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CHCYTH10A Work effectively with the families of young people V1 23TOPIC 1ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILYMEMBERSThe term family is difficult to define because there are many types. However, abroad definition of family is two or more people who consider themselves relatedby blood, marriage and/or adoption and live together or have lived together. Manyyoung people who inhabit the same household often view each other as familyespecially in the adolescent period.Family members or caring and responsible adult/community members can play avaluable role in the positive mentoring of a young person life particularly if theyoung person is experiencing conflict within the immediate or extended family.In the transition to adulthood a positive, caring and functional family plays animportant role in the adolescent‘s life in. This can occur through the following:Providing a safe and secure base in which boundaries can be tested inrelative safetyThe family can be supportive of the young person as the undertake thejourney to become physically and emotionally independentProviding stability and a relative safety base to explore their changingbeliefs, values, ideas and environmentsProviding reassurance, support and unconditional loveDiversity in familiesCultural diversity influences the structures and practices of families. Diversity inthe areas of clothing, religion, language, cultural beliefs and values has a profoundimpact on almost every aspect of family life.For example, research suggests that recent immigrants have brought with them acultural tradition of living in a large, extended family system. The lives of Australianfamilies are also profoundly influenced by patterns of discrimination and economicinequality. For example the family life of Indigenous peoples is conditioned bylong-standing patterns of economic and social isolation and marginalisation.SAMPLEIn Australia there has been an increase in one-parent families. This is due in partto an increasing divorce rate and the sharp increase in single motherhood sincethe 1980‘s. Most single parent headed families are female and are more at risk ofliving in poverty as women still earn less then men. Research demonstrates thatchildren from single headed families are more likely to have issues and orproblems with educational achievement, health, behaviours and relationships.Blended families are an increasing factor in family life in AustraliaThis topic discusses how to build rapport with family members by communicatingappropriately, providing factual information and working within an ethicalframework.Developed by TAFE NSW Training and Education Support – Industry Skills Unit, Meadowbank© 2009 TAFE NSW