SOC103A - Developing Social Policy

Social Policy

FAMILY POLICY1
Contents
Description.................................................................................................................................2
Background................................................................................................................................2
Discussion..................................................................................................................................4
Recommendations......................................................................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................8

FAMILY POLICY2
“Family Policy”
Description
Social policy refers to the development of welfare, social administration and policies
of the government which is used to protect the society. Social policy is related to the
government approaches of social services. There are many policies of the government which
is developing by the government to protect society such as health policy, family policy,
education policy and many more. In this report, the discussion will be made on the family
policy in Australia. According to the Australian Bureau, a family is a group of people who
have blood relations with each other and take care of each other. There are various forms in
which families are designed and perform their responsibilities towards each other. Family has
a large extended network of people which spread across the countries or in a small area of the
same dwelling. The family is mandatory to perform the basic functions such as economic
security, a sense of identity, exchange of love and guidance on social values. The core
functions of the family such as care and guidance which is starts from the caring of children
and end with the parent caring by children across the life cycle. The emotional care of the
families for each other is essential for an individual wellbeing. Many factors affect the family
such as early marriage and having children. The environmental policies such as social and
economic policies affect the families. Family policy is developed by the laws and public
directives which are designed to promote marriage or to aware the public about reproduction
and raising children and many other issues (Botterill, 2017).
Background
In the 1970s the marriage rate declined and young people delay marriage and having
children. Their many problems arise in that year such as increasingly entered into a facto
relationship and homosexual relationship which is become more widespread. It has been seen