Journal articles: 'Care leavers'

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Strahl, Benjamin, and Severine Thomas. "Care Leavers." unsere jugend 65, no. 1 (2012): 2–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.2378/uj2013.art01d.

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Hollingsworth, Kathryn. "Securing responsibility, achieving parity? The legal support for children leaving custody." Legal Studies 33, no. 1 (March 2013): 22–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-121x.2012.00233.x.

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This paper examines the legal support available to incarcerated children when they leave custody. It argues that the current support provided to custody-leavers – which includes both ‘resettlement’ (provided by youth justice agencies) and duties owed to some custody-leavers under Pt III of the Children Act 1989 – may achieve criminal justice aims (such as preventing re-offending) but does not adequately protect the status and rights that all custody-leavers have qua child. When the child leaves custody her primary status is child, not offender, and therefore it is argued here that she should be entitled to the same legal rights as analogous groups of children; namely, care-leavers. It is suggested that the reason why care-leavers and custody-leavers are comparable groups to whom parity in legal rights should be accorded is because the four types of responsibility that underpin the state's obligations to care-leavers (reparatory, assumed, generational and equity-based) apply equally to custody-leavers.

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Rogers, Mark. "Employing care leavers." Children and Young People Now 2022, no. 6 (June 2, 2022): 40. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/cypn.2022.6.40.

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Care-experienced young people can find looking for a job more difficult than their peers, but there are a number of measures employers can put in place to support care leavers entering the world of work

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Dow, Jon. "Duties to Care Leavers." Journal of Integrated Care 11, no. 5 (October 2003): 18–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14769018200300046.

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Bond, Sue. "Care Leavers’ and Their Care Workers’ Views of Preparation and Aftercare Services in the Eastern Cape, South Africa." Emerging Adulthood 8, no. 1 (September 24, 2018): 26–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167696818801106.

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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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Pound, Megan, and Wendy Sims-Schouten. "A systematic review of the principles of co-production in relation to the mental health and wellbeing of care leavers." International Journal of Emotional Education 14, no. 1 (June 2022): 3–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.56300/nvfu2763.

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This paper reviews prior applications of co-production principles and their potential impact on the mental health and wellbeing of care leavers. There is minimal research available on care leaver narratives of their experiences and consequent mental health and wellbeing needs. This paper explores the relevance of different, sometimes opposed, approaches to co-production, the knowledge which can be gained about the mental health and wellbeing needs of care leavers, and finally the potential for lifelong learning through co-production with care leavers. A systematic review was selected to draw conclusions about how the method of co-production could improve awareness of and provisions for care leaver mental health and wellbeing. This review included 14 sources with a total of 541 participants. Following a rigorous systematic review on these themes, conclusions were drawn suggesting that co-production involving care experienced individuals, whilst faced with a range of considerations to ensure success, can have largely positive impacts on care leaver mental health and wellbeing and is therefore a recommended methodology.

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Lensvelt, Isabelle, Alexander Hassett, and Alicia Colbridge. "More Than Meets the Eye: How Black and Minority Ethnic Care-Leavers Construct and Make Sense of Their Identity." Adolescents 1, no. 1 (January 27, 2021): 36–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/adolescents1010004.

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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.

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Mauri, Diletta, Monica Romei, and Giorgio Vergano. "Il Care Leavers Network Italia." MINORIGIUSTIZIA, no. 3 (January 2019): 166–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/mg2018-003018.

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Care, Udayan. "Care Leavers' Association and Network." Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond 5, no. 2 (September 2018): 282–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2349301120180217.

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Nixon, Ed. "Better support for care leavers." Children and Young People Now 2022, no. 3 (March 2, 2022): 40–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/cypn.2022.3.40.

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Maclachlan, Stewart. "Immigration Bill and care leavers." Children and Young People Now 2015, no. 25 (December 8, 2015): 30. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/cypn.2015.25.30.

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Stewart Maclachlan, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines proposals in the Immigration Bill that would have a detrimental effect on young care leavers with immigration issues

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Lepper, Joe. "RAISING AMBITIONS FOR CARE LEAVERS." Children and Young People Now 2015, no. 22 (October 27, 2015): 22–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/cypn.2015.22.22.

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Care leavers are more likely to struggle to access education, employment and training opportunities. Joe Lepper looks at the challenges and highlights areas helping young people to achieve their goals

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Dorling, Kamena. "Rights of migrant care leavers." Children and Young People Now 2014, no. 22 (October 28, 2014): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/cypn.2014.22.27.

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Askew, Julie, Paul Rodgers, and Andrew West. "Who Cares for Care Leavers?" New Directions for Higher Education 2016, no. 175 (September 2016): 49–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/he.20198.

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Takele, Anduamlak Molla, Messay Gebremariam Kotecho, and Philip Mendes. "The Poverty of Policy: Examining Care Leaving Policy in Ethiopia." Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond 8, no. 2 (January 5, 2021): 260–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2349300320982399.

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International research consistently shows that young care leavers’ journey from care to emerging adulthood is characterised by adversities such as unemployment, poor academic performance, homelessness, involvement in criminal activities, mental illness and early parenthood. As research evidence points out, such negative outcomes are closely linked with the existence of multiple placements, lack of mentoring, limited connections with significant others, the absence of early preparation to leave care, and a dearth of or inadequate policy frameworks that entitle care leavers to use aftercare support schemes. In order to support care leavers’ transition from care to emerging adulthood, Global North countries have implemented an independent care leaving policy framework that serves as a scaffolding for challenges that would arise from care leavers’ exploration of the adult world upon leaving care. However, such experience in formulation of policy to empower care leavers to be an independent adult is not well developed in countries in Global South due to the infant nature of research on care leaving and a preference for addressing the issues of care leavers in the existing child policy frameworks rather than formulating a special policy that deals with care leaving. The status of Ethiopia in this regard is not different. Existing policy frameworks concerning children have failed to address the needs of Ethiopian care leavers despite the existence of over five million orphan and vulnerable children in the country most of whom are placed in institutional childcare centres. This article presents the case for an independent care leaving policy in Ethiopia to address the multifaceted needs of children in care and improve the care leaving service in the country. Thus, the study will shed light on the state of care leaving policy in the world and lessons for Ethiopia to support Ethiopia’s attempt to serve the most vulnerable children in care by developing its own care leaving policy.

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Evans, Craig. "Investigating ‘care leaver’ identity: A narrative analysis of personal experience stories." Text & Talk 39, no. 1 (December 19, 2018): 25–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/text-2018-2017.

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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.

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Lukšík, Ivan, and Lucia Hargašová. "IMPACT OF RESIDENTIAL CARE CULTURE ON QUALITY OF LIFE OF CARE LEAVERS." International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies 9, no. 2 (May 15, 2018): 86. http://dx.doi.org/10.18357/ijcyfs92201818214.

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The quality of life of young adult residential care leavers is influenced by several factors. The impact of the residential care environment can be conceptualised as organisational culture. In our empirical study we explored how organisational culture affects the quality of life of care leavers. The research was conducted using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods in 8 selected residential care facilities in Slovakia, and among 39 young care leavers. Data from semi-structured interviews were analysed using methods associated with grounded theory, and data obtained via questionnaires were analysed using statistical methods. The results show that adequate material conditions, adherence to facility rules, the space to act independently, responsive care, support in planning for the future, mutual assistance, and social support from peers and others are all likely to contribute to a higher quality of life for care leavers.

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Wade, Jim. "Progress for Care Leavers?: Young People Leaving Care." Adoption & Fostering 22, no. 4 (December 1998): 75–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030857599802200413.

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Gullo, Federica, Laura García-Alba, Amaia Bravo, and Jorge F. del Valle. "Crossing Countries and Crossing Ages: The Difficult Transition to Adulthood of Unaccompanied Migrant Care Leavers." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 13 (June 28, 2021): 6935. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136935.

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The social changes experienced in many countries have prolonged the transition to adult life for young people. That being said, those who leave child care cannot afford this privilege, in that they do not benefit from the same support and resources, having to confront an accelerated transition which exposes them to increased risk of negative outcomes and social exclusion. Moreover, this transition might be even riskier for unaccompanied migrant care leavers, who are four times as vulnerable, given their status as young people in care, as adolescents, as migrants and being unaccompanied. This paper seeks to explore the profiles, needs, and experiences of unaccompanied young migrants in comparison with other care leavers. Data were collected by means of a semi-structured interview to explore their pre-care, in-care, and aftercare experiences. A highly specific profile of unaccompanied young migrants has been revealed that differs from the other care leavers in terms of worse educational, occupational, and economic outcomes, limited support networks, and more obstacles to accessing aftercare supports. Conversely, they also exhibited some strengths, such as having less pre-care, in care, and aftercare traumatic experiences, less psychological distress and fewer risky behaviors compared with other care leavers.

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Stead, Helen. "Rite of passage for care leavers." Journal of Family Therapy 43, no. 3 (July 12, 2021): 445–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12350.

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Prynn, Barbara. "Book Review: Support for Care Leavers." Adoption & Fostering 27, no. 1 (April 2003): 87–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030857590302700118.

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Bilson, Andy, Joanna Price, and Nicky Stanley. "Developing Employment Opportunities for Care Leavers." Children & Society 25, no. 5 (January 20, 2010): 382–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1099-0860.2009.00287.x.

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Sanders, Michael. "University Challenge: Help for Care Leavers." Children and Young People Now 2021, no. 10 (October 2, 2021): 22–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/cypn.2021.10.22.

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Care-experienced young people are significantly less likely to attend university than their peers. Experts explore what support needs to be in place for them to access the benefits of higher education

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MacLachlan, Stewart. "Care leavers and the ‘local offer’." Children and Young People Now 2017, no. 14 (October 2, 2017): 45. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/cypn.2017.14.45.

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Stewart MacLachlan, legal & policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at recent changes in leaving care support, including the introduction of the “local offer” and support for young migrants

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Mendes, Philip, Dee Michell, and Jacqueline Z. Wilson. "Young People Transitioning from Out-of-home Care and Access to Higher Education: A Critical Review of the Literature." Children Australia 39, no. 4 (December 2014): 243–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cha.2014.25.

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Young people transitioning from out-of-home care are known to have poor educational outcomes compared to their non-care peers. Yet little is known about the experiences or needs of the small numbers of Australian care leavers who enter higher education. This article critically examines existing Australian and international research on the access of care leavers to higher education. A group of pre-care, in-care, transition from care and post-care factors are identified as either hindering or assisting care leavers to maximise their educational opportunities. Some specific policy and practice reforms are recommended to enhance opportunities for Australian care leavers to participate in and complete higher education.

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Hayes, Derren. "Improving care leaver housing." Children and Young People Now 2016, no. 5 (March 1, 2016): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/cypn.2016.5.15.

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Modi, Kiran, and Gurneet Kaur Kalra. "Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 and the Support Provided to Youth Leaving Care in India." Youth 2, no. 1 (February 25, 2022): 53–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/youth2010005.

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Widely across the globe, COVID-19 has placed massive strain on various parameters of life, including child protection, health, education and economic systems. Apart from these visible threats, this situation is having an ongoing devastating impact on the mental health and psychological wellbeing of people. Most young people leaving child care institutions (CCIs) on turning 18 are generally not prepared to leave care, but the transition has become even more difficult and worrisome during the pandemic. During the lockdown, most of these young people were stuck in their CCIs, and their rehabilitation plans—if they were made—could not be implemented, even though there were several mandates around Aftercare, as prescribed in The Juvenile Justice Act, 2015. The Care Leavers faced difficulties in various life domains, including a lack of access to higher education, the loss of jobs, economic disruptions, and social isolation, along with an overall impact on their mental health and physical health as an aftermath of COVID-19. Based on these issues and years of experience as practitioners, Udayan Care—an NGO in India—started a programme named the Aftercare Outreach Program (AOP), supporting Aftercare youth (Care Leavers) in their transition process in order to make them job-ready. This is an exploratory study designed to collect and analyse the data collected from the Care Leavers supported by the Aftercare Outreach Program (AOP), which included 54 Care Leavers from two places enrolled in it, i.e., 42 Care Leavers from Delhi and 12 from Vadodara. The findings of the study clearly indicate that planned and supported transition like AOP intervention can make a difference in the lives of Care Leavers, and can help them towards independent living, even more so in unprecedented times like COVID-19.

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Gwenzi, Getrude Dadirai. "Constructing the Meaning of “Family” in the Context of Out-of-Home Care: An Exploratory Study on Residential Care Leavers in Harare, Zimbabwe." Emerging Adulthood 8, no. 1 (September 19, 2018): 54–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167696818800846.

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Care leavers’ family lives are not well-documented in Global South literature. The West has seen an increase in studies focusing on the family concept. This article focuses on the concept of “family” and family membership from the perspective of care leavers. Data from semistructured interviews and “family lists” with 30 care leavers (aged 18–25) from Zimbabwe are presented. The findings suggest that although there is evidence of heteronormative definitions of “family” and ideas of “family” as biological, new definitions are coming up in the developing world. Some participants acknowledge nonbiological definitions of family based on connectivity, co-residence, affective practices, family contact, and other forms of family display in the context of out-of-home care. The Zimbabwean cultural influence is highlighted as a factor in care leavers’ constructions of “family” especially during the emerging adulthood stage. Practical implications for social policy, those working with care leavers, and wider society are discussed.

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Frimpong-Manso, Kwabena. "Stories of Care Leaving: The Experiences of a Group of Resilient Young Adults on Their Journey to Interdependent Living in Ghana." Emerging Adulthood 8, no. 1 (October 23, 2018): 16–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167696818807114.

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Emerging adulthood is the developmental period from 18 to 25 years of age when young people explore the possibilities of life with support from their parents. However, young people with an out-of-home care background usually navigate this life stage with little or no support. As a result, many care leavers experience poor outcomes including homelessness and low educational achievements. These narratives fuel low expectations and a negative stereotype toward care leavers. This study offers an alternative perspective by sharing positive stories of care leavers. Specifically, it explores the factors that promote the successful transition to emerging adulthood for care leavers in Ghana. Four key themes emerged from the thematic analysis: networks of social support, personal capacities, preparation for adulthood, and positive relationships. These are the factors facilitating the care leavers’ successful transition into emerging adulthood. The study has offered recommendations for policy-making and practice including extending the statutory leaving care age.

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Atkinson, Cathy, and Rebekah Hyde. "Care leavers’ views about transition: a literature review." Journal of Children's Services 14, no. 1 (March 18, 2019): 42–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcs-05-2018-0013.

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Purpose Considerable attention has been given to the vulnerability of young people leaving care in the UK in their transition to adulthood. To date, however, there has been limited focus on the perceptions of care leavers about what factors enable and inhibit effective practice. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This systematic literature review sought to elicit the views of UK care leavers in identifying barriers and facilitators to the process of transition to adulthood. Qualitative studies in the care-leaving field were identified, of which seven met inclusion criteria and were included in the final synthesis. Findings The findings yielded a range of facilitators, including authentic and consistent relationships with those acting in the role of corporate parent; and flexible systems, which accommodated personal readiness for leaving care. Barriers included insufficient recognition of, and a lack of support for, the psychological dimensions of transition, exacerbated by insufficient support networks. Research limitations/implications This literature search yielded seven qualitative papers, some with small sample sizes, meaning that the findings may not be representative of a wider population or directly relevant to international contexts. Practical implications Suggestions for enhancing the transition process are posited. In particular, the potential usefulness of an “interdependence” transition approach for UK care leavers is proposed. Originality/value This study analyses qualitative data, thus constituting a response to policy calls for care leaver views to be central to transition processes.

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Takele, Anduamlak Molla, and Messay Gebremariam Kotecho. "Female Care-Leavers’ Experiences of Aftercare in Ethiopia." Emerging Adulthood 8, no. 1 (August 8, 2019): 73–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167696819868355.

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The phenomenon of care-leavers’ experience of aftercare in Ethiopia has not yet been recognized. A qualitative research design was used to uncover female care-leavers’ experience of aftercare in 2017. Participants in the study were recruited via a snowball sampling technique, and data were collected through in-depth interviews and a review of documents. The generated data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The study found that participants are faced with different adversities, such as job searching, homelessness, the inability to pay housing rent, being betrayed, and not reconnecting with living biological family members. Female care-leavers have expected to receive support from the institution to cope with aftercare challenges. However, their aftercare experience is characterized by negative outcomes, which implies that they need continued aftercare support until they can find their feet. Female care-leavers view aftercare support as strengthening them in their attempt to navigate the adult world on their own. Such support offers them the opportunity to find attractive jobs and so save them from having to emigrate. This article sheds light on the issue of aftercare support for female emerging adults who are transitioning from care to adulthood in Ethiopia.

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Cameron, Claire. "Education and Self-Reliance among Care Leavers." Adoption & Fostering 31, no. 1 (April 2007): 39–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030857590703100108.

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Hibbert, Helen. "Book Review: Survival Guides for Care Leavers." Adoption & Fostering 31, no. 2 (July 2007): 81–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030857590703100217.

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Bhardwaj, Shivani. "Situating the Inheritance Rights of Care Leavers." Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond 5, no. 2 (September 2018): 276–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2349301120180215.

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Bhardwaj, Shivani. "Situating the inheritance rights of care leavers." Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond 5, no. 2 (2018): 276. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/2349-3011.2018.00018.x.

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Bernstein, Frances. "Therapy with care leavers: An attachment view." Psychotherapy Section Review 1, no. 62 (2018): 25–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpspsr.2018.1.62.25.

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Stephenson, Jo. "Leaving care services." Children and Young People Now 2022, no. 3 (March 2, 2022): 38–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/cypn.2022.3.38.

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Evidence from Ofsted shows support to help care leavers transition to independence is still lacking. The inspectorate tells Jo Stephenson of its plans to sharpen councils' focus on improving provision

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Bond, Sue. "Care-leaving in South Africa: an international and social justice perspective." Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy 34, no. 1 (February 2018): 76–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21699763.2017.1413994.

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AbstractInternationally, the care-leaving debate began in the 1970s. The poor outcomes associated with care-leaving in the United Kingdom, United States of America and Australia prompted attention resulting in policy change in recent years, which continues to develop. The experience and outcomes for care leavers in South Africa reflects that of their contemporaries in other countries, however, contextual factors compound the problems that they face and there is little support available to them. This paper discusses some of the challenges facing care leavers and the development of the care-leaving debate, legislation and policy in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia. A comparison of the care-leaving arena in South Africa and the support services available to care leavers in the different countries will be presented. The paper concludes by arguing that the absence of services for care leavers is a neglect of the state's responsibility as corporate parent, and represents an issue of social justice.

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Sekibo, Belema. "Experiences of Young People Early in the Transition From Residential Care in Lagos State, Nigeria." Emerging Adulthood 8, no. 1 (January 27, 2019): 92–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167696818822232.

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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.

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Jensen, Stine Grønbæk. "The Rebuilding of Fragmented Memories, Broken Families and Rootless Selves among Danish Care Leavers." Journal of Family History 46, no. 1 (October 23, 2020): 77–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0363199020967582.

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Many care leavers share a sense of fragmented or absent memories and a feeling of being abandoned and rootless. In this article I examine how some care leavers in a Danish context attempt to reconstruct fragmented memories and fragile relationships through tangible and creative practices and processes by which memories and relations are created, repaired, strengthened, and shaped. Understanding their engagement with the past as transformative memory-work, and family and kinship as acquired through practice, I describe some of the specific preconditions for care leavers when it comes to memory-making and family formation. Next, I illustrate how care leavers in different ways deal with broken family ties and how their practices and reflections transform their personal history and the way they relate to others and position themselves in society.

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Jindal, Purnima K., Manoj Kumar Suryawanshi, and Rajeev Kumar. "Preparing Care Leavers With Short- and Long-Term Interventions to Face Challenges of the Pandemic of COVID-19 in Asia." Institutionalised Children Explorations and Beyond 8, no. 1 (January 5, 2021): 90–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2349300320980191.

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COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented human and health crisis and has been affecting lives in many forms. What seemed to be a health crisis eventually became a major ongoing global economic crisis. Sector-wide disruptions are threatening both short- and long-term livelihoods and well-being of millions of youth around the globe, especially youth from vulnerable communities. Business closures threatened the operations and soundness of the enterprises resulting in layoffs and wage losses, affecting a major chunk of youth including the young care leavers of alternative care programmes in Asia. This called for customised interventions and support for such young care leavers. Immediate actions were needed for managing their mental health, for maintaining education continuity and for reskilling of such young care leavers to prepare them to cope with the pandemic. This article is based on the learning and experiences of SOS Children’s Villages responses to supporting nearly 1,500 care leavers in various Asian countries. SOS Children’s Villages is committed to ensuring quality care and protection of children and youth through its various alternative care programmes in 15 countries in Asia region. SOS Children’s villages responded to COVID-19 pandemic by supporting youth and care leavers in SOS family-like care. Primarily, these countries reported that the school closures mandated to combat the spread of the virus affected the education and learning of all the children and youth in their care. All projects in Asia started reaching out to the care leavers and started extending a wide range of support to them with both short- and long-term interventions. This article covers SOS Children’s Villages youth programmes, especially from 11 countries of Asia region—Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Stephenson, Jo. "INSPECTIONS: Leaving care services." Children and Young People Now 2017, no. 13 (September 2, 2017): 58–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/cypn.2017.13.58.

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Cleaver, Kerri. "Acknowledging the struggle: Policy changes for state care leaving provisions." Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work 28, no. 2 (August 18, 2016): 22–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.11157/anzswj-vol28iss2id221.

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Neoliberalism is not kind to vulnerable populations. Care leavers as a vulnerable population have faired particularly poorly under successive governments. Policy and practice have maintained a position for decades in New Zealand where care leavers are responsible entirely for their own lives at the age of seventeen. This article reviews current literature, locally and internationally, in order to identify the needs of care leavers in the New Zealand context. It will question what is working already, what works elsewhere and how we might change the outcomes for these young people who have not chosen this path and yet appear to be punished through the government turning a blind eye

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van Breda, Adrian D. "An Exploration of Complex Longitudinal Relationships Between Care Factors and Post-Care Outcomes in South Africa." Children Australia 43, no. 2 (May 10, 2018): 152–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cha.2018.20.

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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.

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Sköld, Johanna. "After Care: Controlling and Helping Care Leavers in a Community of Foster Care." Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth 8, no. 1 (2015): 75–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hcy.2015.0004.

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Offord, Adam. "Care still a barrier to university." Children and Young People Now 2015, no. 22 (October 27, 2015): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/cypn.2015.22.15.

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Grover, Chris, and John Stewart. "Care leavers, financial support and the 2000 Children (Leaving Care) Act." Benefits: A Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 12, no. 2 (June 2004): 107–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.51952/otvk1524.

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We examine those aspects of the 2000 Children (Leaving Care) Act that have placed a duty on local authorities to provide financial support for care leavers from October 2001. It is argued that the good intentions of the Act may be eroded by inherent problems in the new system of support because it is structured through reference to social security policies that are widely held to be problematic for all young people needing to claim benefit.

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Musgrove, Nell. "Locating Foster Care: Place and Space in Care Leavers’ Childhood Memories." Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth 8, no. 1 (2015): 106–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hcy.2015.0010.

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Belotti, Valerio, and Diletta Mauri. "Gioventù brevi. Care leavers e capacità di aspirare." MINORIGIUSTIZIA, no. 2 (October 2019): 192–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/mg2019-002017.

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Offord, Adam. "Cheshire care leavers cook up good food guide." Children and Young People Now 2015, no. 19 (September 15, 2015): 35. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/cypn.2015.19.35.

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