Creating a better kinship environment for children in Ghana: Lessons from young people with informal kinship care experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (S1) ◽  
pp. 207-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alhassan Abdullah ◽  
Ebenezer Cudjoe ◽  
Esmeranda Manful
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Kinship Care ◽  
Care Experience ◽  
Informal Kinship Care

Regulating the traditional kinship care practice in Ghana: Reflections from young people with kinship care experience

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alhassan Abdullah ◽  
Ebenezer Cudjoe ◽  
Susan Young ◽  
Anna W.M. Choi ◽  
Lucy P. Jordan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Kinship Care ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Care Experience

‘Getting our voices out there’: acceptability of a mental health participation programme for young people with out of home care experience in Australia

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 1085-1093
Author(s):  
Jessie Rafeld ◽  
Kristen Moeller-Saxone ◽  
Sue Cotton ◽  
Simon Rice ◽  
Katherine Monson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
System Level ◽  
Mental Health Training ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Care Experience ◽  
Out Of Home Care ◽  
Meaningful Participation

Abstract Youth with experience of out-of-home-care (OoHC) typically have poorer mental health than their peers in the general population, and lack opportunities to contribute to service planning. Promoting mental health through leadership training may improve young people’s mental health and facilitate system change. The Bounce Project is a pilot youth-leadership mental health training programme co-designed with young people who have experienced OoHC. In this study, we evaluated the Bounce Project from the young people’s perspectives to explore the acceptability, successes and limitations of the training to promote the participant’s mental health and their contribution to system level change. Thirteen young people aged 18–26 years old who had experienced OoHC and participated in the Bounce Project were interviewed. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and thematically analysed. Four major themes were thereby identified: making their mark; opportunities for growth; redefining roles and pitfalls of research participation. Participants valued the opportunity to have their voices heard, participate in research and learn about mental health. Perceived negative aspects included infrequent participation opportunities, interpersonal difficulties and frustration about the limitations of research including pressure to recruit and restrictive deadlines. Participating in the Bounce Project was a mostly positive experience, but young people also encountered barriers to meaningful participation. Youth with lived experience need more avenues to participate in research and leadership, but research programmes require specific designs that take into consideration the needs of participants and create opportunities for effective and meaningful participation.

Examining the Perceptions of Grandparents who Parent in Formal and Informal Kinship Care

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 93-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelia G. Bunch ◽  
Brenda J. Eastman ◽  
Linner W. Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Kinship Care ◽  
Informal Kinship Care

scholarly journals Health Status and Type of Out-of-Home Placement: Informal Kinship Care in an Investigated Sample

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 559-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth E.K. Stein ◽  
Michael S. Hurlburt ◽  
Amy M. Heneghan ◽  
Jinjin Zhang ◽  
Jennifer Rolls-Reutz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Kinship Care ◽  
Out Of Home Placement ◽  
Informal Kinship Care ◽  
Home Placement

Improving outcomes for young people leaving care: Which way forward?

1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 64-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Green ◽  
Amanda Jones
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Duty Of Care ◽  
Care Experience ◽  
Early Parenthood ◽  
Practice Framework ◽  
Sustainable Transition ◽  
Transition To Independence ◽  
Research Studies

Young people leaving care are expected to become independent at a far earlier age than are young people who are fortunate enough to have supportive families. High rates of unstable accommodation, unemployment, poverty and early parenthood, have been found in research studies into the outcomes for young people leaving care. Governments have a duty of care to provide resources and support to ensure that young people leaving care experience a safe and sustainable transition to independence. Key elements of best practice framework are outlined in this article for this to be achieved.

Becoming a good citizen: non-governmental organisation social work with ‘unaccompanied’ young people in kinship care

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Moberg Stephenson
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Young People ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Kinship Care ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Good Citizen ◽  
Swedish Society ◽  
The City

The aim of this article is to examine how establishment in Swedish society is interpreted and what values are considered important from the perspective of a non-governmental organisation mentoring programme, and how the non-governmental organisation’s work towards establishment among ‘unaccompanied’ young people is carried out. The results are based on analysis of the non-governmental organisation’s policy documents, conversations and semi-structured interviews with the employed mentors. Bridget Anderson’s concept of a ‘community of value’ is used to critically analyse the data. The results show how the mentoring programme supports establishment, as well as the importance of mobility within the city and of building networks and knowledge about everyday life in Swedish society, all of which highlight certain values as more important than others for establishment in Sweden. The mentoring work is intended to overcome boundaries but risks reproducing boundaries whereby the young people need to create a belonging based on an idealised notion of ‘Swedishness’.

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