Psychosocial and integration needs of unaccompanied children in Greece

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ID9974128
AuthorsKleoniki Ntagka (0000-0003-4819-3123, University of Nicosia, Cyprus), Despina Cochliou (0000-0002-3427-569X, University of Nicosia, Cyprus, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume67
Issue3
Pages650-663
Publication date2023-09-27
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00208728231196368
OpenAlexW4387119935
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

This article seeks to fill the research gap on the psychosocial and integration needs of unaccompanied children and the challenges they encounter to reach autonomy and social integration. To address this issue, the study utilized a qualitative research survey interviewing 18 field professionals, which indicated that the key challenges include insufficient preparation, institutionalization, uncertainty about the future, asylum procedures, and social exclusion, while proposing the implementation of an integration plan focusing on education, vocational training, and contact with the local community. This article aims to offer a better understanding of children’s needs and how practitioners could protect children more effectively

Autonomy · Community integration · Institutionalisation · Interview · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Public relations · Qualitative research · Social integration · Social science · Sociology · Vocational education · Child and Adolescent Health · Family Support in Illness · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing · Psychology · Social Work

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