Sociology for Care

(a) Describe two key features of functionalist theory.

(b) Describe the structural and action approaches and explain the strengths of each approach as a way of understanding society. 2 2 (c) “Social justice” is a guiding value

that is important to all care professionals. Describe what social justice means and explain how a knowledge of 2 sociology can help care workers understand its importance. 5 Case

Study Read the case study and answer the question that follows. Moira is a single parent who looks after Kirsty her 4 year old daughter who is physically disabled. Moira left her partner because

he had been violent towards her. Since then he has had no contact with his daughter and has provided no financial support to Moira. Moira and Kirsty have been regular attenders at their local

family centre since Kirsty was born. Adam, a support worker at the centre, has seen that Moira takes her responsibilities as a Mum very seriously, but can also see that she struggles at times

with the demands of caring for a child with a disability. Moira is also very aware of being a single parent and tries to be independent in all she does. Adam has spent a lot of time helping Moira to

develop her confidence and finds it encouraging that she is setting up a support group for other women in similar situations. (d) Use key features from one of the following theories to analyse

any aspect of the case study: symbolic interactionist theory or feminist theory. 4 6

Answer all questions. The skills of knowledge and understanding (KU) and analysis, evaluation and application (A,E, App) are being assessed in this paper. When answering each question you should

note the number of marks allocated to each skill and use this information as a guide to the length and type of answer required.

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