Social Issue: Homelessness

Running head: Social issue: homelessness
SOCIAL ISSUE: HOMELESSNESS

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Social issue: homelessness
Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Social work towards the perspective of homelessness 3
Identification of the key contemporary influences on the social workers 6
Conclusion 10
Reference List 12

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Social issue: homelessness
Introduction
Men, women as well as young children staying as refugees or under makeshift dwellings
are considered to be homelessness. It has been observed that in Australia, majority of people are
subjected to homelessness. About 2.4% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are subjected to
homeless in Australia. The thesis statement of this current essay is to understand the current
social practices that are carried out in order to minimize the impact of homelessness. This essay
would also focus on the social, economic as well as cultural influences on the social work that
are carried out in order to eradicate homelessness. Finally, personal reflection would also be
highlighted in this essay in order to understand the impact of these cultural as well as economic
influences on the profession of social workers.
Social work towards the perspective of homelessness
Critical analysis of the historical as well as current context of social work practices
Domestic violence has been one of the predominant causative factors behind the
increased prevalence of homelessness in Australia. It has been observed that about 56% of male
has been homeless due to the increased violence (Australian government, 2018). In the year
2010, nearly half of the Australian population has become homeless and nearly two-thirds of that
population is women and child. One of the main roles of social workers is to take care of the
basic amenities of these homeless people. overall prevented these social workers from working
for the homeless people (Council to homeless persons, 2018). Many of these homeless people are
subjected to domestic violence and this affect the mental stability of these people. Therefore, the
social workers should take care of the health of these people. These social workers need to
provide shelter and security to these homeless people. In many instances, homeless people are

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subjected to mental abuse and this overall affects their well being (Allied Health Professions
Australia, 2018). They remain under constant fear thereby making them paranoid in nature. It has
been observed that about 15% of Australians have financial difficulties while 12% have housing
crisis (Australian government, 2018). Furthermore, it has also been observed that about 10% of
Australians have inadequate dwelling conditions and these factors further attributes to increased
prevalence of homelessness in Australia.
In the past few decades, government has formulated many policies in order to curb down
the rate of increased homelessness. The federal government provides funding to the homeless
people through two national agreements which include The National Affordable Housing
Agreement (NAHA) and The National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness (NPAH)
States and territory government also join their funds in these agreement for better service
provision (Skills and employment, 2018). Under these agreements, almost 1300 organisations are
being funded. Apart from domestic violence, migration from one country to another has been
other contributing factors behind this homelessness. These contributing factors are lack of
financial security, no job, no common language and no local references (Chamberlain, Johnson
and Robinson, 2014). Australian Association of Social workers claimed that the main role of
these social workers is to take care of the health of these homeless people (Australian
Association of Social workers, 2018).
The social workers take care of the wellbeing of the homeless people so that they do not
feel any issue. The Australian government has initiated a National Homelessness Strategy in
order to administer the issues faced by these homeless people. Apart from this, the Australian
Federal government has also initiated a Housing policy that aims in providing basic amenities to
the homeless people irrespective of their race and gender. Therapeutic interventions are