Young People Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care

1. Front Matter

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2. Particularly Vulnerable Groups of Care Leavers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Double-Bind: Looked After Children, Care Leavers and Criminal Justice

      • Nicola Carr, Siobhán McAlister

      Pages 3-21

   3. Young People Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care in Victoria, Australia: Strengthening Support Services for Dual Clients of Child Protection and Youth Justice

      • Philip Mendes, Pamela C. Snow, Susan Baidawi

      Pages 23-44

   4. Supporting Young People with an Intellectual Disability Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care to Adult Life in Queensland, Australia

      • Sarah MacDonald, Kathy Ellem, Jill Wilson

      Pages 45-69

   5. A Comparison of Young People with a Disability Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care in Australia and Northern Ireland

      • Pamela Snow, Berni Kelly, Philip Mendes, Delia O’Donohue

      Pages 71-90

3. Pathways to Educational Success

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. Towards a National Policy Framework for Care Leavers in Australian Higher Education

      • Andrew Harvey, Patricia McNamara, Lisa Andrewartha

      Pages 93-113

   3. I Want to Be Someone, I Want to Make a Difference: Young Care Leavers Preparing for the Future in South Australia

      • Dee Michell, Claudine Scalzi

      Pages 115-133

   4. Muddling Upwards: The Unexpected, Unpredictable and Strange on the Path from Care to High Achievement in Victoria, Australia

      • Jacqueline Z. Wilson, Frank Golding

      Pages 135-154

   5. The Contribution of a Key Scenario to Care Leavers’ Transition to Higher Education

      • Yifat Mor-Salwo, Anat Zeira

      Pages 155-172

   6. The Drawback of Getting By—Implicit Imbalances in the Educational Support of Young People in and Leaving Care in Germany

      • Stefan Köngeter, Wolfgang Schröer, Maren Zeller

      Pages 173-196

4. Comparative Policy and Practice in Different Jurisdictions

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Leaving Care in the UK and Scandinavia: Is It All That Different in Contrasting Welfare Regimes?

      • Emily R. Munro, Anne-Kirstine Mølholt, Katie Hollingworth

      Pages 199-219

   3. Peer Research with Young People Leaving Care: Reflections from Research in England, Northern Ireland and Argentina

      • Berni Kelly, Jo Dixon, Mariana Incarnato

      Pages 221-240

   4. Researching Care Leavers in an Ethical Manner in Switzerland, Germany, Israel and China

      • Samuel Keller, Benjamin Strahl, Tehila Refaeli, Claire (Ting) Zhao

      Pages 241-261

5. An Analysis of Policy and Practice in Specific Jurisdictions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 263-263

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   2. Young People Transitioning from Care in Australia: A Critical But Neglected Area of Policy Development

      • Toni Beauchamp

      Pages 265-284

   3. CREATE’s Advocacy for Young People Transitioning from Care in Australia

      • Joseph J. McDowall

      Pages 285-308

   4. Journeys of Exclusion: Unpacking the Experience of Adolescent Care Leavers in New Zealand

      • Nicola Atwool

      Pages 309-328

This book challenges and revises existing ways of thinking about leaving care policy, practice and research at regional, national and international levels. Bringing together contributors from fifteen countries, it covers a range of topical policy and practice issues within national, international or comparative contexts. These include youth justice, disability, access to higher education, the role of advocacy groups, ethical challenges and cultural factors. In doing so it demonstrates that, whilst young people are universally a vulnerable group, there are vast differences in their experiences of out-of-home care and transitions from care, and their shorter and longer-term outcomes. Equally, there are significant variations between jurisdictions in terms of the legislative, policy and practice supports and opportunities made available to them. This significant edited collection is essential reading for all those who work with young people from care, including social workers, counsellors, and youth and community practitioners, as well as for students and scholars of child welfare. 

• Youth justice
• Disability
• Higher education
• Advocacy groups
• Ethical challenges
• Cultural factors
• Outcomes
• Legislation

• Monash University, Victoria, Australia

  Philip Mendes

• Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia

  Pamela Snow

Philip Mendes is Associate Professor and Director of the Social Inclusion and Social Policy Research Unit in the Department of Social Work at Monash University, Australia.


Pamela Snow is Professor and Head of the Rural Health School at La Trobe University, Australia.

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