Cristin-prosjekt-ID: 2508722
Sist endret: 15. november 2023, 21:32

Cristin-prosjekt-ID: 2508722
Sist endret: 15. november 2023, 21:32
Prosjekt

You are on your own now - Support for disabled care leavers in transition to adulthood [PhD project]

prosjektleder

Ingri-Hanne Brænne Bennwik
ved Fakultet for sosialvitenskap ved VID vitenskapelige høgskole

prosjekteier / koordinerende forskningsansvarlig enhet

  • VID vitenskapelige høgskole

Klassifisering

Vitenskapsdisipliner

Sosialt arbeid

Emneord

Disability studies • Ettervern • Barnevern

Kategorier

Prosjektkategori

  • Doktorgradsprosjekt

Kontaktinformasjon

Telefon
+46722394765
Sted
Ingri-Hanne Brænne Bennwik

Tidsramme

Avsluttet
Start: 1. januar 2018 Slutt: 31. desember 2023

Beskrivelse Beskrivelse

Tittel

You are on your own now - Support for disabled care leavers in transition to adulthood [PhD project]

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag

The transition from childhood to adulthood can be experienced as a complex and long-lasting process for many young people, and they often need help and support from parents in their effort to develop independent living skills. The transition might be extra challenging for young people who lack access to such support, which is the situation for many young care leavers. Studies show that young care leavers experience their transition to adulthood as both accelerated and compressed, compared to others. Studies also find that disabled care leavers face higher risk of social exclusion, and are less likely to transit "successfully" to adulthood when using criteria like employment, income or education-level. 

This study seeks to explore how fessional social work can support disabled care leavers in their transition to adult life. The data will consist of interviews with care leavers and social workers, in addition to a review of central policies within this field.

The main research question for the study is:

What characterizes aftercare for disabled care leavers in transition to adulthood?

The PhD dissertation will be arranged as a thesis by publication, consisting of three papers. The papers aim to:

  • Analyze policy values that form the basis for public organized aftercare for disabled care leavers 
  • Explore how disabled care leavers have experienced support in their transition to adulthood
  • Gain insight in how social work practice in aftercare can support disabled care leavers during the transition to adulthood

Vitenskapelig sammendrag

The transition from childhood to adulthood can be experienced as a complex and long-lasting process for many young people, and they often need help and support from parents in their effort to develop independent living skills. The transition might be extra challenging for young people who lack access to such support, which is the situation for many young care leavers. Studies show that young care leavers experience their transition to adulthood as both accelerated and compressed, compared to others. Studies also find that disabled care leavers face higher risk of social exclusion, and are less likely to transit "successfully" to adulthood when using criteria like employment, income or education-level. 

This study seeks to explore how fessional social work can support disabled care leavers in their transition to adult life. The data will consist of interviews with care leavers and social workers, in addition to a review of central policies within this field.

The main research question for the study is:

What characterizes aftercare for disabled care leavers in transition to adulthood?

The PhD dissertation will be arranged as a thesis by publication, consisting of three papers. The papers aim to:

  • Analyze policy values that form the basis for public organized aftercare for disabled care leavers 
  • Explore how disabled care leavers have experienced support in their transition to adulthood
  • Gain insight in how social work practice in aftercare can support disabled care leavers during the transition to adulthood

Metode

Document analysis (summative content analysis)

Qualitative interviews with care leavers and child welfare workers

Tittel

Støtte i overgangen til vaksenlivet for unge med barnevernsbakgrunn og erfaring av funksjonshemming.

prosjektdeltakere

prosjektleder

Ingri-Hanne Brænne Bennwik

  • Tilknyttet:
    Prosjektleder
    ved Fakultet for sosialvitenskap ved VID vitenskapelige høgskole
  • Tilknyttet:
    Prosjektdeltaker
    ved Senter for diakoni og profesjonell praksis ved VID vitenskapelige høgskole
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Resultater Resultater

‘My disability was my own responsibility’: An institutional ethnography of the transitional experiences of disabled young people leaving care.

Bennwik, Ingri-Hanne Brænne; Oterholm, Inger; Kelly, Berni. 2023, Children and Youth Services Review. VID, UJ, TQUOBVitenskapelig artikkel

‘Disability is not a word we use’: Social workers' professional judgements about support for disabled young people leaving care.

Bennwik, Ingri-Hanne Brænne; Oterholm, Inger; Kelly, Berni. 2022, Child & Family Social Work. VIDVitenskapelig artikkel

Policy values related to support for care leavers with disabilities.

Bennwik, Ingri-Hanne Brænne; Oterholm, Inger. 2020, European Journal of Social Work. VIDVitenskapelig artikkel
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