Consumer resource integration amongst vulnerable consumers: Care leavers in transition to independent living

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 201-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria G. Piacentini ◽  
Sally A. Hibbert ◽  
Margaret K. Hogg
Keyword(s):  
Independent Living ◽  
Resource Integration ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Vulnerable Consumers ◽  
Consumer Resource

Youth Transitioning Out of Residential Care in South Africa: Toward Ubuntu and Interdependent Living

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajeshree Moodley ◽  
Tanusha Raniga ◽  
Vishanthie Sewpaul
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Family Preservation ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Multiple Risk Factors ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Caring Communities ◽  
Interpretive Design

Informed by the qualitative method and the descriptive-interpretive design, this study, which was underscored by radical humanist goals of structural social work, reflects the voices of 16 youth who had transitioned out of care. The results show that emerging adults, transitioning out of care, are vulnerable and in need of support. This article discusses three main themes derived via an inductive approach: the influence of sociocultural networks, connecting with family, and the multiple risk factors associated with getting into and out of care that compromise youth’s quest for security. The neoliberal discourse on independent living needs to shift to interdependence and Ubuntu. It is interdependence, not independence, that gives a human face to care leavers as service providers respond to their past trauma, present vulnerability, and future risks, while promoting family preservation and resourceful, caring communities.

Experiences of Young People Early in the Transition From Residential Care in Lagos State, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-100
Author(s):  
Belema Sekibo
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Transitional Outcomes

This article examines the aftercare experiences of young people who have recently left a residential care institution in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study adopted a phenomenological qualitative research design with 20 care leavers, and data collected were analyzed using Attride-Stirling’s thematic networks analytical tool. The young care leavers’ aftercare experiences were marked by many challenges with employment, finances, living and surviving alone, accommodation, and social integration. These challenges were due to inadequate preparation for independent living, as well as their orphan and care backgrounds. However, care leavers were filled with resilient optimism, in terms of personal and social factors. Personal factors related to hope of a brighter future, persistence, fear of failing, and engagement in menial jobs and savings, while social factors included formal and informal support systems care leavers mobilized for improved transitional outcomes. Recommendations for policy, research, and practice are made in light of these findings.

scholarly journals Insights Into Consumer Resource Integration And Value Co-Creation Process

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 717-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shilpa Iyanna
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Business School ◽  
Resource Integration ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Methodological Tool ◽  
Study Methodology ◽  
Activity Dependent ◽  
Consumer Resource

The contemporary view in marketing literature is that value is a subjective process created and defined by consumers during use. This perspective of value is emphasised by high-quality interactions between the company and the customer, enabling the co-creation of unique value. However, very little appears to be known about how consumers combine resources. The aim of this research is to provide an in depth understanding of how customers integrate their own and other resources in the context of value co-creation. The case study methodology, with in-depth semi-structured interviews as the methodological tool was employed in this paper. 33 interviews were conducted with first, second and third-year, business school undergraduate students. The paper provides evidence of resource integration and value co-creation being context or activity-dependent. In addition, the findings illustrate the pre-requisites and consequences of resource integration in the context of value co-creation. 

scholarly journals CARE LEAVERS’ PERSPECTIVES ON THE FAMILY IN THE TRANSITION FROM OUT-OF-HOME CARE TO INDEPENDENT LIVING

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4.2) ◽  
pp. 140-159
Author(s):  
Stephan Sting ◽  
Maria Groinig
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
Qualitative Interview Study ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Status ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Status Passage

Findings from youth research have shown that, due to the development of the transitional phase of “emerging adulthood”, the family has become increasingly significant for young adults as a source of support and as a safety net. In contrast, care leavers are confronted with a relatively abrupt transition to independent living. However, international studies have shown that the family also plays a significant role during the status passage of leaving care — as an arena of concrete social relationships, as a normative model and ideal, as a biographical experience and memory, as a connection to family traditions and practices, and as an important contextual factor for resilience and identity formation. The first section of this paper describes the various links between care leavers and their families based on a literature review. In the second section, the biographical relevance of the family is highlighted based on the example of a qualitative interview study about the educational pathways of 20- to 27-year-old care leavers. The study shows the various influences of family links on the educational careers of young people during and after out-of-home care. From the findings, we derive some consequences for professional work with families in out-of-home care and for professional support and guidance during the status passage of leaving care.

An Exploration of Complex Longitudinal Relationships Between Care Factors and Post-Care Outcomes in South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian D. van Breda
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Aging Out ◽  
Care Programme ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Outcomes Of Care ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Care Outcomes ◽  
The Many ◽  
Longitudinal Relationships

Research on young people transitioning out of the childcare system and into young adulthood is inevitably reductionist in that it is unable to take into account the many complex forces that play a role in the development of a child from birth, into and through the care system and on to adulthood. Consequently, studies on the outcomes of care-leavers need to be interpreted with care and thought. This paper serves to illustrate these challenges in research and the various ways that research results can be interpreted by drawing on data from a study being conducted in a residential care programme in South Africa. Demographic, pre-care and in-care variables of a sample of care-leavers are compared with a set of independent living outcome variables a year after aging out of care. Unanticipated results are contrasted with those that were anticipated, and multiple interpretations of the same results are provided. Because of this, the author calls for judicious and humble use of research results when making judgements about the outcomes of care-leavers and the effectiveness of child welfare interventions.

Care Leaving and the Transition Jungle in Germany

2019 ◽  
pp. 297-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Severine Thomas ◽  
Carolin Ehlke ◽  
Josef Koch ◽  
Wolfgang Schröer
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Public Welfare ◽  
The Public ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Status Passage

This chapter presents the situation of care leavers in Germany within a so-called transition jungle and illustrates the difficulties of transitioning of young adults from residential care to independent living, focusing especially on education and access to vocational training and employment. Leaving care can be understood as a status passage in young people’s lives, during which the public welfare system produces accelerated transitions into adult life. This acceleration restricts the space and time available for individual transitions and processes of development, especially in the transition to work. The chapter will also outline two models of good practice and describe how care leavers can be supported within their transition to vocational training and work.

Care Leavers’ and Their Care Workers’ Views of Preparation and Aftercare Services in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Bond
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Child And Youth Care ◽  
Aftercare Services ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Care Leavers

Emerging adulthood is an exciting time, filled with possibilities while remaining supported. However, care leavers’ journeys into adulthood are compressed and lacking educational, financial, and social support. In South Africa, this is exacerbated by contextual factors and the absence of mandated services for care leavers. A qualitative study was conducted with four Child and Youth Care Centers in a town in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Focus groups were held with young people in care and their care workers. Discussions focused on preparation for leaving care and aftercare services and the evaluation of these by each group of participants. Care leaving preparation consisted of independent living skills programs. Aftercare services were provided on an ad hoc basis, and there was no policy with respect to services to care leavers. The findings suggest that ongoing experiential learning and implementation of in-house policies may better prepare care leavers for emerging adulthood.

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