This assignment plans to discus the role of the practitioner working with families and young children. The group I have chosen to focus on is teenage parents; this vulnerable and socially excluded group, continue to be in the media and a current debate topic.
Social exclusion has been described by Blackmore and Griggs (2007) as a “Process that results in social groups and individuals being marginalized and separated from ‘mainstream’ society”, this is suggesting those who are considered different from mainstream are excluded. The 2000 European union meeting (Baldock 2012, p15-16) linked social exclusion to poverty, although recognising them as different. It suggests as economies grow some may be “excluded from skills and knowledge” leading …show more content…
This led to the troubled families program set up by the Department for Communities and Local Government (2012) and fronted by Louise Casey. It aims to those with problems, and cost the state money. Teenage mothers are highlighted in this scheme as ‘troubled’, it provides examples of teenage mothers who have struggled and have got in to trouble with the police. This scheme aims to stop these problems, and reduce social exclusion. Butler (2012) in a article in the guardian states there are “huge risks with the troubled families plan”, suggesting it only tackles those “extreme families” and ignores those who are at risk of extreme problems, he talks about budget cuts, which can affect this plan as well as disagreeing with the governments figure of “120,000 troubled families” calling it a “ …show more content…
Research by the young people learning agency (2010) has suggested 77% of those asked couldn’t of gone on with their education without the help from care to learn. This project aim’s to get teenage parents back into school, which can reduced their exclusion from education. This program however is means tested and capped at a certain amount of applicants, so the question of inclusion for all can be raised, and weather it actually reduces social exclusion for all.
The current conservative government have put in place from 2015 a law for all teenagers, “including the 200,000 who become mothers each year” to be in education until the age of 18 (BBC, 2010), this possibly can reduce teenage parents being excluded from education due to; the possibility of gaining social groups and support potentially being offered by school services which raises inclusion. A report by Sparkes, (1999) talks about a good education is a way for social mobility, and so a way to reduce exclusion especially for the
Social exclusion has been described by Blackmore and Griggs (2007) as a “Process that results in social groups and individuals being marginalized and separated from ‘mainstream’ society”, this is suggesting those who are considered different from mainstream are excluded. The 2000 European union meeting (Baldock 2012, p15-16) linked social exclusion to poverty, although recognising them as different. It suggests as economies grow some may be “excluded from skills and knowledge” leading …show more content…
This led to the troubled families program set up by the Department for Communities and Local Government (2012) and fronted by Louise Casey. It aims to those with problems, and cost the state money. Teenage mothers are highlighted in this scheme as ‘troubled’, it provides examples of teenage mothers who have struggled and have got in to trouble with the police. This scheme aims to stop these problems, and reduce social exclusion. Butler (2012) in a article in the guardian states there are “huge risks with the troubled families plan”, suggesting it only tackles those “extreme families” and ignores those who are at risk of extreme problems, he talks about budget cuts, which can affect this plan as well as disagreeing with the governments figure of “120,000 troubled families” calling it a “ …show more content…
Research by the young people learning agency (2010) has suggested 77% of those asked couldn’t of gone on with their education without the help from care to learn. This project aim’s to get teenage parents back into school, which can reduced their exclusion from education. This program however is means tested and capped at a certain amount of applicants, so the question of inclusion for all can be raised, and weather it actually reduces social exclusion for all.
The current conservative government have put in place from 2015 a law for all teenagers, “including the 200,000 who become mothers each year” to be in education until the age of 18 (BBC, 2010), this possibly can reduce teenage parents being excluded from education due to; the possibility of gaining social groups and support potentially being offered by school services which raises inclusion. A report by Sparkes, (1999) talks about a good education is a way for social mobility, and so a way to reduce exclusion especially for the