La funció terapèutica del treball social en el context del centre de desenvolupament infantil i atenció precoç: Anàlisi d’una experiència compartida a través del concepte de mentalització

The article aims to stimulate reflection on the practice of social work in the context of the centre for child development and early care (CDIAP) and to analyse its therapeutic potential, on the basis of an experience carried out jointly with a psychologist, a specialist in early care who co-authored the text. The article begins by describing early care, the CDIAP service, and the role and responsibilities of the social worker, before outlining the characteristics of the client families seen and worked with by this professional. Finally, the experience is described as an example of shared work undertaken from a transdisciplinary
perspective and using group work techniques and mentalization processes to help guide and support the maternal role, as carried out in the mother and child service of the Cáritas charity and social relief organization in the town of Rubí.
In this way, a preventive community-based intervention is presented in terms of the enrichment of a transdisciplinary experience spanning social work and psychology. At the same time the article acknowledges the theoretical frame of reference underpinning the necessary specialization of the professionals who work with early childhood in vulnerable environments.