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Young People Leaving Care: Life After the Children Act 1989

  • ISBN-13: 9781853024122
  • Publisher: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
  • By R A Broad
  • Price: AUD $69.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 16/03/1998
  • Format: Paperback 288 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Teenagers: advice for parents [VFXC1]
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What happens to young people when they leave care? Young care leavers are often over-represented in social policy areas, for example, in the homelessness, begging and poverty statistics. Although there has been some progress in assisting care leavers with their transition to independence, the problems they present and face remain acute. This volume contains extensive practice information, research material and policy findings about young people leaving public care and the work of leaving care projects. It includes data on the circumstances of over 3000 young people leaving care, as well as the work of leaving care projects across England and Wales which participated in the research, and provides an extensive analysis of national and local developments and the impact of the Children's Act 1989. Each chapter provides good practice and policy examples and the text concludes with a critical analysis of key practice, policy and theoretical issues and discussion of ways of moving forward.
Part 1 Legal and policy perspectives: the legal and social context for young people leaving care; research messages and national developments in leaving care. Part 2 The research: the research project - aims, methods and scope; the leaving care projects and the young people in the study; access to and support for the education of young people leaving care; the housing situation of young people leaving care; local authority policies and procedures; young people's participation, project achievements and problems; leaving care work and anti-discrimination; financial support for young people leaving care; monitoring and evaluating issues; leaving care management - service agency agreements and planning. Part 3 Implications for the future: concluding comments - ways of moving forward.
A comprehensive, informed overview of the current situation with helpful guidance for the policy makers and those directly caring for care leavers.
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