Overview
- Provides a nuanced picture of how leaving care policy varies according to local, national and international context
- Stresses that care leavers are a vulnerable group who need more support and protection wherever they live
- Offers a novel, thematic approach to policy and practice
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About this book
This book challenges and revises existing ways of thinking about leaving care policy, practice and research at regional, national and international levels. Bringing together contributors from fifteen countries, it covers a range of topical policy and practice issues within national, international or comparative contexts. These include youth justice, disability, access to higher education, the role of advocacy groups, ethical challenges and cultural factors. In doing so it demonstrates that, whilst young people are universally a vulnerable group, there are vast differences in their experiences of out-of-home care and transitions from care, and their shorter and longer-term outcomes. Equally, there are significant variations between jurisdictions in terms of the legislative, policy and practice supports and opportunities made available to them. This significant edited collection is essential reading for all those who work with young people from care, including social workers, counsellors, and youth and community practitioners, as well as for students and scholars of child welfare.
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Particularly Vulnerable Groups of Care Leavers
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Pathways to Educational Success
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Comparative Policy and Practice in Different Jurisdictions
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An Analysis of Policy and Practice in Specific Jurisdictions
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Philip Mendes is Associate Professor and Director of the Social Inclusion and Social Policy Research Unit in the Department of Social Work at Monash University, Australia.
Pamela Snow is Professor and Head of the Rural Health School at La Trobe University, Australia.
Pamela Snow is Professor and Head of the Rural Health School at La Trobe University, Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Young People Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care
Book Subtitle: International Research, Policy and Practice
Editors: Philip Mendes, Pamela Snow
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55639-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-55638-7Published: 07 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-71762-0Published: 28 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-55639-4Published: 26 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLI, 430
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Medical Sociology, Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Comparative Social Policy, Social Work