Meeting the challenge? : young people leaving care in Northern Ireland / John Pinkerton and Ross McCrea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pinkerton, John, 1953-

Contributor:

McCrea, Ross.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Deinstitutionalization--Northern Ireland.

Child welfare--Northern Ireland.

Foster children--Services for--Northern Ireland.

Foster children--Services for.

Foster children.

Child welfare.

Youth--Deinstitutionalization.

Youth.

Northern Ireland.

Physical Description:

134 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, VT : Ashgate, 1999.

Contents:

1 Recognising the Challenge

The Northern Ireland context 2

Policy and practice 3

Legislation 5

Research aims and objectives 8

Outline of the book 10

2 Youth Policy and Leaving Care

Needs and services 13

Young people in Northern Ireland 16

Process as care career 18

Outcomes and the transition to adulthood 22

3 Methodology

Postal survey 27

Follow up interviews 32

4 The Leaving Care Population

Personal characteristics 38

Care careers 39

Experience on leaving care 56

Summary

a grounded model of leaving care 65

5 The Provided for Group

Personal characteristics 72

Care careers 73

Experience on leaving care 77

Coping at six months 77

Coping two years on 84

Summary of experiences two years on 93

6 The Preparation and After Care Received

Preparation 96

After care 100

Context of the work 106

Duration of after care support, moves and types of accommodation 110

Results of the work 112

7 Meeting the Challenge?

Existing needs and services 115

Developing services 119.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-129) and index.

ISBN:

1840143282

OCLC:

40076677