Wsparcie jako niezbędny czynnik w procesie pomagania jednostkom w kryzysie
Support as an essential factor in helping individuals in crisis

Summary/Abstract: Supervision has its origins as early as in the 19th century. In the first period, it involved supervising overseers or otherwise supervisors over the activities of volunteers who, among poor families, spread the pattern of correct (“healthy”) relationships. The task of supervisors was to control and advise volunteers. Since then, the notion of supervision has changed a little, but its meaning began to grow. In today’s understanding, we call supervision a process during which a social worker develops his or her interpersonal skills and learns how to deal methodically with a social worker (Domaradzki, Krzyszkowski i in. 2016: 17). In other words, it is a meeting of a person working in the aid sector with a certified supervisor in order to create space for reflection on the relationship between the supervisor and his client. Among the types of supervision we can distinguish: individual supervision (follow-up and participatory), programme and project supervision and group supervision (follow-up and participatory). In my paper I would like to describe the most important aspects related to supervision and show why it is an important element of social work that improves the quality of social assistance services.A family is an important link of the whole society. Its existence ensures the continuity of the social system. Properly functioning family is a guarantee of conditions for proper child development. The problem appears at the time of occur care and upbringing difficulties that family cannot manage with. In the past it was thought that the best kind of help for child is excluding from the problematic environment. This trend is currently being reversed. Both state policy as well as local community are the foundations for helping families in crisis. Various legislative solutions are implemented to protect the biological family. Social support activates aid mechanisms which are important to cope with difficulties. The aim of the article is, therefore, to show the links between the state’s social policy and social support. The complementarity of these services provides effective help, and thus prevents placing children in foster care.

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