Abstract. The article presents an overview of ways and means of interventions and provision of social support for parents and families in the community. The conceptual basis of the review comments on: the humanistic understanding of the possibilities of families for change; the inseparability of the child's needs and well-being from family stability; the community development model, the ecosystem approach and the mesosystem view of the community connections of parents and families. It is argued that the community context is specific and representative of the helping approaches and methods of social work. The following methods are presented: material support and provision of services, mediation, parents' club, networking, family group conference, parenting skills training, programs to work with parents and families in the community. It is concluded that the community context of social work expands the methodological resource of family interventions and can provide more endurance, durability, strength and stability in the functioning of supported families.
Keywords: community, social work, support for parents and families