Suchergebnisse

Der Abschluss einer Berufsausbildung ist für alle Jugendlichen eine sozialisationsrelevante Entwicklungsaufgabe. Für Jugendliche, die in Heimen leben, ist dieser Entwicklungsschritt besonders anforderungsreich. Im Artikel werden Ergebnisse einer qualitativ-explorativen Studie präsentiert, welche die Perspektive von Jugendlichen und Sozialpädagog*innen berücksichtigt. Im Zentrum stehen die Herausforderungen bei der Berufswahl, bei der Suche nach einem Ausbildungsplatz sowie die Unterstützung durch die Institutionen der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass der Einstieg in eine Ausbildung auf Sekundarstufe II für Jugendliche in Heimen mit einer Reihe von spezifischen Herausforderungen verbunden ist, sie aber auch vielfältige Unterstützung durch die Sozialpädagog*innen erhalten.

Europaweit ist seit einigen Jahrzehnten festzustellen: Kinder, die nicht bei ihren Eltern aufwachsen können, leben immer häufiger in Pflegefamilien als im Heim. Jedoch deuten Studien darauf hin, dass die Pflegeverhältnisse nicht immer stabil sind und es zu Abbrüchen kommt. In der Studie "Foster Care Placement Breakdown" in der Schweiz, Deutschland und England wurden die Prozesse, die zu Abbrüchen führen, analysiert. Die Ergebnisse und daraus entstehenden Herausforderungen für die Soziale Arbeit werden im Buch vorgestellt.(Rückseite Buchumschlag)

The anthology provides insight into fields of action and offers of social work in the school context and focuses for the first time on various current developments in German- and French-speaking Switzerland. In addition, the opportunities and challenges of social work in schools are presented and discussed with practical and research-based contributions.

In der Schweiz gibt es zum Thema Leaving Care von Pflegekindern keine wissenschaftlichen Studien. Im folgenden Beitrag werden ausgewählte Ergebnisse einer ersten qualitativen Studie aus der Schweiz zu diesem Thema vorgestellt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass der Übergang in die Selbständigkeit für Pflegekinder wie auch für die Fachpersonen, die sie begleiten, anspruchsvoll ist. Deutlich wird zudem, dass Pflegekinder und Fachpersonen die Vorbereitung auf das selbständige Leben sehr unterschiedlich einschätzen und dass Pflegekinder nicht-professionellen Unterstützungsformen nach Erreichen der Volljährigkeit eine hohe Bedeutung beimessen.

Family-based solutions for children in care are the preferred option in European countries on the grounds of both cost and quality. Yet, too often, foster care placements intended to be long term are terminated unexpectedly early. Few studies have identified factors leading to unexpected breakdown and fewer still have translated such findings into practical guidance for professionals. This article outlines: (a) the ambiguity and contradictions in the use of terminology (e.g., instability, breakdown, disruption) in several international studies; (b) the adoption of a one-sided, file-based, systemic perspective in recent studies of foster care instability, breakdown, and disruption; and (c) empirical data collected from interviews with foster children. Foster care breakdown is shown to be a process that takes place on several levels. In addition to the actual breakdown event, the situation of the child before the placement, the situation during the placement, the emergence and development of the crisis and the consequences of the breakdown for all those involved are all part of the process. It is only in retrospect that the ending of a foster care process is perceived as a breakdown. Assessments of whether it was planned or unplanned, expected or unexpected, and desirable or undesirable are meaningful only from an individual perspective. Such a perspective must be clearly identified: different people experience and remember the same breakdown in different ways, and its significance for their personal biographies may vary.

Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1 Zielsetzung und Fragestellung; 1.1 Ausgangslage; 1.2 Fragestellung; 1.3 Aufbau des Berichts; 2 Forschungsstand in der Schweiz; 3 Methodisches Vorgehen; 3. Datengrundlage; 3.2 Kriterien für die Auswahl der Fälle; 3.3 Vorgehen zur Rekonstruktion von Lebensverläufen: prospektive Variante; 3.4 Bildung von Verlaufsprofilen; 3.5 Entwicklung einer Typologie von Verläufen; 3.6 Statistische Vergleiche der Verlaufstypen; 3.7 Datenqualität; 4 Darstellung des Untersuchungssamples; 4.1 Basisinformationen zum Umfang und Zusammensetzung; 4.2 Ausbildung; 4.3 Gesundheit und soziales Beziehungsnetz; 5 Ergebnisse; 5.1 Verlaufstypen; 5.2 Der Übergang in den Beruf in Abhängigkeit von der sozialen Herkunft; 5.3 Berufliche Integration und soziale Herkunft bei den 25-30 Jährigen; 6 Zusammenfassung und Fazit; 7 Literaturverzeichnis; 8 Anhang

Young people who are taken up into the care system (including foster, formal kinship and residential or group care) traditionally have to leave care at age 18, the generally accepted age of adulthood. Research globally has shown that most youth are not ready to transition to independent living at 18 and require additional support into early adulthood. One specific type of support that has gained increasing interest is extended care arrangements, including permitting young people to remain in their care placements beyond the age of 18. While widely discussed, there is a limited body of literature on the conceptualisation, implementation and evaluation of extended care, and almost no cross-national dialogue on extended care. This article aims to gather together a range of experiences on extended care and to explore the extent to which there is a cross-national consensus on the conceptualisation and operationalisation of extended care. Ten countries participated in the study, reviewing their country's extended care policy, practice and research using a common matrix. Findings reveal adoption of aspects of extended care in all countries, wide variations in how extended care is conceptualised, legislated, funded and implemented, and very little research on the effectiveness of extended care. The authors recommend resolving cross-national variations in the conceptualisation of extended care and further research on the role and contribution of extended care placements to improved outcomes for youth in diverse social, political and economic contexts. ; publishedVersion

Young people who are taken up into the care system (including foster, formal kinship and residential or group care) traditionally have to leave care at age 18, the generally accepted age of adulthood. Research globally has shown that most youth are not ready to transition to independent living at 18 and require additional support into early adulthood. One specific type of support that has gained increasing interest is extended care arrangements, including permitting young people to remain in their care placements beyond the age of 18. While widely discussed, there is a limited body of literature on the conceptualisation, implementation and evaluation of extended care, and almost no cross-national dialogue on extended care. This article aims to gather together a range of experiences on extended care and to explore the extent to which there is a cross-national consensus on the conceptualisation and operationalisation of extended care. Ten countries participated in the study, reviewing their country's extended care policy, practice and research using a common matrix. Findings reveal adoption of aspects of extended care in all countries, wide variations in how extended care is conceptualised, legislated, funded and implemented, and very little research on the effectiveness of extended care. The authors recommend resolving cross-national variations in the conceptualisation of extended care and further research on the role and contribution of extended care placements to improved outcomes for youth in diverse social, political and economic contexts.

Young people who are taken up into the care system (including foster, formal kinship and residential or group care) traditionally have to leave care at age 18, the generally accepted age of adulthood. Research globally has shown that most youth are not ready to transition to independent living at 18 and require additional support into early adulthood. One specific type of support that has gained increasing interest is extended care arrangements, including permitting young people to remain in their care placements beyond the age of 18. While widely discussed, there is a limited body of literature on the conceptualisation, implementation and evaluation of extended care, and almost no cross-national dialogue on extended care. This article aims to gather together a range of experiences on extended care and to explore the extent to which there is a cross-national consensus on the conceptualisation and operationalisation of extended care. Ten countries participated in the study, reviewing their country's extended care policy, practice and research using a common matrix. Findings reveal adoption of aspects of extended care in all countries, wide variations in how extended care is conceptualised, legislated, funded and implemented, and very little research on the effectiveness of extended care. The authors recommend resolving cross-national variations in the conceptualisation of extended care and further research on the role and contribution of extended care placements to improved outcomes for youth in diverse social, political and economic contexts.

Young people who are taken up into the care system (including foster, formal kinship and residential or group care) traditionally have to leave care at age 18, the generally accepted age of adulthood. Research globally has shown that most youth are not ready to transition to independent living at 18 and require additional support into early adulthood. One specific type of support that has gained increasing interest is extended care arrangements, including permitting young people to remain in their care placements beyond the age of 18. While widely discussed, there is a limited body of literature on the conceptualisation, implementation and evaluation of extended care, and almost no cross-national dialogue on extended care. This article aims to gather together a range of experiences on extended care and to explore the extent to which there is a cross-national consensus on the conceptualisation and operationalisation of extended care. Ten countries participated in the study, reviewing their country's extended care policy, practice and research using a common matrix. Findings reveal adoption of aspects of extended care in all countries, wide variations in how extended care is conceptualised, legislated, funded and implemented, and very little research on the effectiveness of extended care. The authors recommend resolving cross-national variations in the conceptualisation of extended care and further research on the role and contribution of extended care placements to improved outcomes for youth in diverse social, political and economic contexts.