„You will never walk alone“ ?! Ein Care-Leaver-Netzwerk im SOS-Kinderdorf Österreich

unsere jugend ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (7+8) ◽  
pp. 315-325
Author(s):  
Markus Babler ◽  
Michaela Slabihoud
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Author(s):  
Sarin Ahmed ◽  
Angela Rein ◽  
Dorothee Schaffner

Im Fokus des Beitrags stehen die Fragen, wie Care Leaver sprich Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene, die das Heim verlassen haben, den Sozialisationskontext stationäre Erziehungshilfe wahrnehmen und welche fachlichen und fachpolitischen Schlussfolgerungen sich hieraus ziehen lassen. Zum einen wird aufgezeigt, inwiefern die stationäre Einrichtung Heim von den Befragten als ein von der Aussenwelt separierter Kontext erlebt wird. Zum anderen wird diskutiert, welche Bedeutung die spezifische Kontur und Strukturierung dieses Sozialisationskontextes Heim auf die Lebenslage Leaving Care hat. Die Befunde der Studie geben Impulse für eine lebensweltorientierte Weiterentwicklung der Praxis der Heimerziehung und für die Unterstützung von Leaving-Care-Prozessen, die das Leben „in Care“ stärker mit Prozessen des Leaving Care verknüpft.


unsere jugend ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Sierwald ◽  
Kathrin Weinhandl ◽  
Veronika Salzburger ◽  
Florian Straus
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Author(s):  
Craig Evans

Abstract People who spent time in public care as children are often represented as ‘care leavers’. This paper investigates how ‘care leaver’ is discursively constructed as a group identity, by analyzing 18 written personal experience stories from several charity websites by people identified or who self-identify as care leavers. Several approaches to narrative analysis are used: a clause-level analysis based on Labovʼs code scheme; the identification of turning points; an analysis of ‘identity work’; and an analysis of subject positions relative to ‘master narratives’. The findings from each of the methods are then combined to reveal how intertextual, narrative-structural, and contextual factors combine to constitute a common care leaver discourse. This forms the basis for a characterization of ‘care leaver’ group identity as ‘survivors of the system’. The findings also reveal how ‘care leaver’ as type, including stereotype, influences how identity is constructed in the personal experience narratives.


Adolescents ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-53
Author(s):  
Isabelle Lensvelt ◽  
Alexander Hassett ◽  
Alicia Colbridge

Looked-after children are exposed to significant developmental trauma which may impact their identity development. Discourses of vulnerability and maladaptation often surround this group, while care-leavers often self-identify as survivors. The role of culture in identity formation is also well documented, and cultural socialisation is linked to psychological adjustment and wellbeing. Despite this, little research has explored identity development in black and minority ethnic (BAME) care-leavers. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis is used to analyse eight semi-structured interviews with BAME care-leavers about their experience of identity development. Three superordinate themes were developed: My journey—how I became me; Identity as a process—the processes that support identity development; and who am I—how I see myself now. Participants’ identity development was adaptive in the context of surviving significant disruption and trauma. Findings are discussed with reference to previous research and limitations are considered. Clinical implications include the need to address additional barriers to positive self-identity faced by BAME care leavers, the importance of acknowledging care-leaver identity as adaptive and embodying a trauma-informed approach to working with this group. Further research into how care-leavers experience their cultural identity is needed.


Author(s):  
Benjamin Strahl ◽  
Adrian van Breda ◽  
Varda Mann-Feder

Care Leaver*innen stellen weltweit eine besonders vulnerable und benachteiligte Gruppe junger Menschen dar. Bislang sind jedoch kaum international vergleichende Studien vorhanden, die gesetzliche Regelungen für Unterstützungsmöglichkeiten und Hilfeformen für junge Menschen in den Blick nehmen. Der Beitrag greift diese Forschungslücke auf und untersucht gesetzliche Rahmenbedingungen, sowie das Vorhandensein von Care Leaver-Selbstvertretungen, in 36 Ländern Amerikas, Europas, Asiens, Afrikas und Australiens. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass zwar große Unterschiede zwischen einzelnen Ländern bestehen, Care Leaver*innen und junge Erwachsene aber weltweit kaum Hilfestellungen erhalten.


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Stephan Sting ◽  
Maria Groinig
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Sozial Extra ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 50-52
Author(s):  
Alexandra Doll
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