[PDF] Top 20 Supporting Care Leavers: A Training and Resource Pack for Young People Leaving Care

... Despite the support, Brian was placed on the child-protection register at the age of one year. James left the family home and moved into a hostel. The Social Services Department continued their support to Marie, and her ... See full document

... for young people leaving public care is shaped by a number of factors that include the legacy of past parenting, their experiences of being looked after, the range of practical, educational ... See full document

... that young people in care, in the process of leaving care and young care leavers were facing many barriers to ...200 young people ranging in age from ... See full document

... and training for young people in and leaving care has been an area of particular concern for policy and practice in England for many ...many care leavers face greater ... See full document

... children, young people and care ...residential care workers and foster ...and young people, some of the advice will be useful to others in the corporate parent family involved in ... See full document

... of young people most at risk of becoming disengaged socially and economically, the so-called NEET (not in education, employment or training) group (Scottish Executive, ...one young person in ... See full document

... after leaving college, either having withdrawn or on completion of a ...the young people indicating their intent to continue in college will not progress and their destinations may change to ...the ... See full document

... Disabled People’ and the subsequent Green Paper on adult social care ‘Independence Choice and Well- Being’, promote the use of individualised ...from people in their local community or more ... See full document

... For young people exposed to earlier risk in their lives, it has been observed that the period roughly between late teens and mid-twenties seems to be a pivotal 'window of both opportunity and vulnerability' ... See full document

... of care leavers and aims to prevent cycles of care by supporting them to be confident, positive ...for young parents and to ensure that services are accessible and ...that young ... See full document

... a young person appears at court, all options as an alternative to secure care and custody should be explored and that custody should be a last ...secure care should be used whenever possible as an ... See full document

... although supporting the voice and self-organisation of young people in care, it had little interest in care itself or the fate of care leavers: community work, advocacy ... See full document

... for supporting care leavers means that young people have not usually been able to shape directly the kind of support they ...as young people get a bit older, such as ... See full document

... USA, young people placed with Casey foster carers who did well as adults were likely to have completed their high school education, attended college or job training, acquired life skills and ... See full document

... although supporting the voice and self-organisation of young people in care, it had little interest in care itself or the fate of care leavers: community work, advocacy ... See full document

... insufficient attention to the specific concerns of adolescents as rights holders and to promoting their health and development. The Committee clarifies that the grounds in Article 2 (non-discrimination) should be ... See full document

... with care leavers as a socially disadvantaged ...‘care leavers’ may have produced their stories with the expectation that they should illustrate hardship in order to justify their status as a ... See full document

... awareness of the uncertainty of their futures than others. All of which is compounded further by lack of emotional and social support (Marriott, 2001; Wade, Mitchel & Baylis, 2005), poor housing and insecurity ... See full document

... reinforcing young person’s resistance, underlining their negative identity and narrative about the world (Bateman and Hazel, ...to young people that relapse is part of the ‘old ...the young ... See full document

... the age a young person is forced to do so {"Ageing out of care" is a much debated issue within the research on foster care leavers and as a response programmes designed to facilitate a y[r] ... See full document