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