English for social workers II session 10, 7 jan 2013

1. English for social workers IIsession 10, 7 jan 2013 Miljen Matijašević E-mail: miljen.matijasevic@gmail.com Office: G10, room 6 (1st floor) Tue, 10:30-11:30

2. Today’s session • Revision of the last session • Child welfare • Final revision

3. Revision of the last session Older People

4. Revision – Older People • How is old age defined? • What are some possible criteria for determining 'old age'? • How is chronological age used in the society? • What is ageism? • Why is there a growing number of older people worldwide? • What services are available to older people in Britain, as concerns everyday life in the home? • What is the difference between sheltered housing and residential homes?

5. Child Welfare Unit 8

6. Child Welfare DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS • Why is child welfare a special concern of the state? • Which part of the child population should the state focus on? Read paragraphs 1&2 of the text on p. 75

7. Child Welfare READ THE REST OF THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS • What does the Children Act provide? • How are “children in need” defined in the Act? • What children-related social services are outlined in the last paragraph?

8. The Children Act 1989 • amended in 2004 • facilitates the promotion and safeguarding of children’s interests at the local level • brings together different professionals • a child-centered approach • integrates services and information in order to facilitate quick and effective interventions • any professional suspecting child abuse must report it

9. Child Protection • according to the Children Act – the interests of the child are paramount • when a child enters the system of Social Services (through criminal procedures, adoption, placement in homes, foster homes) – a key consideration is quick intervention • delay is detrimental to children • moving children across different placements is also avoided

10. Child Protection EXERCISES • do the vocabulary exercises on p. 77

11. Adoption • an adoption order rescinds all rights, duties and obligations of the natural parents or guardian • the child becomes a legitimate child of its adoptive parents • the natural parent not allowed to know who adopted their child • the adopted child has the same inheritance rights as a natural child (except as concerns titles of honour)

12. Adoption WHO MAY ADOPT? • a single person • a couple – married or unmarried • must be domiciled in the UK • must be at least 21 (of 18 if one partner is the natural parent)

13. Adoption Can gay couples adopt children in the UK? • actually, yes! • when a single person is adopting, the fact that he/she may live in a homosexual partnership is irrelevant

14. The Convention on the Rights of the Child • adopted on 20 November 1989 by the UN General Assembly READ THE TEXT ON p. 78 TO FIND OUT THE BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONVENTION • summarize the basic rights and principles protected under the Convention

15. Final Revision

16. range – monitor – jeopardy – interventionwarden – facilities – escalate – loan – subsidised • Social work _______ take place at the points of interaction between the individual and the society. • Free or _______ transport to recreational _______ is sometimes organised by the local council. • We offer a _______ of services for older people who live in their homes. • If sufficient funds are not provided, these problems may _______. • The black disabled woman is in triple _______. • The Council _______ the application of all regulations relating to people with disabilities. • In sheltered housing people live independently, but they have the support of a resident _______.

17. range – monitor – jeopardy – interventionwarden – facilities – escalate – loan – subsidised • Social work INTERVENTIONS take place at the points of interaction between the individual and the society. • Free or SUBSIDISED transport to recreational FACILITIES is sometimes organised by the local council. • We offer a RANGE of services for older people who live in their homes. • If sufficient funds are not provided, these problems may ESCALATE. • The black disabled woman is in triple JEOPARDY. • The Council MONITORS the application of all regulations relating to people with disabilities. • In sheltered housing people live independently, but they have the support of a resident WARDEN.

18. Translate the following paragraph The Commission offers ongoing support and co-operation with organisations for the disabled and parents of disabled children in implementing their programs, gathering and involving as great a number as possible of disabled persons and their parents in corresponding associations for their direct participation in satisfying specific needs dependent on the type and degree of damage to health. It also takes the initiative and participates in preparing research projects in the field of the protection and rehabilitation of the disabled.

19. Explain the following terms in English respite care life expectancy congenital disability empowerment

20. Questions Full board costs £75 per week. Full board costs £75 per week. In Western society, ‘old’ is also a pejorative term. In Western society, ‘old’ is also a pejorative term. Specially-designed housing may be available for those able to look after themselves. Specially-designed housing may be available for those able to look after themselves. The class begins at 11.30. The children were terrified of the dark.

21. TheArticle Cry, The Beloved Country was published in _____ January 1948. At that time, Alan Paton was _____ principal of Diepkloof Reformatory. It became _____ instant best-seller, and remains so today. It has been translated into many languages, and Alexander Korda made _____ film of it. Another major event in 1948 which influenced _____ author’s life decisively was _____ coming to power, on 26 May, of _____ Afrikaner Nationalists with their policies of _____ rigid racial segregation known as _____ apartheid. Much of _____ subject matter of Cry, The Beloved Country deals with _____ results and consequences of this Afrikaner victory.

22. Thank you for your attention!