La intervención profesional ante las afectaciones al derecho de niñas y niños a la familia por la pandemia COVID–19

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic caused great consequences worldwide, which is why many areas and sectors were affected. The right of children and adolescents to a family was also violated with the contingency. However, there are instances such as the Private Assistance Institution (IAP) “Fundación Quinta Carmelita”, which sought strategies and tools to deal with the situation, as well as to restore children’s right to a family, as soon as possible after a complete intervention multidisciplinary. Faced with this problem, the suggested methodology is qualitative, by facilitating the analysis of the context, entering and understanding the situation according to the perception of reality of each participant. Six professionals from different areas were interviewed in order to visualize the strategies implemented by a multidisciplinary team to deal with the problem and restore the right of children to the family. The main strategies include: migration of school and administrative processes to virtuality, family and home visits through online platforms, strengthening of support networks, expansion in the promotion of processes for adoption and temporary foster care, among others used within the IAP. Particularly, the intervention of social work was fundamental so that the prompt reestablishment of the right to the family was possible.