Social work with families – a context of social service cooperation in local environment for the benefit of the child. Perspective of family assistants

The article aims to present data describing social services’ cooperation for the child’s benefit from the perspective of the family assistants. Basing on the assistants’ opinions, a coherent picture of the nature of child wellness emerged. Also, the issue of meeting of not only basic, but also psychologialc and social needs is described. The study suggests the need of coorperation between family assistant and other social services’ representatives in order to obtain complementary and effective help for the families.