The working relationship is that which defines the interlocutor and the social worker as collaborators in the process of support and assistance and represents support for the social worker to be able to establish a conversation that enables co-creation of solutions and good outcomes (Čačinovič Vogrinčič et al., 2005). The aim of the research was to understand how professional workers perceive their role in the working relationship with a victim of violence, how they enter into a relationship with the victim and what their view on the topic of violence is. In doing so, I focused on which approaches they use in working with the victim of violence, what strengthens them in their work, possibly even hinders them, how they take care of themselves at work, and their perspective on the problem of violence and how they connect their educational path with their perception of violence. I conducted the research among social workers employed at the Maribor Centre for Social Work and the program of the Maribor Centre for Social Work. I carried out the empirical part of the research using qualitative methodology. I conducted a total of 11 semi-structured interviews using the method of questioning based on pre-prepared interview guidelines. I transcribed the collected data, assigned them codes and then analyzed them using open and axial coding. The results showed that professional workers enter into the relationship in such a way that they join the victim of violence, listen to her and are available for information. In doing so, they encounter certain barriers, which they resolve as they go, mostly within the collective, and at the same time they do not forget about the concept of self-care.
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