scholarly journals The marginalisation of care:young care leavers’ experiences of professional relationships

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Davidson ◽  
Lisa Whittaker
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Personal Relationships ◽  
Professional Relationships ◽  
Educational Performance ◽  
Specific Group ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
The Uk

Emma Davidson and Lisa Whittaker, see young people as becoming the ‘new poor’ as they struggle to cope with increasingly precarious transitions into in (ter)dependent living. Care leavers across the UK continue to experience marginalisation and have poorer outcomes from educational performance and employment through to health and housing. They focus on the hardship of marginality within a specific group of young people, as care leavers who are vulnerable to service cuts associated with austerity in the UK. There approach is to develop narratives concerned with the importance of long-term, personal relationships whilst in care which emphasises the importance of establishing long term personal relationships whilst in care.

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.

Childhood cancer in general practice: Is it really that rare?

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 209-217
Author(s):  
Jennifer Kelly
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Young People ◽  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Childhood Cancer ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Childhood Cancers ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
The Uk

Childhood cancer is something most GPs think to be rare, yet it is the biggest medical cause of death in children aged between 1 and 14 years. Its incidence is increasing, with just under 4000 children and young people diagnosed with cancer every year in the UK (11 a day). It is important for GPs to know the signs and symptoms suggestive of childhood cancers, in order to help early diagnosis. This, in turn, can save lives and reduce disability in survivors. The number of children surviving cancer is increasing, with over 35 000 survivors now thought to be living in the UK and in need of particular expertise and care. This article aims to provide GPs with the tools and knowledge to diagnose childhood cancer, and a framework to support children with cancer and their families long-term in the community.

‘I remember thinking, why isn’t there someone to help me? Why isn’t there someone who can help me make sense of what I’m going through?’

2011 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Child Welfare System ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Youth Transitions

Recent years have seen a shift away from youth transitions being understood as a linear progression towards conventional goals. Instead, it is now argued that youth transitions tend to be highly chaotic, often involving non-linear and fragmented movement between dependence and independence. This article discusses how young people leaving the state care system are seldom afforded the luxury of a more gradual and non-linear transition. Instead, for them, the possibilities of adult futures remain marked by chronic and continuing exclusion as they move abruptly into ‘instant adulthood’, with no opportunity to return to the child welfare system should they find themselves unable to make it on their own. Drawing from findings of 30 in-depth interviews with young care leavers, social workers and further and higher education institutions in the UK, the article considers the experiences of young people leaving state care, including their perceived lack of ‘care’, and the importance they place on unconditional and emotional support and contact.

scholarly journals New Scots? Eastern European young people's feelings of belonging and national identity in Scotland post-Brexit

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-353
Author(s):  
Daniela Sime
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Young People ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
European Identity ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the impact of Brexit on young people aged 12–18 who had moved to Scotland from Central and Eastern Europe. It draws on empirical data collected with over 250 young people who contributed to an online survey and focus groups between 2016–2018, immediately after the Brexit Referendum took place. The paper examines young people's feelings of national identity and how their sense of belonging has been impacted by Brexit. The key findings reveal that factors such as their everyday experiences of racism and xenophobia and perceptions of what other people, often their friends, might think about who gets to belong were identified as significant to the identities young migrants felt able to claim. While many young people expressed a strong sense of belonging in the UK as a whole and over half said they were feeling Scottish, access to a Scottish national identity seems to be restricted and often denied to them. At the same time, many felt able to occupy the national identity of their country of birth or claim hyphenated identities that included Scottishness and a European identity. In the context of Brexit, this poses a challenge for making New Scots feel like they belong in Scotland, as many may now decide to review their plans to remain in Scotland long-term if their rights change.

Transitions from Care to Work for Vulnerable Young People in Spain, England, and Argentina

2020 ◽  
pp. 168-186
Author(s):  
Miguel Melendro ◽  
Jo Dixon ◽  
Mariana Incarnato
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Interactive System ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Specific Group ◽  
Transition To Work ◽  
The World ◽  
Care Leavers

This chapter describes different experiences of social and labor market inclusion through socio-educational action for a specific group of vulnerable young people from Spain, England, and Argentina—namely care leavers. The chapter explores these interventions from the perspective of several research studies that contribute important information to evaluating the effects and social impact. Along with different models of intervention, reference is made to the legislative and social policy changes and the organization of resources that have taken place in the three countries to improve the transition to work for care-experienced young people. In this way, experiences, theory and research are considered an interactive system that in recent decades has managed to modify complex realities of people and collectives. This has contributed to an emerging and shared system that turns transitions to the world of work for vulnerable young people into a commitment to transforming societies.

China will largely abide by Hong Kong handover terms

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Young People ◽  
Political Repression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The City

Significance This case adds to a growing list of incidents, including the abduction of five Hong Kong booksellers by mainland agents in 2015, that feed fears in Hong Kong that Beijing is undermining the autonomy the city was promised when the UK government handed it over to China in 1997. Impacts The United Kingdom is unlikely to escalate disputes over Beijing's adherence to the handover treaty since doing so might backfire. Evidence of China interfering with business in Hong Kong would be far more economically damaging than targeted political repression. Even limited encroachments by Beijing will increase pessimism about the city's long-term future and make young people keener to emigrate.

scholarly journals P312 Long-term follow-up of liver disease in children and young people with cystic fibrosis in the UK

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. S145-S146
Author(s):  
L. Modin ◽  
C. Lloyd ◽  
I. van Mourik ◽  
M. Desai ◽  
D. Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Liver Disease ◽  
Young People ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Long Term Follow Up ◽  
The Uk

Christian Spirituality and the Well-being Agenda.

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-60
Author(s):  
Nash Pimlott
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Christian Spirituality ◽  
Spiritual Dimension ◽  
The Uk

This article discusses demonization and toxicity as illustrative of the life of young people in the UK. It offers definitions of well-being and the role of spirituality within this. We propose that unless the underlying well-being of young people is taken seriously, improved upon and re-imagined, then the challenges some young people encounter will develop into long-term problems well into adulthood. Furthermore, those young people who have relatively few challenges and problems will be at risk of being contaminated by the assault upon their well-being resulting in damage to them that will manifest itself in personal, communal and social problems. We argue that without the spiritual dimension, however, constructs, policy and approaches to well-being are lacking.

At a glance: Identifying autism in children

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 106-108
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Tinsley
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Young People ◽  
Developmental Disability ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Autistic People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk

Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disability in which affected people perceive and interact with the world in a different way to others. It is a lifelong condition and there are around 700 000 autistic people in the UK (approximately one in 100 people). It affects people from any culture equally, but it is slightly more prevalent in men than women. This article will look at the characteristics of the condition and the support needed for children and young people in order to live as independently as possible in the long term.

Stand By Me – Flexible and Holistic Support for Young Care Leavers: Smoothing Transitions from Care

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 208-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jade Purtell ◽  
Philip Mendes
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
Stable Housing ◽  
Care Leavers ◽  
Poor Outcomes ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Ongoing Support ◽  
Personal Advisers

Young people placed in out-of-home care (OHC) through Child Protection in Victoria are formally discharged by the expiration of their care order at the age of 18 years or younger. In contrast, young people in Australia generally live in their family home with parents or carers well into their twenties. Whilst there are a range of leaving care and post-care services funded for care leavers, these supports tend to be temporary and discretionary in contrast to the ongoing support young people receive whilst in care or, in some cases, from family and social networks post care. Numerous studies have documented the developmental challenges experienced by young people leaving state care, and the often poor outcomes faced by this group. The Stand By Me (SBM) programme was developed in Victoria to replicate the ongoing support provided in the UK to care leavers by Personal Advisers who remain available to assist young people until 21 years of age. Evaluation of the SBM programme has shown that ongoing, holistic support, including housing support, has assisted 12 young people through the SBM pilot to access stable housing, address multiple and complex issues, and form trusting relationships with SBM workers that contribute to positive outcomes.

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