Social care With Children And Families - Qp10

Understanding changes and transitions in families is not easy, but it is important for social workers to grasp as far as possible what specific changes or transitions mean for a family.

Growing up is always an easy transition for children and young people, or for their parents.

Social work with children and families involved in separation and divorce requires a great deal of sensitivity, therefore ______ is of particular value at this time.

There are very many different new family structures that children might experience following a divorce or separation.

Illnesses are not easily accepted, and for many ill people, particularly if they are poor, there are often inadequate services.

Childhood is essentially a time for growth and development.

One of the advantages of working with groups of parents is that they have the potential to offer one another realistic ideas.

Transitions are simply imposed on children and families, although children might rightly feel they have no control over what is happening.

Death has been described as the only certainty in life.