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dc.contributor.authorTilbury, Clare
dc.contributor.authorCreed, Peter
dc.contributor.authorBuys, Nicholas
dc.contributor.authorCrawford, Meegan
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:00:43Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:00:43Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-05-29T22:12:55Z
dc.identifier.issn1356-7500
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00749.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/43260
dc.description.abstractWorkforce participation has many positive effects on quality of life. However, as young people in care have generally below-average levels of educational participation and attainment, they may be ill-equipped for the transition to further education and work. A mixed-method study conducted in Australia about career development for young people in care investigated how this population develops ideas about future work: the social and cognitive variables that influence career decision-making; practices for preparing young people in care for the transition to work or further education; and factors that support or impede the transition. Findings from the qualitative study are reported in this paper. Interview data were obtained from the multiple perspectives of young people in care, foster carers, caseworkers and school personnel. The overall picture was one of young people in care lacking the encouragement, resources and capacity to realistically plan for the job they want. Specific interventions are required to enhance career development and employment outcomes for this population.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent77192 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom345
dc.relation.ispartofpageto352
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalChild & Family Social Work
dc.relation.ispartofvolume16
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial work
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied and developmental psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4409
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5201
dc.titleThe school to work transition for young people instate care: perspectives from young people, carers and professionals
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Human Services and Social Work
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 Blackwell Publishing. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: The school to work transition for young people in state care: perspectives from young people, carers and professionals, Child and Family Social Work, Vol. 16(3), 2011, pp. 345-352, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00749.x.
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorBuys, Nicholas J.
gro.griffith.authorCreed, Peter A.
gro.griffith.authorTilbury, Clare


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