The contribution of resilience to one-year independent living outcomes of care-leavers in South Africa
- Van Breda, Adrian D., Dickens, Lisa
- Authors: Van Breda, Adrian D. , Dickens, Lisa
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Leaving care , Transition to adulthood , Foster care
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/247659 , uj:25721 , Citation: Van Breda, A.D. & Dickens, L. 2017. The contribution of resilience to one-year independent living outcomes of care-leavers in South Africa.
- Description: Abstract: The journey out of residential care towards independent living in South Africa is significantly under-researched. This article draws on data from the only longitudinal study on care-leaving in South Africa. It uses resilience theory to explain the differences observed in independent living outcomes of care-leavers, one year after leaving the residential care of Girls and Boys Town. A sample of 52 young people completed the Youth Ecological Resilience Scale just before disengaging from care between 2012 and 2015 and participated in a follow-up interview one year later, focused on assessing a range of independent living outcomes. Nonparametric bivariate analyses were used to determine which resilience variables predicted better outcomes for the careleavers. The results reveal that resilience processes help to understand transitional outcomes related to housing, education, employment, well-being and relationships with family and friends. The most prominent resilience processes for promoting better outcomes are located in the person-inenvironment domains of the social environment (community safety, family financial security and social activities) and social relationships (with family, friends and community), with fewer in the interactional (teamwork) and personal (optimism) domains, and, surprisingly, none in the in-care service domain. This supports a social-ecological view of resilience, and has important implications for child and youth care practice.
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- Authors: Van Breda, Adrian D. , Dickens, Lisa
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Leaving care , Transition to adulthood , Foster care
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/247659 , uj:25721 , Citation: Van Breda, A.D. & Dickens, L. 2017. The contribution of resilience to one-year independent living outcomes of care-leavers in South Africa.
- Description: Abstract: The journey out of residential care towards independent living in South Africa is significantly under-researched. This article draws on data from the only longitudinal study on care-leaving in South Africa. It uses resilience theory to explain the differences observed in independent living outcomes of care-leavers, one year after leaving the residential care of Girls and Boys Town. A sample of 52 young people completed the Youth Ecological Resilience Scale just before disengaging from care between 2012 and 2015 and participated in a follow-up interview one year later, focused on assessing a range of independent living outcomes. Nonparametric bivariate analyses were used to determine which resilience variables predicted better outcomes for the careleavers. The results reveal that resilience processes help to understand transitional outcomes related to housing, education, employment, well-being and relationships with family and friends. The most prominent resilience processes for promoting better outcomes are located in the person-inenvironment domains of the social environment (community safety, family financial security and social activities) and social relationships (with family, friends and community), with fewer in the interactional (teamwork) and personal (optimism) domains, and, surprisingly, none in the in-care service domain. This supports a social-ecological view of resilience, and has important implications for child and youth care practice.
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Experiences of formal foster parents in Ghana : motivations and challenges
- Frimpong-Manso, Kwabena, Tagoe, Ishmael, Mawutor, Stella Mawusi
- Authors: Frimpong-Manso, Kwabena , Tagoe, Ishmael , Mawutor, Stella Mawusi
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Ghana , Foster care , Children
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/432050 , uj:37306 , Citation: Frimpong-Manso, K., Tagoe, I. & Mawutor, S.M. 2020. Experiences of formal foster parents in Ghana : motivations and challenges.
- Description: Abstract: In Ghana, reform of the child welfare system is shifting the care of orphans and vulnerable children from residential care to foster care. However, the system has faced difficulties in recruiting foster parents. Therefore, this qualitative research explored the motivations and challenges of foster parents in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. Fifteen foster parents took part in semi-structured interviews that were analysed using an inductive thematic approach. The study found that participants undertook the role of fostering because of their love for children, religious and social obligations, and satisfaction of personal goals. Challenges the foster parents experienced included stigma, financial challenges, and emotional issues as a result of fostering children. The recommendations of the study which aim to help in addressing the challenges confronting foster parents include the provision of financial resources, sensitisation campaigns to reduce the stigma and creation of foster parent associations to help with the emotional issues.
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- Authors: Frimpong-Manso, Kwabena , Tagoe, Ishmael , Mawutor, Stella Mawusi
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Ghana , Foster care , Children
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/432050 , uj:37306 , Citation: Frimpong-Manso, K., Tagoe, I. & Mawutor, S.M. 2020. Experiences of formal foster parents in Ghana : motivations and challenges.
- Description: Abstract: In Ghana, reform of the child welfare system is shifting the care of orphans and vulnerable children from residential care to foster care. However, the system has faced difficulties in recruiting foster parents. Therefore, this qualitative research explored the motivations and challenges of foster parents in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. Fifteen foster parents took part in semi-structured interviews that were analysed using an inductive thematic approach. The study found that participants undertook the role of fostering because of their love for children, religious and social obligations, and satisfaction of personal goals. Challenges the foster parents experienced included stigma, financial challenges, and emotional issues as a result of fostering children. The recommendations of the study which aim to help in addressing the challenges confronting foster parents include the provision of financial resources, sensitisation campaigns to reduce the stigma and creation of foster parent associations to help with the emotional issues.
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