1. CREATED IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE RESTRUCTURATION PROJECT OF THE ANCIENT PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL. IT APPEARS AS A DEPARTMENT CLEARLY DIFFERENT WITH A BIG EXTERNAL INFLUENCE. IT WAS CHANGED INTO A COMPLEX ADAPTATIVE SYSTEM WITH A COMPETENCE TO ABSORB THE NEW DEMAND OF EMERGENT PATHOLOGY. Servicio de Atención a la Familia SAF

2. It is a department created to deal with family problems: -The work is mainly targeted to the direct contact with the families by the multiprofessional expert team in treatment of family conflicts. BASIC ACTIONS AREAS ASSISTANCE: GUIDANCE, EVALUATIÓN AND TREATMENT OF FAMILY MALFUNCTIONS SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE:TO PROFESSIONALS THAT DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WORK WITH FAMILIES TRAINING: COLABORATION IN THE TRAINING OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS POST DEGREE

3. ASSISTANCE EVALUATION AND COUNSELLING as first step to the treatment in this Department or the derivation to other appropriate Organisms TREATMENT to families in order to solve conflicts by the method of therapeutic relationship guidance OBJECTIVE: Offer counselling, evaluation and/or treatment for the solution of family problems: - Conflicts of couples - Adolescents with family problems - Family malfunction - Generation problems - Crisis promoted by changes in the family life cycle - Families that live together a chronic ill person - Whatever situation of crisis that needs an intervention

4. TRAINING Focused to professionals thats needs coaching of specific abilities and skills in relation to family problems. As the following: - Training Courses theoretic-practice - Pre and post degree training - Professionals Practices OBJECTIVE: Increase knowledges about family malfunction of the professionals and students that directly or indirectly work with families TARGETED GROUP These actions are mainly focused to professionals and pre and post degree students: - Family Care Health - Nursery - Psychiatry - Psychopedagogy - Psychology - Social Work - Secondary Education Professionals TARGETED GROUP These actions are mainly focused to professionals and pre and post degree students: - Family Care Health - Nursery - Psychiatry - Psychopedagogy - Psychology - Social Work - Secondary Education Professionals

5. PROGRAMMES OF SUPPORT AND COUNSELLING Service of Family Care designs and developps Specific Programmes of Support and Counselling OBJECTIVE Answer to the specific requests applies for targeted professionals group, associations and institutions

6. SERVICE OF FAMILY CARE PROGRAMMES ASSISTANCE TRAINING SUPPORT AND COUNSELLING RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES FAMILY INTERVENTION INDIVIDUAL INTERVENTION INTERVENTION IN GROUP COMMUNITARY INTERVENTION