In between formal and informal: Staff and youth relationships in care and after leaving care |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Psychosocial Behavioural Science, North West University, South Africa;2. Department of Social Work, University of Johannesburg, South Africa;1. Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States;2. North Carolina State University, Department of Social Work, United States;1. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2600, sala 122. 90035003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil;2. Universitat de Girona, Plaça Sant Domènec, 9, despatx 106, 17004 Girona, Spain;3. Leiden University, Wassenaarseweg, 52, 2333, AK, Leiden, the Netherlands;1. Facultat de Ciències de l''Educació, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain;2. School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland;3. Optentia Research Programme, North West University, South Africa;4. SFI — The Danish National Centre for Social Research, Denmark;1. Psychological Therapies Team, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Glanville House, Church Street, Bridgwater TA6 5AT, UK;2. School of Social Science & Social Work, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK;3. Service Around the Child Team, VH Doctors Ltd, Devon Integrated Children''s Services, Evergreen House, Victoria Park Road, Exeter EX2 4NU, UK;4. Psychotherapy Department, Plymouth Community Healthcare (CIC), Centre Court, 73 Exeter Street, Plymouth PL4 0AH, UK |
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| Abstract: | This paper deals with the contact and relationship youth have with staff while in care and after emancipation and examines the young adults' needs in contacting staff after leaving care. The study was conducted through 60 interviews with young adults ages 21–26 who emancipated from residential settings in Israel. Results showed that most youth report having had a meaningful staff member in care and that 62% were in contact with staff after their transition to independent living for both emotional and practical needs that could not always be answered by staff. One of the study's conclusions is that despite their departure staff's relationship with these young adults continues informally years after. However, without formal recognition of the place staff have in the lives of aged-out youth, no resources are invested in training them to properly meet the young adults' needs. The discussion highlights the need for an integrative approach that sees residential settings and staff as a meaningful part in the continuity from care to independent living by supporting aged-out youth's gradual transition to adult life. |
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