Male care-leavers' transfer of social skills from care into independent living in South Africa |
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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. University of Kansas School of Social Welfare, 307 Twente Hall, 1545 Lilac Lane, Lawrence, KS 66045, United States;2. University of Kansas, Department of Sociology, 735 Fraser Hall, 1415 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045, United States;3. University of Tennessee-Nashville College of Social Work, 193 Polk Avenue, Suite E, Room 207, Nashville, TN 37210, United States;4. University of Kansas School of Education Center for Economic Education, 309 J.R. Pearson Hall, 1122 West Campus Road, Lawrence, KS 66045, United States;5. University of Kansas Center for Economic Education, 320 J.R. Pearson Hall, 1122 West Campus Road, Lawrence, KS 66045, United States;6. University of Kansas Center for Educational Opportunity Programs, 610 J.R. Pearson Hall, 1122 West Campus Road, Lawrence, KS 66045, United States;1. Department of Clinical and Community Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3086, Victoria, Australia;2. Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia;1. Department of Social Science, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, 27–28 Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AA, UK;2. Deutsches Jugendinstitut e. V. (German Youth Institute (DJI)), Abteilung Jugend und Jugendhilfe (Department Youth and Youth Welfare), Nockherstrasse 2, 81541 Munich, Germany;3. Institut für Sozial- und Organisationspädagogik, Universitätsplatz 1, D-31141 Hildesheim, Germany;4. National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland, Department of Children, Youth and Families, Mannerheimintie 166, 00271 Helsinki, Finland;5. National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland, Department of Children, Youth and Families, Aapistie 1, 90101 Oulu, Finland;6. Finnish Youth Research Network, Asemapäällikönkatu 1, 00520 Helsinki, Finland;1. Rees Centre for Research on Fostering and Education, Department of Education, University of Oxford, UK;2. Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University, Israel |
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| Abstract: | Residential child and youth care centres typically provide programmes to develop the social and life skills of the children in care, on the assumption that these skills will equip them for adult life. However, there is little research to show whether and how these skills are transferred from the child care setting to young adulthood. This qualitative study investigates how a sample of male care-leavers from Girls and Boys Town South Africa transferred these social skills into independent living. Qualitative, semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten young men who had left care 2–5 years previously. Content analysis of the data was conducted. Findings indicate that participants could recall the skills they had learned in care and reflect on how they have applied these skills in their adult lives. In many cases, skills that were lost or abandoned were later recovered during times of crisis; and many participants adapted the skills to be more applicable in their adult world contexts. Teaching social and life skills, using rigorous and structured methods, appears to be a useful intervention with long-term benefits to young people after leaving care. However, the flexible and context-specific use of these skills should also be emphasised. |
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