Assignment Task
Assessment Declaration
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PART B
Alice is 18 and a single mother to two young children, Joel (just turned 3) and Connie (just turned 12 months).
Alice had a difficult early childhood. She moved many times and lived with various relatives in an urban aboriginal community. Her education was often interrupted and, as a result, her reading/writing and numeracy skills are minimal.
Alice’s own mother died 2 years ago. She never really recovered from having been forcibly removed from her own family as a child. She experienced mental health and alcohol dependency most of her life.
Her mother’s death has left Alice with no real support and no established connections with her family in northern Queensland. Even so, Alice is resilient and resourceful.
She’s determined not to have this situation repeated in the lives of her own children so is keen to give them a stable home and school experience (when the time comes).
Meanwhile, Alice and the children depend totally on the support payments she receives from Centrelink. Alice has also recently been told to leave the terrace house she has been sharing with a cousin and her cousin’s boyfriend. She has a week before she needs to vacate.
This is the last straw for Alice and she has become uncharacteristically depressed.
Please answer the following questions with regards to the above scenario.
What are the main cultural &/or sociological factors in this scenario that should be considered?What might be some of the structural causes of disadvantage in Alice’s life, what has happened in her life to impact on the situation she is in?What might be some of the social and cultural expectations that others might have of Alice and her family?What questions could you ask Alice and her children to gain a fuller understanding of their needs and circumstances?What are some of the possible impacts that social and cultural institutions, including welfare organisations, could have in this scenario? Give examples.What additional information would you require to conduct an assessment of this family’s needs?
