The main issue analyzed in the paper is policy design and its outcome on the social construction of single mother families and its effect on their wellbeing and life opportunities. Literature review and qualitative legislation documents analysis have been conducted to demonstrate how single mothers are perceived and treated in the context of social policy in Lithuania. The main findings of the paper show that in Lithuania, social policy is concentrated on controlling demography and therefore promotes traditional families and multi-child families. Meanwhile, single mother families are rather neglected and are not recognized by family policy as a group of a specific importance.
The main issue analyzed in the paper is policy design and its outcome on the social construction of single mother families and its effect on their wellbeing and life opportunities. Literature review and qualitative legislation documents analysis have been conducted to demonstrate how single mothers are perceived and treated in the context of social policy in Lithuania. The main findings of the paper show that in Lithuania, social policy is concentrated on controlling demography and therefore promotes traditional families and multi-child families. Meanwhile, single mother families are rather neglected and are not recognized by family policy as a group of a specific importance.
The main issue analyzed in the paper is policy design and its outcome on the social construction of single mother families and its effect on their wellbeing and life opportunities. Literature review and qualitative legislation documents analysis have been conducted to demonstrate how single mothers are perceived and treated in the context of social policy in Lithuania. The main findings of the paper show that in Lithuania, social policy is concentrated on controlling demography and therefore promotes traditional families and multi-child families. Meanwhile, single mother families are rather neglected and are not recognized by family policy as a group of a specific importance.
The main issue analyzed in the paper is policy design and its outcome on the social construction of single mother families and its effect on their wellbeing and life opportunities. Literature review and qualitative legislation documents analysis have been conducted to demonstrate how single mothers are perceived and treated in the context of social policy in Lithuania. The main findings of the paper show that in Lithuania, social policy is concentrated on controlling demography and therefore promotes traditional families and multi-child families. Meanwhile, single mother families are rather neglected and are not recognized by family policy as a group of a specific importance.
Lithuanian Republic policy of social assistance to families is influenced by many factors: general economical – political situation in the country, country traditions, general attitude toward the family, the model of state welfare, and many others. This Master Paper examines the infrastructure of social services available for families under the social risk; it also presents possibilities for development of social assistance for families' network. In this Master Paper there was made a survey on the situation of families under the social risk, taking into account recent changes and tendencies. The activity process of organizations that provide social assistance was properly studied and their place and position in the system of country and municipality institutions was defined. There were identified the social assistance services that are available for the families under the social risk, evaluated the possibility of expansion and growth of social services. In the research process there were reviewed the law statutes regulating the services provided for the families under the social risk. There was made reference to the working experience and practice of many municipalities, an to the recommendations given in the non-fiction literature, and the most problematic points in the infrastructure of social assistance were distinguished; the recommendations how to improve social assistance for the families under the risk were introduced. The analyses showed that the legal basis, defining the mechanism of the social assistance services, is still not fully formed. Assistance to families under the social risk is till rather slow in Elektrenai Municipality. The present possibilities of social care workers are still too low to provide the full packet of services for these families. It is recommended to expand the social assistance network – establish family assistance and crises centres. The system of control for social assistance has to be improved in order to assure an effective mechanism of social assistance.
Lithuanian Republic policy of social assistance to families is influenced by many factors: general economical – political situation in the country, country traditions, general attitude toward the family, the model of state welfare, and many others. This Master Paper examines the infrastructure of social services available for families under the social risk; it also presents possibilities for development of social assistance for families' network. In this Master Paper there was made a survey on the situation of families under the social risk, taking into account recent changes and tendencies. The activity process of organizations that provide social assistance was properly studied and their place and position in the system of country and municipality institutions was defined. There were identified the social assistance services that are available for the families under the social risk, evaluated the possibility of expansion and growth of social services. In the research process there were reviewed the law statutes regulating the services provided for the families under the social risk. There was made reference to the working experience and practice of many municipalities, an to the recommendations given in the non-fiction literature, and the most problematic points in the infrastructure of social assistance were distinguished; the recommendations how to improve social assistance for the families under the risk were introduced. The analyses showed that the legal basis, defining the mechanism of the social assistance services, is still not fully formed. Assistance to families under the social risk is till rather slow in Elektrenai Municipality. The present possibilities of social care workers are still too low to provide the full packet of services for these families. It is recommended to expand the social assistance network – establish family assistance and crises centres. The system of control for social assistance has to be improved in order to assure an effective mechanism of social assistance.
The status of a family and its trends are complicated. Our countries current political problems, social tensions generally accumulates, touches and are most visible in the families, especially large families, changing their lifestyle, behavior. Families encounter new problems and wishing to adapt to changes, change their values, lifestyles and thus new family models and family transformations become evident. That way a problem question is formulated: is the states and communities attention to large family problem salving sufficient. The object of the research - large family social and educational problems. The goal of the research - to conduct an analysis of large family social and educational problems and provide recommendations for offering social care. The research methods employed in this work: literature from the fields of science, psychology, law etc., analytical generalization of those documents. Half Standard interview - quality and content analysis, with planned questions and outlines. In the second step of this work, the written survey was used. Survey included additional questions about the problems large families encounter and what help they need. Methods of mathematical statistics was used, along with survey, analyzing the research data. Data was processed with computer programs: Statistical Package for Sočiai Sciences; Kruscal, Wallis tests, Microsoft Excel.
The status of a family and its trends are complicated. Our countries current political problems, social tensions generally accumulates, touches and are most visible in the families, especially large families, changing their lifestyle, behavior. Families encounter new problems and wishing to adapt to changes, change their values, lifestyles and thus new family models and family transformations become evident. That way a problem question is formulated: is the states and communities attention to large family problem salving sufficient. The object of the research - large family social and educational problems. The goal of the research - to conduct an analysis of large family social and educational problems and provide recommendations for offering social care. The research methods employed in this work: literature from the fields of science, psychology, law etc., analytical generalization of those documents. Half Standard interview - quality and content analysis, with planned questions and outlines. In the second step of this work, the written survey was used. Survey included additional questions about the problems large families encounter and what help they need. Methods of mathematical statistics was used, along with survey, analyzing the research data. Data was processed with computer programs: Statistical Package for Sočiai Sciences; Kruscal, Wallis tests, Microsoft Excel.
SUMMARY The theme of the conception of family of children being grown in social risk families is slightly studied at scientific level. There are some surveys of the youth attitude towards family, preparation for family making performed, as well as surveys of children of the risk group, children of alcoholic families and foster home attitude towards their parents' family. Though, there are very few surveys, which could reveal the conception of family of the children being grown in social risk families. The demand for going deep into this theme is a very low decrease of the number of social risk families. Besides, it has been noticed that young families of people having grown in dysfunctional families and having their own children, become families of social risk very often. That's why preventive activity is very necessary. In order to create concrete methodology of preventive activity, firstly, it is essential to see how children of social risk families understand family, how their conception of the family develops. There are three presumptions made after analysing the literature: 1) children of social risk families form the conception of family, analogous to their parents' family model; 2) in order to avoid pain felt in family, they form the contrary conception of family, comparing with their parents' family model; 3) in order to avoid stigmatisation, they form the opposite conception of family, comparing with their parents' family model. The qualitative study, the object of which was family conceptions of children of social risk families, has been performed for confirmation or denial of these presumptions. Method of the study – biographical narrative interview. Five youngsters of the age of 18-25 participated in the study. The objective for gathering comprehensive information determined the selection of respondents. As a result, five different cases has been chosen: 1) incomplete family and the only child; 2) complete and large family; 3) family, where one of the parents often changes partners; 4) family, from which one child has been given to foster home; 5) family, included to social risk families account because of non-typical problem – mental illness of one of the parents. The deep analysis of narrative biographical study has revealed that the conception of family of children being grown in social risk families is contrary to their parents' family model. The qualitative study has shown that reasons of such conception are the result of painful experience in family as well as stigmatisation because of family dysfunction. Referring to these reasons, the device of conception of harmonious family forming has been determined: trying to avoid recurrence of painful experience and stigmatisation, the behaviour must be opposite to parents' behaviour in family. Also, the deep analysis of interview has displayed that implementation of harmonious family conception for young people is rather difficult, as there is a lack of proper skills and possibilities to live separately from dysfunctional family. Consequently, politicians, social workers, schoolteachers and other specialists pay atttention to the demand of intensive preparation of children of social risk families to an effective family life functioning and the need of having individual accommodation. Furthermore, the attention has been fixed on bureaucracy reduction in the system of assistance of social risk families. In other words, bureaucracy makes activity of social workers like a control of those families, but not the real assistance, that stimulates inner motivation to change and become the example for the future generations.
SUMMARY The theme of the conception of family of children being grown in social risk families is slightly studied at scientific level. There are some surveys of the youth attitude towards family, preparation for family making performed, as well as surveys of children of the risk group, children of alcoholic families and foster home attitude towards their parents' family. Though, there are very few surveys, which could reveal the conception of family of the children being grown in social risk families. The demand for going deep into this theme is a very low decrease of the number of social risk families. Besides, it has been noticed that young families of people having grown in dysfunctional families and having their own children, become families of social risk very often. That's why preventive activity is very necessary. In order to create concrete methodology of preventive activity, firstly, it is essential to see how children of social risk families understand family, how their conception of the family develops. There are three presumptions made after analysing the literature: 1) children of social risk families form the conception of family, analogous to their parents' family model; 2) in order to avoid pain felt in family, they form the contrary conception of family, comparing with their parents' family model; 3) in order to avoid stigmatisation, they form the opposite conception of family, comparing with their parents' family model. The qualitative study, the object of which was family conceptions of children of social risk families, has been performed for confirmation or denial of these presumptions. Method of the study – biographical narrative interview. Five youngsters of the age of 18-25 participated in the study. The objective for gathering comprehensive information determined the selection of respondents. As a result, five different cases has been chosen: 1) incomplete family and the only child; 2) complete and large family; 3) family, where one of the parents often changes partners; 4) family, from which one child has been given to foster home; 5) family, included to social risk families account because of non-typical problem – mental illness of one of the parents. The deep analysis of narrative biographical study has revealed that the conception of family of children being grown in social risk families is contrary to their parents' family model. The qualitative study has shown that reasons of such conception are the result of painful experience in family as well as stigmatisation because of family dysfunction. Referring to these reasons, the device of conception of harmonious family forming has been determined: trying to avoid recurrence of painful experience and stigmatisation, the behaviour must be opposite to parents' behaviour in family. Also, the deep analysis of interview has displayed that implementation of harmonious family conception for young people is rather difficult, as there is a lack of proper skills and possibilities to live separately from dysfunctional family. Consequently, politicians, social workers, schoolteachers and other specialists pay atttention to the demand of intensive preparation of children of social risk families to an effective family life functioning and the need of having individual accommodation. Furthermore, the attention has been fixed on bureaucracy reduction in the system of assistance of social risk families. In other words, bureaucracy makes activity of social workers like a control of those families, but not the real assistance, that stimulates inner motivation to change and become the example for the future generations.
The goal of the master's thesis is to study the approach to social support for children from social risk families at day centre. The goal of the study is defined more specifically by the objectives that the thesis addresses: analysing issues of social risk families and children; studying directions of social support for children from social risk families; investigating social worker functions at day centre relating to the offering of support to children from social risk families. Part one of the thesis addresses theoretical factors pertaining to the emergence of social risk families, directions of governmental social support for children from social risk families. Part two analyses the possibilities and projects on providing social support to children from social risk families and the functions of the social worker relating to the organising of support activities at day centre. Part three of the thesis summarises the data of the qualitative study and the respondents' opinion on social support for children from social risk families. In the process of study we established that the most significant issues that social risk families are facing are identified to be those of poverty and deprivation, unemployment, lack of social skills, poor relations among family members. The study has supported the hypothesis that the activities of children's occupation, homework, nourishment available from the day centre are most important to the parents and the children and are viewed as a positive thing by all families. The study has revealed that the attitude of families and specialist workers towards support to children available from the day centre is positive and there is a general wish that the day centre activities should be continued. The study has disclosed the functions of the social worker at the day centre relating to the offering of social support to children from social risk families. The activities of consultation and cooperation with parents, children's occupation and nourishment as well as work with other communal institutions are seen in the most positive light. We recommend to the municipal administration developing the range and scope of services at the day centre, and to the centre's staff we advise reinforcing the application of the team work approach across the activities.
The goal of the master's thesis is to study the approach to social support for children from social risk families at day centre. The goal of the study is defined more specifically by the objectives that the thesis addresses: analysing issues of social risk families and children; studying directions of social support for children from social risk families; investigating social worker functions at day centre relating to the offering of support to children from social risk families. Part one of the thesis addresses theoretical factors pertaining to the emergence of social risk families, directions of governmental social support for children from social risk families. Part two analyses the possibilities and projects on providing social support to children from social risk families and the functions of the social worker relating to the organising of support activities at day centre. Part three of the thesis summarises the data of the qualitative study and the respondents' opinion on social support for children from social risk families. In the process of study we established that the most significant issues that social risk families are facing are identified to be those of poverty and deprivation, unemployment, lack of social skills, poor relations among family members. The study has supported the hypothesis that the activities of children's occupation, homework, nourishment available from the day centre are most important to the parents and the children and are viewed as a positive thing by all families. The study has revealed that the attitude of families and specialist workers towards support to children available from the day centre is positive and there is a general wish that the day centre activities should be continued. The study has disclosed the functions of the social worker at the day centre relating to the offering of social support to children from social risk families. The activities of consultation and cooperation with parents, children's occupation and nourishment as well as work with other communal institutions are seen in the most positive light. We recommend to the municipal administration developing the range and scope of services at the day centre, and to the centre's staff we advise reinforcing the application of the team work approach across the activities.
In modern industrial society, with difficult economic conditions, the family concept has been substantially altered. A child on a daily basis understands the reality and takes part in it taking over the characteristics of parental behavior, actions and temper. Certain groups of people feel unsafe in changed socio-economic conditions. They are difficult to adapt to the pace of modern life, to the socio-economic and political changes. Extremely high unemployment highlighted social problems of the families with low income The study involved 185 respondents: 87 parents and 18 preschool teachers from the preschools of Kaunas Dainava district; who monitored and evaluated the behavior of 80 children.
In modern industrial society, with difficult economic conditions, the family concept has been substantially altered. A child on a daily basis understands the reality and takes part in it taking over the characteristics of parental behavior, actions and temper. Certain groups of people feel unsafe in changed socio-economic conditions. They are difficult to adapt to the pace of modern life, to the socio-economic and political changes. Extremely high unemployment highlighted social problems of the families with low income The study involved 185 respondents: 87 parents and 18 preschool teachers from the preschools of Kaunas Dainava district; who monitored and evaluated the behavior of 80 children.
The purpose of the Master paper "Assessment of social support to large families and trends of possible development" is to analyze social status of large families and project ways how to solve problems after identifying them. In pursue of this purpose the goal has been set to analyze the concept of social support, models of support provision, to analyze laws regulating provision of social support to large families, to point out problems of provision of social support to large families and possible ways how to solve them. The first part analyzes social security in the European Union and Lithuania, types of social security and social policy of welfare states. The second part covers shortcomings of social support to large families based on the results of the research conducted in Lazdijai district Kapčiamiestis elderate and provides recommendations for improvement of the support. Having analyzed data of the research conclusions have been made that provision of social support to large families is not efficient and adequate. Families would like that raising of children was equal to the work that is socially beneficial and was paid for.
