Lone Parents
Introductions: Understanding the Social World
Assignment 1
Critical analysis of a published article (1200 words)
A new deal for Lone Parents? Training lone parents for work in West London
The article, written by the Royal Geographical Society (With the institute of British Geographers, 2008) discusses about the impacts of the new training programmes in which the government have decided to offer to lone parents with young children. Some may have argued that this has been beneficial for both lone parents and children to encourage lone parents (particularly mothers) to take up employment opportunities in order to support their children, such as childcare employment, instead of receiving benefits. ‘‘We are affirming our commitment to helping the country’s lone parents into work. We know that work is the best route out of poverty’’ (Hain 2007.) 1I will attempt to identify the strengths and weaknesses, find some information to investigate into this topic more deeply, and find the purposes of the article. …show more content…
Some have argued that the new deals could perhaps inhibit women from ethnic minorities to find employment. "Women from black and Asian communities have always been at the forefront of demands for government action to tackle poverty and social exclusion - by helping lone parents into work and by helping women with their child care needs.” (Harriet Harman, Social security secretary) 4 Has this situation changed over the last few years?
There is evidence that existing voluntary employment support for lone parents on Income Support is less successful for those lone parents from an ethnic minority background.
Following participation in New Deal for Lone Parents, compared to White participants:
Asian lone parents are around 25% less likely to move into a job
Black lone parents are around 10% less likely to move into a job,
Assignment 1
Critical analysis of a published article (1200 words)
A new deal for Lone Parents? Training lone parents for work in West London
The article, written by the Royal Geographical Society (With the institute of British Geographers, 2008) discusses about the impacts of the new training programmes in which the government have decided to offer to lone parents with young children. Some may have argued that this has been beneficial for both lone parents and children to encourage lone parents (particularly mothers) to take up employment opportunities in order to support their children, such as childcare employment, instead of receiving benefits. ‘‘We are affirming our commitment to helping the country’s lone parents into work. We know that work is the best route out of poverty’’ (Hain 2007.) 1I will attempt to identify the strengths and weaknesses, find some information to investigate into this topic more deeply, and find the purposes of the article. …show more content…
Some have argued that the new deals could perhaps inhibit women from ethnic minorities to find employment. "Women from black and Asian communities have always been at the forefront of demands for government action to tackle poverty and social exclusion - by helping lone parents into work and by helping women with their child care needs.” (Harriet Harman, Social security secretary) 4 Has this situation changed over the last few years?
There is evidence that existing voluntary employment support for lone parents on Income Support is less successful for those lone parents from an ethnic minority background.
Following participation in New Deal for Lone Parents, compared to White participants:
Asian lone parents are around 25% less likely to move into a job
Black lone parents are around 10% less likely to move into a job,