The right of a child to grow up in a family environment is prescribed in the Convention on the Rights of the Child as well as numerous other documents, and in the aspect of ensuring this right, Croatia is modeled on West European countries implementing the processes of deinstitutionalisation and transformation of childcare. The goals of the mentioned processes relate to the reduction of institutional care for children and the development of non-institutional forms of accommodation and community services. The purpose of this paper is to present the results of the research conducted with the aim of better understanding the existing and acquiring new knowledge necessary to improve the process of deinstitutionalisation and transformation of the child care institution from the perspective of the experts. The research was conducted with experts (N = 10) employed in 3 child care facilities by the focus group technique, and the data were processed through a qualitative thematic analysis method. Research findings have shown that experts note some of the benefits of the transformation process, such as reducing the number of children on placement and improving conditions in the child care system. However, experts also point to certain disadvantages in the process, such as the challenges of foster care and negative experiences with the system. Furthermore, proffesionals present different experiences with available help and support, and give recommendations for further improvement of the deinstitutionalisation and transformation process, particularly emphasizing the need for further community service development, foster care, intensive work with biological families, and recruitment of new professional workers.