K101 Essay

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Part A In care work, how successful are outreach approaches and advocacy in engaging people who are socially excluded? In what ways might they not succeed? Illustrate your answer with examples from Block 3 People who are socially excluded are at a higher risk of not engaging with mainstream or other statutory services. “Socially excluded means lacking opportunities and experiences that are taken for granted by the general population” (Wiles, F. K101 Block 3, Unit 9, Pg 33). Maslow felt that for individuals to be able to become “self-actualising” (Walmsley, J. K101 Bock 1, Unit 3, pg 131) they needed to have their basic needs met first before they can look at social inclusion. Through this essay I will be looking at how advocacy and support can support individuals to have their basic needs met and hopefully progress to leading more fulfilling lives. I have used case studies from the Sussex Travellers Women’s Health Project, The Thornhill Project and Simon to look at meanings of social exclusion and how care work that offers advocacy and outreach services can have positives and negatives and how they may not always succeed. (155) There are 3 main circumstances that can cause people to be socially excluded; finance social and unemployment. Lack of finance can cause families to live in poverty, which can then have adverse effects on health, life opportunities, employment, diet and wellbeing, which in turn can lead to more isolation. “social exclusion doesn’t only mean that poor people are likely to experience a number of simultaneous disadvantages: the key thinking that underpins the concept is that social problems are interconnected……..social exclusion can be addressed only by tackling the linked problems of unemployment, low qualifications…..in a joined up way” (Wiles, F., K101, Block 3, Unit 9, Pg 35/36). Children may not have the funds to access
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