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Care-Leavers’ Views on Their Preparation for Leaving Residential Care in South Africa

Youth
The process of youth leaving residential care, for those who grew up in care, remains a global challenge. In South Africa, leaving care is complicated by the almost complete absence of aftercare support services, and a general lack of preparation for ...
Nellie Sandy Seale, Adrian D. van Breda
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Factors Affecting Care Leavers in Their Transition to Adulthood: Differences Between National and Migrant Youth in Andalusia (Spain)

Revista de Estudios Sociales
Both care leavers and non-care leavers go through a transition to adulthood marked by challenges in various aspects of their lives. However, there are significant differences between young nationals and foreign youths who have exited the protection ...
Verónica Sevillano-Monje, Ángela Martín-Gutiérrez, Olga Moreno-Fernández, Pilar Moreno-Crespo   +3 more
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Children and young people in care until age 26: a must for improved outcomes

Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2013
Care Leavers have the worst outcomes in our society across most social well-being indicators. This is even more shocking as they are as physically and mentally capable as any other Scot.
Duncan Dunlop
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Care Leavers' Experiences of Transition and Turning Points: Findings from a Biographical Narrative Study

Social Work and Society, 2014
This paper reports on the findings of a PhD research project that set out to explore how young people leaving out of home care experienced and made sense of their transition to adulthood.
John Pinkerton, Carmel Rooney
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Care leavers' engagement with services: motivational factors which sustain a positive relationship

Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2011
According to Mitchell (1982), motivation refers to 'psychological processes that cause the arousal, direction and persistence of voluntary actions that are goal directed' (Mitchell 1982, p. 81).
Marina Amaral
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Editorial Vol4 no1

Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2005
One of the key skills in residential child care practice is assessment. In this edition of the journal, several writers have taken some aspect of assessment as their theme, be it risk assessment, assessment of new staff, or a tool for assessing the needs
Irene Stevens
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A pilot feasibility randomised controlled trial of two behaviour change interventions compared to usual care to reduce substance misuse in looked after children and care leavers aged 12-20 years: The SOLID study. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2020
Alderson H, Kaner E, McColl E, Howel D, Fouweather T, McGovern R, Copello A, Brown H, McArdle P, Smart D, Brown R, Lingam R.   +11 more
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Theories used to explain care-leavers' journey out of care: A scoping review. [PDF]

PLoS One
van Breda AD, Reuben S.
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Childhood abuse and maladaptive coping in care leavers: An exploratory study on attachment and Early Maladaptive Schemas. [PDF]

J Child Health Care
Jarvis M, Sivyer K, Selwood E, Willoughby K.   +3 more
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The basic income for care leavers in Wales pilot evaluation: Protocol of a quasi-experimental evaluation. [PDF]

PLoS One
Westlake D, Holland S, Sanders M, Schroeder E, Pickett KE, Johnson M, Petrou S, Hick R, Roberts L, Rodriguez-Guzman G, Vallis D, Fahr P, Bezeczky Z, Mathur V, Lloyd H.   +14 more
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