Invisible from View: Leaving and Aftercare Provision in the Republic Of Ireland

Carr, Nicola

doi:10.1080/0312407x.2013.868014

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“…The research presented here suggests that addressing the care cliff whereby many professional supports are withdrawn almost overnight from care leavers when they reach 18 (or 23 if they remain in full time education) is logical first step in this process. This cliff should be replaced with a more gradual withdrawal of supports (a ‘staircase’ to extend the analogy), which is tailored to meet the specific needs of each care leaver and grounded in more comprehensive after care planning than has been the norm in Ireland heretofore (Carr, 2014, concurs). This would enable care leavers to enjoy the benefits of the same extended adolescence and more gradual process of ‘adultification’ (Burton, 2007), which have become the norm among most other members of their age group in recent years (Arnett, 2004; Shah et al, 2017).…”

Section: Discussion and Policy And Practice Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Historically, being in care was stigmatized in Ireland due to the dominance of reformatory type services for this cohort of young people called ‘industrial schools’ in the early and mid‐20th century, which rendered these children invisible, ‘othered’ them and suggested they were somehow morally culpable (Carr, 2014). This persists today, albeit in a modified form, and is reflected in the fact that young people in care, care leavers and their birth parents are not regarded as powerful ‘lobby groups’ with significant influence on policy or practice direction (Gilligan, 2009).…”

Section: The Irish Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some of these relate to the ad hoc nature of aftercare services whereby allocation is discretionary, reliant on staff goodwill and prefaced on the engagement of the young person. In addition, aftercare plans are often initiated too late, and as a result, services are rushed and under‐resourced, and variations in provision has also been noted between geographical regions (Carr, 2014; Daly, 2012). Although the Child Care Amendment Act, 2015 introduced a legal to prepare aftercare plans for all children aged between 13 and 18 who have been in Tusla's care for more than 12 months, inconsistences remain in the timely provision of fully resourced support services for care leavers (Glynn & Mayock, 2019).…”

Section: The Irish Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Accelerated adulthood, extended adolescence and the care cliff: Supporting care leavers' transition from care to independent living

Palmer

Norris

Kelleher

2022

Child & Family Social Work

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The pressures of 'accelerated adulthood' are a critical challenge for young people ageing out of the care system. Despite the trauma related to their placement history, young people 'aging out' are expected to adapt to adulthood at younger age and faster pace than their non-care peers, who enjoy an 'extended adolescence' a far more gradual progression into adulthood than previous generations. This article draws on firstperson narratives of care leavers in Ireland who have aged out of care and transitioned into independent living in a dedicated social housing programme to examine their strategies for coping with these competing pressures. It examines their worries about the sudden withdrawal of supports after they reach 18 years, which they characterized as a 'care cliff'. The emotional and practical challenges they faced when transitioning to independent living at a comparatively young age are explored, and strategies for mitigating these are identified. These include better preparing care leavers for this transition, maintaining supports for longer and withdrawing them in a more gradual way, which is tailored to meet the specific needs of each care leaver and grounded in more comprehensive after care planning than has been the norm in Ireland.

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Accelerated adulthood, extended adolescence and the care cliff: Supporting care leavers' transition from care to independent living

Palmer

Norris

Kelleher

2022

Child & Family Social Work

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“…Dublin North East, Dublin Mid Leinster, South, and West). This national reach was considered important since geographical variation has been noted in the provision of aftercare services in the Irish context (Carr 2014;Doyle, Mayock, and Burns 2012). Although contact was made with a range of gatekeepers, all of the study's participants were recruited via aftercare services.…”

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Housing after care: understanding security and stability in the transition out of care through the lenses of liminality, recognition and precarity

Glynn

Mayock

2021

Journal of Youth Studies

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There is a well-documented association between histories of state care and housing instability. This paper examines care leavers' experience of securing housing during the transition out of care through the lenses of liminality, Recognition theory, and precarity. Conducted in Ireland, sixteen care-experienced youth were recruited to a qualitative longitudinal study. The findings demonstrate how aftercare policies and a lack of affordable housing combined to create precarity for many, which also had implications for their feelings of recognition as young people. For those who remained in their foster care placements or transitioned to supported lodgings, housing stability engendered feelings of being cared for by creating a liminal space where growth was supported. Those, on the other hand, who left their foster care placements at the age of 18 or were forced to leave time-limited aftercare housing were pushed into precariousness, placing them at high risk for homelessness and housing exclusion. These young people felt misrecognised and disrespected by the state and the aftercare system. The findings highlight the deleterious consequences of time-limited aftercare supports for care leavers' sense of security and their ability to achieve valued life goals. The implications of the study's findings for leaving care and aftercare policies are discussed.

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“…The problems and challenges that face children and young people in care have been discussed earlier in this article. It seems unfortunate that services designed to improve social functioning are regarded as optional (Bond, 2010;Carr, 2014).…”

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Care-leaving in South Africa: an international and social justice perspective

Bond

2018

J. int. comp. soc. policy

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Internationally, the care-leaving debate began in the 1970s. The poor outcomes associated with care-leaving in the United Kingdom, United States of America and Australia prompted attention resulting in policy change in recent years, which continues to develop. The experience and outcomes for care leavers in South Africa reflects that of their contemporaries in other countries, however, contextual factors compound the problems that they face and there is little support available to them. This paper discusses some of the challenges facing care leavers and the development of the care-leaving debate, legislation and policy in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia. A comparison of the care-leaving arena in South Africa and the support services available to care leavers in the different countries will be presented. The paper concludes by arguing that the absence of services for care leavers is a neglect of the state's responsibility as corporate parent, and represents an issue of social justice.

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Invisible from View: Leaving and Aftercare Provision in the Republic Of Ireland

Abstract: The adequacy of provisions for young people leaving care and in aftercare in the

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

Accelerated adulthood, extended adolescence and the care cliff: Supporting care leavers' transition from care to independent living

Accelerated adulthood, extended adolescence and the care cliff: Supporting care leavers' transition from care to independent living

Housing after care: understanding security and stability in the transition out of care through the lenses of liminality, recognition and precarity

Care-leaving in South Africa: an international and social justice perspective

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