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Table of contents
Table of contents 2
1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 Overview Summary 3
1.3 Background of the study 4
1.4 Rationale of the project 5
1.5 Aims of the study 5
1.6 Objectives of the Research 6
1.7 Research methods 6
Project Title:
PARENTAL SUBSTANCE MISUSE: AN EXPLORATION OF THE IMPACT OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE ON CHILDREN
1.1 Introduction
The major goal of this assignment is to explore the effects of parental substance misuse on children. It will analyse the experiences encountered by children who are brought up in such like families and how social workers could intervene in helping children. The study will analyse the children’s experiences from a larger context (international perspective) while emphasizing on the Children’s act 1989 and the Mental Capacity Act of 2005 ( ).
Considering the deprivation of some of the children’s needs owing to parental substance misuse, social workers together with the support of the government have been encouraged to assist in helping children who are victims of such circumstances.
1.2 Overview Summary
The first chapter of this assignment will explore the effects parental substance abuse on children and discuss the dilemmas social workers face in protecting these children. The second chapter will outline the resources that were previously utilised by other authors on the same subject area of discussion. It will therefore provide a significant background of information that will help other readers to acquire better knowledge and understanding of the subject area under discussion, which is, the impact of parental substance misuse on children. Chapter three of the assignment will focus on the research method, which will refers to the methods that will be used by the researcher to exercise the entire research work.
1.3 Background of the study
Substance misuse refers to the use of