The social and family intervention technician (TISF) works with families and people who need help in particular circumstances: death, hospitalization, pathological pregnancy, birth, prolonged illness, disability, social difficulties, etc.
Support In Activities Of Daily Living
The Professional Has A Preventive, Educational, Accompaniment, And Support Role. A FAMILY-ORIENTED PROFESSION
The TISF helps the members of the household in the activities of daily life (cleaning, meals, help with homework). He can advise on the management of the daily budget and transmits know-how.
Accompany And Help In The Exercise Of The Parental Function
The TISF contributes to the development of family life and particularly supports parenting.
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It can accompany the exercise of the parental function, for example, by helping to welcome and take care of the infant if the parents are temporarily unable to cope with daily life (hospitalization of a single mother, disability, etc.).
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In educational prevention, he intervenes in the context of child protection at the request of a social worker or justice services when there is abuse, violence, or a difficult divorce.
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When custody of the child is withdrawn from the parents, he can be mandated to oversee visitation rights.
Accompany People To Integrate Into The Social Environment
The TISF contributes to the social integration of marginalized people. It creates or restores social ties and promotes the development and autonomy of the people helped.
- Theessentialqualities have an excellent capacity for adaptation and anticipation to deal with various situations.
- Like human contact and have a strong interest in the helping relationship.
- Have a sense of listening.
- Patience, tact, and discretion are essential assets.
- Good management of one’s sensitivity to the problems of others is also necessary to preserve oneself on an emotional level. The TISF must be able to extract themselves from situations and keep their distance.
- Have a good psychological balance.
Family Intervention And Psychosocial Intervention In Networks
Deepen the concepts and perfect the skills specific to psychosocial intervention in networks and apply them to the challenges, difficulties, and problems related to family life. Identify the links between the issues and the living conditions of the families. Identify the parameters favoring the contribution of the networks to the resolution of family problems and the competence of the various family members.
- Psychosocial assessment and development of new skills in intervention with families. Factors in the development of families and individuals.
- Multifactorial analysis of family difficulties. They are learning specific intervention methods with different types of families (blended, single-parent, etc.) by integrating social networks.
- Study the systemic approach with families and its application in the intervention context. Sequence, equifinality, time. Family typologies: disengaged, entangled. Circularity, dyads/triads, relevant information, competence.
- Legal and organizational framework. Illustration of the concepts presented by research and professional interventions.
Family Intervention Technician (TISF)
The accompaniment by a technician in social and family intervention (TISF), under the social aid for children, falls within the context of a social or medico-social identification by one or more services of the Department or by an external service or in addition to a home or reception measure ordered for prevention or child protection.
The Missions Of The TISF Consist Of:
- Support parents in activities of daily living. It is a question of giving back essential reference points vis-à-vis the child in areas as diverse as health, hygiene, food, safety, education, schooling, leisure, etc., by valuing the role of parents and respecting their choices.
- Promote the social integration or integration of families into their environment. TISF can encourage families to go to places outside their homes to participate in collective actions in their neighborhoods. The TISFs also promote the link between parents and the school by encouraging them to approach the teachers. They can accompany them, if necessary, in the early stages.
- Contribute to the identification of risks for the child. The TISF can identify and alert on situations of trouble for the child, particularly in the deterioration of material living conditions, conflict situations, or the decline of parent-child links.
- Accompany, at the request of the Child Welfare Unit (Ase) and in conjunction with the Child Project Coordinator (PPE), the visit or return home of a child placed on a short period.