...Ángela Martín-Gutiérrez; Verónica Sevillano-Monje; Pilar Moreno-Crespo; Olga Moreno-Fernández Purpose Transition to adulthood is a challenging process for young people in care and care leavers. These challenges arise before reaching the age of majority and continue into the years that follow...

...Helen Drew; Valerie Dunn Purpose UK care leavers are among society’s most vulnerable groups and were badly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of the crisis on thier daily functioning, relationships and mental health. The primary focus...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Care-experienced Care leavers Former youth in care Undergraduates School stability Placement stability Household occupants. Sixteen participants (53%) indicated that they lived...

... influence, can enable personal advisers to use themselves and their relationship with care leavers as a context for change. Considering responses to risk from different family member positions may support holding greater levels of uncertainty. Seeing resilience as a process rather than a personal attribute...

...Emily Rice; Shelley O'Connor Purpose Care leavers are identified as a vulnerable group within UK society and, unsurprisingly, are more susceptible to mental health problems. Research highlights inadequacies among UK Government provisions combined with poorer outcomes for care leavers. This paper...

... of in-depth semi-structured interviews with three key informants (care leavers). In gathering interview data, the Biographic-Narrative Interpretive Method (BNIM) was selected, as it allowed the research participants a great deal of autonomy in recounting significant events from their own lives. Findings...

...Cathy Atkinson; Rebekah Hyde Purpose Considerable attention has been given to the vulnerability of young people leaving care in the UK in their transition to adulthood. To date, however, there has been limited focus on the perceptions of care leavers about what factors enable and inhibit effective...