Social (Im)Mobility and Social Work with Families with Children. Case Study of a Disadvantaged Microregion in Hungary

Andrea Rácz and Dorottya Sik
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Andrea Rácz: Department of Social Work, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary
Dorottya Sik: Department of Social Work, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117 Budapest, Hungary

Social Sciences, 2020, vol. 9, issue 10, 1-12

Abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze the perception of families and concerned social workers. The research was conducted in an underprivileged and disadvantaged microregion in North Hungary. The main focus was on the available health, educational, child welfare, and social services and supports. The starting point was to enquire about the target group’s knowledge of these services. The study examined the extent to which social work is able to provide support to disadvantaged, marginalized families with children and the way the dysfunctional operation of the system contributes to the perpetuation of the clients’ living conditions. Analyzing the quality of these services and supports is crucial to understanding the social mobility opportunities of the children living in this microregion. The results show that without capability and talent development for the children and given the lack of welfare services, the social mobility opportunities of these families are extremely low in Hungary.

Keywords: families with children; child welfare services; social mobility; social work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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