Employment and Economic Problems

How do unemployment and poverty affect families? Is there a relationship between work and family life? Where can families facing financial difficulties turn for assistance? Applied in focus, this volume addresses these and other questions by first examining a given problem and then offering practical solutions. Topics discussed include: } the racial, sexual, and familial composition of typical unemployed families } the impact unemployment has on them } how human service organizations can assist both temporarily and permanently poor families } where families can seek financial counselling } the relationship between work, family and the growth of industrial social services The volume as a whole provides social workers, psychologists, human service professionals and family studies specialists with a basic understanding of how to deal effectively with families experiencing work and financial problems.Chilman, Catherine S. is the author of 'Employment and Economic Problems', published 1988 under ISBN 9780803927070 and ISBN 080392707X.