Understand How to Support Positive Outcomes for Children and Young People
Understand How to Support Positive Outcomes for Children and Young People-Task A
My report on how social, economic and cultural environments can affect children/young people’s lives and outcomes. Each factor can affect a child/young person’s life; some factors can be linked together, which means the child/young person could have a social and economic environment to deal with.
Social factors and the impacts they could have that could affect a child/young person’s life and outcomes:-
Poor housing: - Poor housing can be classed as cramped or of poor quality; this can start health issues in a child/young person. The area where the housing is situated may be in an underprivileged area where anti-social behaviour is a daily occurrence and this can cause families to become isolated.
Bereavement and loss: - Bereavement and loss can affect a child/young person physically and emotionally; whether they might have lost a parent/s, a close family member or a close friend. This doesn’t only affect the child or young person; it can affect their parent/carers as they may not be able to cope with the loss and the remaining child/children may be taken into care until the parent feels they can cope again.
Addictions: - This is where a child/young person is living in an environment where one or both parents have an addiction and the child or young person has become the main carer; this can affect the school attendance, they may become isolated, start to experience poverty and in some cases the child/young person could be taken into care.
Offending or Anti-social behaviour: - If the child/young person’s parent’s has such behaviour the child/young person can be taken into care. Or if they live in an area where anti-social behaviour is a daily occurrence, families can become isolated.
Economic factors and the impacts they could have that could affect a child/young person’s life and outcomes:-
Lone parents: - Having a lone parent can affect a family’s income which can turn
My report on how social, economic and cultural environments can affect children/young people’s lives and outcomes. Each factor can affect a child/young person’s life; some factors can be linked together, which means the child/young person could have a social and economic environment to deal with.
Social factors and the impacts they could have that could affect a child/young person’s life and outcomes:-
Poor housing: - Poor housing can be classed as cramped or of poor quality; this can start health issues in a child/young person. The area where the housing is situated may be in an underprivileged area where anti-social behaviour is a daily occurrence and this can cause families to become isolated.
Bereavement and loss: - Bereavement and loss can affect a child/young person physically and emotionally; whether they might have lost a parent/s, a close family member or a close friend. This doesn’t only affect the child or young person; it can affect their parent/carers as they may not be able to cope with the loss and the remaining child/children may be taken into care until the parent feels they can cope again.
Addictions: - This is where a child/young person is living in an environment where one or both parents have an addiction and the child or young person has become the main carer; this can affect the school attendance, they may become isolated, start to experience poverty and in some cases the child/young person could be taken into care.
Offending or Anti-social behaviour: - If the child/young person’s parent’s has such behaviour the child/young person can be taken into care. Or if they live in an area where anti-social behaviour is a daily occurrence, families can become isolated.
Economic factors and the impacts they could have that could affect a child/young person’s life and outcomes:-
Lone parents: - Having a lone parent can affect a family’s income which can turn