Specialization is designed for people interested in working as a professional guardian of the family, who temporarily and professionally supports the family that is in a troubled situation, with with a view to overcoming difficulties in life, especially in the care and upbringing of children.$ The assistant helps the family to change thinking, behavior and environment to create a safe environment for all family members to live and develop. During the training the student receives knowledge and skills related to the specifics of modern problems and transformation of family life, institutional mechanisms of assistance for families and ways of organization institutional and outside institutional support for the family and related social skills.$ Subjects: transformation of the structure and function of the modern family, family diagnostics, pathologies of family life, elements of occupational therapy with the family, institutional support for individuals and families, elements of psychotherapy and social therapy, communication in the family, and the organization of a network of social support for the family.$