social work with the beneficiary in the case of divorce and the
need to protect children’s wellbeing. THEORETICAL BASE: Mediation is a form of extrajudicial
conflict resolution allowing the participants to present arguments, work out a satisfying solution (in
case of divorce) and protect and stabilise a child’s situation. METHODS: Publications, statistical
data, and legal acts regulating the conditions for providing assistance in regulating the legal
situation of a child to divorcing families and the possibility of using mediation in social work with
families were examined. OUTCOMES: Mediation proceedings are often taken up in the context
of social assistance and are proposed as a form of extrajudicial dispute resolution in family cases.
Institutions of the social assistance in Poland offer clients a free-of-charge mediation proceedings
that can be used by clients dealing with family problems. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS:
The interpersonal dimension of mediation is important for community social work as it makes it
possible to find alternative ways of conflict resolution between family members. Mediation allows
support based on activating people for self-help (subsidiarity principles).