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Young People Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care

International Research, Policy and Practice

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Editors:
  1. Philip Mendes

    1. Monash University, Victoria, Australia

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  2. Pamela Snow

    1. Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia

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  • Provides a nuanced picture of how leaving care policy varies according to local, national and international context

  • Stresses that care leavers are a vulnerable group who need more support and protection wherever they live

  • Offers a novel, thematic approach to policy and practice

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xli
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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

      Pages 197-197
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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
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About this book

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. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Monash University, Victoria, Australia

    Philip Mendes

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

    Pamela Snow

About the editors

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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