Rural and Remote Families
What is the main feature that rural and remote families share?
Geographic isolation: they live a long distance from major cities and services.
What are the two mandatory CATEGORY A groups from the syllabus Groups In Context?
Youth, Rural and Remote
What age range does the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) usually use to define "youth"?
12–24 years.
Accept 15–24
Social, Physical, Emotional, Economic, Cultural, Spiritual
What is SPEECS
Identify
Recognise and name
Which aspect of a service is affected when a small town cannot attract and keep doctors and teachers?
Staffing
What is advocacy?
Speaking up or acting on behalf of a group to promote their rights and needs.
Name the Centrelink payment for eligible young people who are studying full-time or looking for work.
Youth Allowance
Safety & Security, Health, Employment, Sense of Identity, Education, Adequate Standard of Living
What is SHESEA?
Describe
Provide characteristics and feature
Explain how media coverage of drought appeals can change community attitudes towards rural families.
Limitation: can present rural families only as victims.
Time, energy, knowledge, money
What are RESOURCES THAT AFFECT INDIVIDUALS' ACCESS TO SERVICES?
Give ONE positive and ONE negative term the community uses to describe young people.
Positive: young people, youth, emerging adults, the next generation.
Negative: hoons, delinquents, lazy, "dole bludgers", "snowflakes".
Financial Support, Accommodation, Transport, Legal Aid, Education, Employment, Counselling, and Health Care
What is FATLEECH?
Outline
Sketch in general terms; indicate the main feature of
Name ONE service that helps rural families meet their need for an adequate standard of living.
Name THREE of the six specific needs studied in Groups in Context.
Any three: adequate standard of living, health, education, employment, safety and security, sense of identity.
Explain why youth is described as a period of transition.
Young people move from childhood dependence to adult independence:
Each transition creates new needs (e.g. income, housing, identity).
Socioeconomic status, Location, Education, Disability, Age, Gender, Ethnicity / Culture
What is SLEDAGE?
Assess
Make a judgment of value, quality , outcomes, results of information
Explain how the contributions of rural and remote families affect the wellbeing of the whole Australian community.
How do characteristics of individuals within each group affect their access to services?
-characteristics of individuals within the group eg age, gender, level of education, culture, type of disability, first spoken language spoken, socioeconomic status
Identify ONE equity issue for young people and propose a strategy to address it.
Which acronym is used to link goal setting to an individual's needs?
What is an SHESEA?
Analyse
Make the relationship between things evident. Relate cause and effect.