Jill and Bob Cruise live with their 3 children Anthony (15 years), Andrew (13 years) and Lisa (8 years). They live in a public housing rental property in a low socio-economic suburb in a major city.
Jill is currently on a disability pension for issues related to anxiety and panic attacks. Bob receives a carer’s pension to support Jill. He also manages to do some ‘cash in hand’ jobs as a plumber. He is currently unemployed.
Recently, Anthony has been involved in vandalism and has received a community service order recently due to this offending. However, he has not been attending his community service regularly.
Both Jill and Bob are concerned about him because he has not been attending school either. They are concerned that Andrew is following in Anthony’s footsteps. Andrew idolises Anthony and on occasion has not attended school either because he has been with Andrew.
Both Anthony and Andrew have been verbally abusive to Jill and Bob and tell them to ‘piss off’ as they are ‘hopeless’ and don’t ‘mount to anything anyway’.
Jill and Bob say that Lisa is a ‘hand full’ because she is so demanding. She yells, cries a lot, and is always seeking their attention. They feel guilty about this.
Bob says to you in your first meeting that they can’t get ‘too well’ otherwise their money will be taken from them and this scares him. He also said that Anthony mentioned to him a while ago during a ‘yelling match’ that he knows nothing, especially about his own brother, Uncle John. This comment has scared Bob. John is at their home a lot and spends time with Anthony and Andrew alone. He doesn’t know how to talk to Anthony about this.
You are required to address the following questions:
1. Identify three theories that you could use to help you understand what is going in the Cruise family and provide a reason why you selected these theories. Please select an individual, structural, and postmodern influenced theory.
2. Describe the main argument for each of the theories you have selected.
3. Name a principle from each of the theories and apply it to an aspect of the case study, that is, use the principle to inform your interpretation’s or practice with the Cruise family.
The Analysis can be written in the first person because you are presenting a reflection on how theory has informed your thinking or interpretation’s. However, because this work is drawing on social work theoretical knowledge it needs to be referenced. This is an academic piece of work and so it is important to access and use the social work literature that has been recommended in this booklet and beyond, such as journals. Please reference any works that inform your thinking.
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