H2020Индивидуална стипендия2016–2018

ReProCounters · ‘Reciprocal Encounters’ - Young Adults Leaving Care

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2016-09-01 → 2018-08-31
Финансиране от ЕС: 195 455 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF-EF-ST

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Накратко на български

Опитът на младежи от приюти и приемни семейства в България, Финландия и Великобритания помага да се разбере как да се подкрепи преходът им към самостоятелен живот. Това е важно за създаването на по-добри насоки за социалната работа с младите хора.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

‘Reciprocal Encounters’ - Young Adults Leaving Care

In 2016 the EU funded a two-year Marie Curie Scholar, Professor Maritta Törrönen to lead the study “Reciprocal Encounters” (ReProCounters) which had an overall aim to produce preventive, client-based social work guidelines regarding how to best support reciprocal participation opportunities for young adults (18–25 years of age) who have experiences of substitute care including both foster families and child and youth welfare institutions. The focus of the study was on what can be learned from the perspective of young adults regarding how they can be best supported through this period and the process of leaving care. The project had 4 key objectives: The primary research objective was to learn from the perspective of young adults with care experiences how they can be best supported through the leaving care transition period. Secondly, the study aimed to compare two case studies with young adults who have left care – one in the UK and one in Finland – representing different welfare states in Europe and their child welfare services. The data set for Finland already existed (n=50), and a similar data set was gathered for the UK (n=24). The third aim was to negotiate a UK case study site and develop a research team which includes academics, practitioners and use a complementary participatory research methodology to explore the research questions, undertaking research with young adults and not just on them by training young adults with care leaving experiences to be part of the research process. The fourth objective was to develop a dedicated project website that hosts the aims, actions and deliveries and the final research project report.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

The objective of this proposal, ‘Reciprocal Encounters – Young Adults Leaving Care’, is not only to produce preventive, client-based social work guidelines regarding how to search for the best ways to support the well-being of young adults with substitute care experiences and the process of their deinstitutionalisation or leaving substitute care, but it will also use a complementary participatory research methodology to explore the research questions, undertaking research with young adults, not just on them, thus delivering user-driven results.The study searches for solutions to improve social work policy–practice related to young adults’ participation, increase young adults’ awareness of the options to participate in welfare policy and social work policy–practice making and how to strengthen the young adults’ capabilities to act in their communities and help them obtain new skills that will be useful, for instance, in their working lives.The objective of the proposal will be achieved through theory-building and methodological improvements concerning participatory research with young adults. The study is structured into two case studies with young adults who have left family or institutional care – one in the United Kingdom and one in Finland – representing different welfare states in Europe and their child welfare services. The data set for Finland already exists (n = 25), and a similar data set will be gathered for the UK (n = 25) following the same methods of participatory research as those used in Finland.For the researcher, this project offers an invaluable opportunity to expand her knowledge of theory-building regarding reciprocal participation and well-being, and to gain skills in public engagement and research communication. The project also gives her unique opportunities to grow her international collaboration network and new links with related European and global networks through complementary academic and non-academic secondment/placements.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY · ChelmsfordКоординаторОбединеното кралство