Rácz, A.; Sik, D. Social (Im)Mobility and Social Work with Families with Children. Case Study of a Disadvantaged Microregion in Hungary. Soc. Sci.2020, 9, 184.
Rácz, A.; Sik, D. Social (Im)Mobility and Social Work with Families with Children. Case Study of a Disadvantaged Microregion in Hungary. Soc. Sci. 2020, 9, 184.
Rácz, A.; Sik, D. Social (Im)Mobility and Social Work with Families with Children. Case Study of a Disadvantaged Microregion in Hungary. Soc. Sci.2020, 9, 184.
Rácz, A.; Sik, D. Social (Im)Mobility and Social Work with Families with Children. Case Study of a Disadvantaged Microregion in Hungary. Soc. Sci. 2020, 9, 184.
Abstract
Abstract The aim of our study is to analyse the perception of the families and concerned social workers. The research was conducted in an underprivileged and disadvantaged microregion in North Hungary. The main focus was the perception on the available health, educational, child welfare and social services and supports. The starting point was to enquire the target group’s knowledge of these services. The study examines the extent to which social work is able to provide support to disadvantaged, marginalized families with children, and the way how the dysfunctional operation of the system contributes to the perpetuation of the clients’ life conditions. Analysing the quality of these services and supports is crucial to understand the social mobility chance of the children living in this microregion. The results show that without capability and talent development for the children and given the lack of welfare services, the mobility chance and opportunities of these families are extremely low in Hungary.
Keywords
social work; families with children; child welfare services; social mobility
Subject
Social Sciences, Sociology
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