11. Care Leavers in Italy

2020 ◽  
pp. 245-268
Author(s):  
Laura Formenti ◽  
Andrea Galimberti ◽  
Mirella Ferrari
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Relative Utility ◽  
Care System

Laura Formenti, Andrea Galimberti and Mirella Ferrari use data from their study of young people leaving the residential care system on reaching adulthood. They discuss the discourses around ‘care’ before offering three different ways to present narrative accounts. Each researcher demonstrates a distinctive approach – through realism, by focusing on a facet of interest, by fictionalizing the interview in order to go beyond it. Including the stories in full enables the reader to decide their relative utility.

Asylum rejected: ‘appeal rights exhausted' Afghan care leavers facing return

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Robinson ◽  
Lucy Williams
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Immigration Status ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Dangerous Place ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Care System

Kim Robinson and Lucy Williams focus on young Afghan men’s asylum claims in terms of their family background, citizenship and immigration status within the Care system under vulnerability. All young Afghans have had their asylum claims considered classified as Appeals Rights Exhausted and face return to Afghanistan. The chapter reveals how young Afghans’ narratives speak of a dangerous place where they have no links or connections yet at the same time, their description of the UK is often negative and critical of the support they have received here. The findings illustrate how immigration policies impact on marginality and affect the daily lives of these young people who are caught between two unpalatable futures, one back in Afghanistan and one living in destitution and illegality in the UK.

Residential programs for children and young people: What we need and what we don’t need

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Ainsworth
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Residential Programs ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
Opinion Piece ◽  
Care System

This article is written as a bold opinion piece. It stems from the fact that once again we are seeing reports of abuse in residential care while at the same time there are calls for the reclaiming of residential care as a positive choice for children and youth. Yet there seems to be confusion as to exactly what function these programs should perform in the broader out-of-home care system. There are also important questions about the knowledge and skills that staff would require if such programs are to be non-abusive. A rejoinder to this opinion piece would be welcome.

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 RECONSIDERING RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN JAPANESE RESIDENTIAL CARE AND THE ROAD TO FICE JAPAN

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
Shigeyuki Mori ◽  
Satoru Nishizawa ◽  
Arimi Kimura
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Standard Of Care ◽  
Japanese Culture ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
International Exchange ◽  
The Road ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Care System

In order to foster interactive discussions with other countries, this paper offers an overview of residential care for children in Japan and its ongoing development. Japan still relies especially heavily on the residential care system; this is due to the past process of development more than to traditional Japanese culture. The period from the post World War II era to the present is briefly described, including the rapid growth in the number of institutions before 1960, the rather stable period before 1990, the revision of the Child Welfare Act in 1997 permitting the privatization of institutions, and the movement towards problematizing child abuse in the mid 1990s, after which residential institutions were designated as the last resort for maltreated young people. In the present situation, smaller institutions and a foster care system are strongly promoted in accordance with international guidelines for alternative care and the recent governmental guideline based on the Child Rearing Vision of 2010 and the Child Welfare Act of 2016. The task of present Japanese residential care institutions is to realize a family-like environment and a better placement strategy, collaborate more with specialists to improve the standard of care, function in the community as centers for the care of children in need, and expand their care work for young adults and care leavers. The paper concludes by stressing the need for more international exchange among individuals and groups working in Japanese residential care.

scholarly journals Leaving the Victorian Children’s Institution: Aftercare, Friendship and Support

2019 ◽  
Vol 87 ◽  
pp. 94-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Soares
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Institutional Care ◽  
Institutional Staff ◽  
Peripheral Position ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Performance Examining ◽  
Former Inmates

Abstract This article explores the needs of young people leaving residential care and the provision of aftercare support in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Young people’s discharge, aftercare and post-institutional experiences occupy a peripheral position in scholarship on institutional care. This essay broadens interpretations of aftercare, which have been presented as inadequate inspections that monitored employment performance. Examining the formal and informal systems that aimed to enhance care-leavers’ welfare and wellbeing, the essay offers new understandings of the ongoing provision of practical and emotional support to young people, and the importance of sustained contact and affective ties between former inmates and institutional staff.

scholarly journals Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) in Young People Leaving Care in England: A Study Profiling the Language, Literacy and Communication Abilities of Young People Transitioning from Care to Independence

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4107
Author(s):  
Judy Clegg ◽  
Ellen Crawford ◽  
Sarah Spencer ◽  
Danielle Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Developmental Disorders ◽  
Language Disorder ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Developmental Language Disorder ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Language Abilities ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Language Literacy ◽  
Key Staff

Research indicates children and young people in care have a high prevalence of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) as part of a complex set of vulnerabilities. This study describes the profile of language, literacy and communication abilities of a cohort of care leavers. The language, literacy and communication abilities of 44 young people leaving care between the ages of 16 and 26 years were assessed using standardized measures. Demographic data about the young people was collected along with a survey to key staff to capture their perceptions and experiences of the language and communication abilities of these young people. Ninety percent of the care leavers’ language abilities were below average and over 60% met criteria for DLD in combination with literacy difficulties, developmental disorders and social, emotional and mental health difficulties (SEMH). The implications of unidentified DLD on the lives of young people leaving care is discussed. Earlier identification of DLD is advocated to enable services to intervene to facilitate more positive outcomes and life chances for this very vulnerable population.

Does Residential care system orphanizes children? Perceived pathways to self-adjustment following institutionalization in Rwanda

2020 ◽  
pp. 105870
Author(s):  
Epaphrodite Nsabimana ◽  
Eugène Rutembesa ◽  
Darius Gishoma ◽  
Jeannette Uwineza ◽  
Fabienne Fasseur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residential Care ◽  
Care System
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