In some cases, where families have disabled members or full-time carers, it is with good reason that no-one works. But in many households, children are growing up not only where there are no working role models, but where work is in fact stigmatised. Welfare-to-work programmes have failed historically to make inroads into these families, who are the hardest to reach and the hardest to help. Support from personal advisers has tended to focus on individuals in isolation. But for young people in workless households who are seeking employment, this support can be undermined if the family is against the "system" or fears that their benefits will be adversely affected if someone in the household goes out to work.
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