+1 862 207 3288 Three-year-old Peter’s life came crashing down this past year. Things seemed pretty good before that. His mother Tania (22 years old) stayed home to take care of him and his older sister Kylie (5 years old) while his father Andrew (23 years old) worked on the assembly line at the nearby car factory. Due to the downturn in the manufacturing industry, Andrew was laid off late last year, a victim of the last-in-first out policy of the factory. He could not find another job, became depressed and started drinking heavily. Tania found a job at the nearby deli and insisted that Andrew take over the household chores and child care. He refused, saying that it was her job. They argued and fought until finally Tania and the children left to live with her parents in a nearby suburb. Tania is filing for divorce. Peter started wetting his bed and does not talk much.
Tania’s parents — Alberto (50 years old) and Ana (45 years old) — are from Chile, who immigrated to Australia in 1987. Tania is the third of five siblings. She and Andrew met when they were in Year 10.
Andrew was born in country South Australia, the fourth child of John (Anglo- Australian, 65 years old) and Louise (Ngarrindjeri, 58 years old). Andrew never finished school because he got mixed up “with the wrong crowd”. Fortunately when he was 19 he started an auto apprenticeship.
• Identify the issues the individual members and the family face?
• What social work theories would help you to understand to assess, and plan an intervention?
• What are the risks and opportunities the family faces?
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