It is also important to actively acknowledge the person’s strengths, passions and aspirations, and actively involve the family and friends, if the person wishes. Person-centred values includes: individuality; rights; choice; privacy; independence; dignity; respect; partnership; autocracy 2. Why is it important for social workers to work in a way that promotes person centred values? It is important to acknowledge the needs and wishes of your service users, and ensure that these underpin the planning and delivery of care. Promoting continuity of care that values the service users unique past, present and future individuality and recognizing and respecting the person’s role and contribution to family and wider society.
There are many policies that have been introduced which can have a positive or negative impact on family life, based on different sociologists’ points of view. Functionalists believe that many social policies have a positive effect on family life because some policies help the family. The welfare state relieves the family from pressure in education and healthcare by having schools and the NHS. This means that the welfare state works alongside the family so they can perform the essential functions and can focus on the socialisation and nurturing of their children. Fletcher agrees that with the introduction of health, education and housing policies this had led to the welfare state supporting the family in performing functions effectively.
Through interaction with the parents, the child will get an understanding of society and the world. If the parents bring the child up with warm, regular, and dependable affection, then the infant will feel comfortable enough to trust. For example, if the parents or caregiver are a consistent source of food, comfort, and affection, an infant learns trust and that others are dependable and reliable. If the child does not feel secure and their basic needs are not satisfied, then the child may
He claims that the family must provide the primary socialisation of children to certify the maintenance of society’s culture and the stabilisation of adult personalities - where responsibility for children gives emotional security and the family performs as a haven from the complications of the outside world. Other sociologists, in particular
EYMP 1 Task 2 3.1 As a trainee practitioner i need to show the knowledge and understanding of how partnership with parents is important to the success of each individual child in the setting. Promoting an effective bond between the parents and professionals, this provides a source of strength throughout their time in the setting. Consequently practitioners should be very aware that there leading role is very different in the Childs life, compared to their own parents, carers etc. Practitioners roll is to be able to show a more compassionate bond with the child. Leading on Carolyn Meggitt also believed that “Practitioners need to develop constant, warm and affectionate relationships with children, especially babies, but should not seek to
Level 5 Unit O36 Lead practice in promoting the well-being and resilience of children and young people * Explain the importance of well-being for children and young people Well-being focuses on developing as a person. It has two main elements: psychological well-being (including feeling and thinking) and physical well-being. Children’s relationships and interactions with their families & communities contribute significantly to their sense of well-being. Children need to feel valued, respected, empowered, cared for, and included. They also need to respect themselves, others and their environment.
Item 2B “For functionalist sociologists, the family is an important institution in society. They see the family as having a number of roles essential to the smooth running of society. For example, the family is seen as key to socialising children into the norms and values of society. Other sociologists argue that the functionalist view is too uncritical and ignores the conflict that takes place within the family.” For functionalist sociologists the family is an important institution in the modern day society. Functionalists like Murdock, Parsons and Fletcher see the family as having a number of essential roles to give a ‘smooth running society.’ George Murdock, a functionalist, looked at 250 societies in the US.
In this way there should be happiness and acceptance of one another. It can be hard at first to develop an essential line of communication, but once you start, openness can evolve. Openness is the result of it and can be the cement that bonds everyone. A family has many parts, besides the people involved. With love, honesty and communication, comes appreciation of everyone.
Murdock argues that this makes the family a greatly important institution. In performing these functions the family links up with other institutions, providing things like the next workforce. Murdock argues that the family performs four basic functions which are: Stable satisfaction of the sex drive- which would prevent social disturbance e.g. rape, Reproduction of the next generation- without this then society wouldn’t continue, socialisation of the young- teaching societies norms and values, meeting its members economic needs- providing necessities such as food and shelter. A criticism of Murdock’s theory is that other institutions can for fill some of the functions that the family performs for example the education system or the media.
A relationship between a child and a functional family unit helps foster self-esteem in the child, but that is most likely with support from a functional family. As the parent finds reward in their child’s achievements and rewarding them as well, the child is encouraged by the progress of their development. When a child is encouraged, they are expected to follow a lifetime of meaningful work. “Often people who marry and stay married have personal and financial strengths that also make them better parents.”(Berger, 2010). On the other, in contrast to be within a functional family, children being part of a dysfunctional family are any family that are poorly functioning, and consist of family members that are not supporting all its members.