Food and its meaning for asylum seeking children and young people in foster care

Kohli, Ravi K.S.; Connolly, Helen; Warman, Andrea

doi:10.1080/14733285.2010.494862

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“…In both studies, food was often a first refuge for young people at a time of uncertainty and transition (Kohli et al, 2010). Providing young people with a familiar environment enabled them to feel safe and secure and created a stable base from which to deal with transitions into aspects of life in England or Ireland which may be less familiar.…”

Section: Foodmentioning

confidence: 99%

The negotiation of culture in foster care placements for separated refugee and asylum seeking young people in Ireland and England

Raghallaigh

Sirriyeh

2014

Childhood

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Little is known about separated asylum seeking young people in foster care. This article addresses this gap by drawing together findings from qualitative research conducted with separated refugee and asylum seeking young people in two studies -one in England and one in Ireland. Focusing on the role of culture, the authors examine similar findings from the two studies on the significance of culture in young people's experiences of foster care. Culturally 'matched' placements are often assumed to provide continuity in relation to cultural identity. This article draws on young people's accounts of 'matched' and 'non-matched' placements to examine the extent to which this may be the case for separated young people. It was found that young people regarded it as important to maintain continuity in relation to their cultures of origin, but that cultural 'matching' with foster carers according to country of origin and/or religion was not the only means for achieving this. The authors suggest that practitioners need to adopt an individualised approach in determining whether a 'matched' or a cross-cultural placement best meets the various needs of separated young people, including their identity development needs.

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Section: Foodmentioning

confidence: 99%

The negotiation of culture in foster care placements for separated refugee and asylum seeking young people in Ireland and England

Raghallaigh

Sirriyeh

2014

Childhood

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“…The literature indicates that, where appropriately placed in foster care, UAMs may be provided with protection, emotional and practical support, stability, love, consistent parent figures, advice, guidance and advocacy (Wade et al, 2012;Luster et al, 2009;Smyth et al, 2015). Ní Raghallaigh's (2013) findings echo other studies where practical, everyday family experiences can create bonds and enhance the lives of UAMs (Sinclair, 2005;Chase et al, 2008;Kohli et al 2010;Ní Raghallaigh, 2013;Sirriyeh, 2013). In this regard, Carlson et al (2012) discuss foster family as a key source of resilience allowing UAMs to adapt and even thrive in a vastly different cultural environment, in this case the US, despite the extreme adversity they have experienced.…”

Section: Benefits Of Foster Care Provisionmentioning

confidence: 41%

The social care needs of unaccompanied minors: the Irish experience

Horgan

Raghallaigh

2017

European Journal of Social Work

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Access to the full text of the published version may require a subscription. Rights AbstractThe article examines forms of care which can be used by social workers to best respond to UAM's given their complex needs and particular vulnerability combined with their agency and resilience. The vulnerabilities and agency/resilience of UAMs are examined in the context of multiple borders (cultural, political and physical) being negotiated by these young people. While it focuses on Ireland as an example of a country where care provision for UAMs has improved considerably in recent years, it draws on both Irish and international literature. The article critically analyses the shift from hostel to foster care provision for UAM's in Ireland and explores benefits and difficulties associated with using foster care, while also discussing the use of alternative forms of care, such as residential care. We argue that social workers must always give consideration to a range of care options, to the needs of the individual child and to both their vulnerability and their resilience/agency. This is especially true given the diversity within the population of UAMs. Given the increasing numbers of refugees entering Europe and the mix of provision for unaccompanied minors across the continent, the Irish situation may represent a useful site for examination of their care.

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“…The kitchen staff instead enrolled themselves as guards and the teenagers as offenders. The mobilization towards normality was receding in this translation and the opportunity to negotiate the belonging and safety that Kohli et al (2010) talk about were lost.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Certain practices including material components may seek to replicate family life (Kendrick, 2013). Mealtimes in HVBs are important events as part of doing family life, often enacted as fellowship around a kitchen table (Kohli, Connolly, & Warman, 2010). However, family life is not an entirely clear-cut practice in the context of residential care, because home, institution, and workplace intersect and might therefore not appear as envisioned by staff in the eyes of the resident teenagers (Dorrer et al, 2010).…”

Section: Ambiguous Interventionsmentioning

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Emergent subjectivity in caring institutions for teenagers

Severinsson

Nord

2015

Pastoral Care in Education

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We investigate how different mealtime situations help shape teenager and staff subjectivities in two Swedish residential care homes and a special school for girls and boys, 12-15 years old, with social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties. Three mealtime networks are analysed using concepts from actor-network theory, treating architectural space and artefacts, as well as teenagers and staff, as actors. The architectural spaces in the kitchen and dining room were first created for other purposes than residential care for troubled youth (i.e. a former farm, hospital, and preschool) and have been adapted to be more homelike while coping with housing and feeding 20 or more people. The original architectural spaces as well as activities before mealtimes were powerful actors in the mealtime network, causing different subjectivities to emerge in the translations. The subjectivities emerge in the first network as offenders/guards, in the second network as small children/nannies, and in the third network as guests/service staff. The different translations in the three meal networks create different mobilization opportunities for the teenagers concerning responsibility and normality.

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Food and its meaning for asylum seeking children and young people in foster care

Cited by 39 publications

References 15 publications

The negotiation of culture in foster care placements for separated refugee and asylum seeking young people in Ireland and England

The negotiation of culture in foster care placements for separated refugee and asylum seeking young people in Ireland and England

The social care needs of unaccompanied minors: the Irish experience

Emergent subjectivity in caring institutions for teenagers

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