A study into the recent intervention strategies and factors developed to address child poverty in Britain

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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

1.1 Background of the Research1

1.2 Significance of the Research1

1.3 Aims and Objective3

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW4

2.1 Relevant Social Changes Affecting People4

2.1.1 Causes of Poverty in UK4

2.1.2 Physical Impacts5

2.2 Importance for Social Workers6

2.3 Implication of Social Work Practices7

CHAPTER 3: DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS9

3.1 Child Poverty9

3.1.1 Child poverty in Britain is growing9

3.1.2 The lack of employment protection creates child poverty11

3.1.3 The British government's welfare cuts multiplies poverty14

3.2 Child Protection16

3.2.1 The Child Protection in Various Facts16

3.2.2 Dysfunctional System18

3.3.3 The Culture of Stalking19

3.3.4 Families Get Organized20

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Research

Although UK is one of the most advanced industrialized countries in the world, it has some of the highest child poverty rates in the industrialized world. Some children are poor because their parents are working, yet poor. Other poor children live with single mothers or recent immigrants (Ferguson, 2007, p. 1). Children living in poverty experience increased strain on their physical, emotional, psychological, and social well-being. That said there are some industrialized nations that have reduced child poverty rates through a number of programs and policies.

By many accounts, the poor in wealthier countries like UK is getting poorer, and the gap between the lowest- and highest-income families has widened. Average incomes for the poorest in UK, for example, have increased by about 18 percent over the past 10 years, while the wealthiest families experienced a 30 percent increase (Gallo et al., 2006, p. 109). Young couples with children experienced significant downward shifts, as their average wealth fell about 30 percent over the last decade. Inequality has worsened among families with children.

1.2 Significance of the Research

After being partly neglected in the last two decades, poverty alleviation is again high on the international agenda. Ethical and human arguments central to a critique of globalization have often said that it has made the rich richer and the poor poorer, and that it has dramatically increased inequality between and within nations. On the other side are apologists for globalization who argue that the poor who have participated in global trade and exchange have benefit from it, and that among the countries which have opened up to globalization, while inequalities might have increased, there has been an overall reduction in poverty. Children living in low-income families are not destined to live deprived lives. The effects of long-term poverty on children are mediated and moderated by neighbourhood resources and social capital. Neighbourhoods with more social supports have been found to positively modify the effects of long-term poverty

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