Youngsters’ Perspectives on Continuity in Their Contacts with Youth-Care Services
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10896238 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan Naert (0000-0003-3486-4774, Ghent University, corresponding author), G Roets (0000-0003-0746-998X, Ghent University), Rudi Roose (0000-0001-7508-4593, Ghent University), Wouter Vanderplasschen (0000-0001-6513-4243, Ghent University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1144-1161 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bcy103 |
| OpenAlex | W2903999098 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 44 |
Continuity is seen as an important aim for the quality of youth-care services. However, views on continuity are predominantly guided by experts, without much attention to user perspectives. This paper focuses on youngsters’ experienced continuity in relation to youth-care services. Twenty-five youngsters, who were in residential care or reached by low-threshold youth services, were interviewed about their experiences in and out of care. In thematically exploring the biographical narratives for important experiences of continuity, three major themes emerged: (i) the need for footholds in moments of existential chaos, (ii) the importance of timing of interventions to match the youngsters’ perspectives and (iii) the importance of the youngsters’ impact on their own care pathways. This study shows the need for support that is imbedded in a relational network within the context of youngsters in vulnerable situations. Rethinking youth services towards a better connection with these contexts is essential. Furthermore, the amount of control youngsters experience in their care interventions seems to be beneficial to the experience of continuity. It is argued that continuity should be seen as a process, in order to leave more space for negotiation and flexibility throughout the youngsters’ experiences in youth-care services
Context (archaeology) · Continuity of care · Existentialism · Flexibility (engineering) · Health care · Narrative · Negotiation · Political science · Psychological intervention · Quality (philosophy) · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Family and Disability Support Research · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |