Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood: International Research and Practice

This is an essential addition to the library of anyone interested in transitions to adulthood and leaving care policy. It contains an enormous amount of information presented in a digestible format. Author: Children & Society

It undoubtedly takes forward debates about both comparative social work research and how best to support care leavers, and will be of interest to anyone working in this field. Author: Adoption and Fostering Journal

In 2003, an international group of researchers came together to share findings on the problems, challenges and outcomes facing care leavers making the transition to adulthood. Their work was in response to growing cross-national evidence of the social exclusion of young people leaving care. The group was also interested in exploring similarities and differences in young people’s journeys to adulthood in different countries and how there were shaped by social, political and legal structures. In other words, what could we learn from each other’s experiences to improve services and outcomes during transition. Author: Keynotes

For research and teaching the book is excellent in raising issues from a world perspective. The book is laid out in a very logical way. It is easy to find information in it, and as such it is a valuable for library purchase. It is particularly useful for professional social work courses, but courses on early childhood studies, and teacher education may also find it of value. Author: SWAP The Higher Education Academy Social Policy and Social Work Subject Centre

In Young People’s Transitions from Care to Adulthood leading academics gather the latest international research relating to the transition of young people leaving care, outlining and comparing the range of legal and policy frameworks, welfare regimes and innovative practice across 16 countries… The book will give academics, practitioners and policymakers valuable insights into how to encourage resilience and improve outcomes for care leavers. Author: Child Right

The book is a first step in gaining an international comparison of young people’s transitions from leaving care. In this respect it makes a valuable contribution and is well worth reading … Overall, this book succeeds in providing a beginning international comparison of an important area of service provision that has been generally neglected until relatively recently. Author: European Journal of Social Work

Jim Wade is Senior Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of York, UK.

Emily R. Munro is Research Fellow at the Centre for Child and Family Research (CCfR), Loughborough University. Her research interests include the interaction between different professional groups in the decision-making process influencing life pathways and outcomes for vulnerable children and innovative methodologies to ensure that services users’ views inform policy and practice.

John Pinkerton is an established academic known for his research and writing in the area of family support. His work is heavily influenced by an international perspective. For the last 15 years he has been an international advisor to the Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town. In preparation for legislative change in the 1990s he led a research team from Queen’s University Belfast in producing a base line study of family support in Northern Ireland. He has advised government on family support in both the North and South of Ireland. His teaching covers both qualifying and post qualifying training in social work. He is Co-Editor of the British Journal of Social Work, leading on its family and child care content.

Robbie Gilligan is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy at Trinity College Dublin and associate director of the Children’s Research Centre. He has written extensively on child care and foster care.