Community and Family StudiesCommunity and Family StudiesHSC Enrichment DayHSC Enrichment Day

20142014

Groups in ContextGroups in ContextHomelessHomeless

HomelessHomeless Students Learn About:

Needs• Access to services• Education• Employment• Financial support• Health• Housing• Security and safety• Self-esteem• Sense of identity

Areas of study • Extent to which community services

groups assist in meeting the needs of specific groups

Students Learn To:

Critically analyse the relationships between societal structures and the ability to satisfy needs

VideoVideo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=2QkuCEgpWe0

Activity 1

Legal Legal DefinitionDefinition

Activity 2

Social DefinitionSocial Definition

The homeless are people from

all walks of life, who have undergone

various hardships.

They are often dismissed as second class citizens and experience discrimination in all aspects of their life.

Homeless persons are REAL people who have endured extraordinary events & by their existence it provides hope to the wider community and allows society to demonstrate compassion.

Homeless CharacteristicsHomeless Characteristics

Activity 3

Focus QuestionFocus Question

Adapted past paper HSC question: 2006

Evaluate the extent to which community service groups assist

in meeting the needs of ONE group you have studied.

(8 marks)

Specific Needs Specific Needs SHE HAS Soup Each Friday

People experiencing homelessness belong to a vastly diverse group. Which in turn means that they have different needs and different abilities and often

come from vastly different circumstances.

Activity 4

• Financial Support: Centrelink payments, some homeless do not access these services, WHY?

• Security and Safety: incredibly unpredictable, insecure & unsafe way to live.

• Housing: Shelter is a basic human need.

• Employment and Education: Face many barriers.

• Access to Services: may not have the resources to access the services they need.

• Health: Experience poor levels of health.

• Self-esteem: Usually low.

• Sense of Identity: Extremely difficult to achieve.

Community Services Community Services Mrs. Wheel

Extent to which community service groups assist in meeting the needs of specific groups

Media

Recreational

Spiritual

Welfare

Health

Education

Employment

Legal system

The care of homeless youth, women, men and families is a primary concern of the St Vincent de Paul Society.

Homeless services examples;

Single Mens Services (11)

Women, children and family services (9)

Ozanam Learning Centre (6)

Additional services (3)

Night Patrol services (4)

Ozanam Learning CentreOzanam Learning Centre

The Centre aims to provide real opportunities for people who are experiencing disadvantage, to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness.

Who is eligible?

Males and females over 18

What does it cost?Free.

Where is it?

Woolloomooloo, NSW

Activity Five

National Affordable Housing Agreement National Affordable Housing Agreement

Aims to ensure that all Australians have access to affordable, safe and

sustainable housing that contributes to social and economic

participation.

The NAHA is an agreement by the Council of Australian Governments

that commenced on 1 January 2009, initiating a whole-of-government

approach in tackling the problem of housing affordability.

The NAHA provides $6.2 billion worth of housing assistance to low and

middle income Australians in the first five years.

The NAHA is supported by the National Partnership Agreements on: social housing homelessness Indigenous Australians living in remote areas

Activity 6

SummarySummary

Activity 7

Community Service Group

Need being met.SHE HAS Soup

Each Friday

Evaluate = Judgment call.

What is the value of this service to the homeless?

Impact on a Homeless person’s

wellbeing