The Experience of Successful Transition From a Children’s Home to Independent Living

Muller, Karl; Rensburg, Madri S. Jansen van; Makobe, MK

doi:10.15270/39-3-357

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“…Based on the strength of these relationships, the care leavers were able to obtain advice, guidance and other support from this source. This finding adds to previous studies that have all emphasized the vital role SOS mothers play in supporting young people leaving care (Muller et al 2003;Dumaret et al 2011). Like other people in Ghana, the care leavers also utilized the church for meeting their emotional and practical needs.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…Aftercare support provided by SOS was not organized and the attitudes of staff towards this support was negative. In SOS a successful transition is defined in terms of the ex-resident's ability to live an independent life without material support from the organization (Muller et al 2003). Therefore, much attention is not given to aftercare support.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The children in each house are encouraged to see each other as brothers and sisters in a natural family (Muller et al . ). The director acts as the ‘father’ for all the children in the village.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Each SOS family consists of six to eight boys and girls, who live together as brothers and sisters under the permanent care of a professionally trained, locally recruited and remunerated carer or 'mother'. The intention is for the children and their SOS mother to build emotional ties that are long lasting (Schachinger 2008).The children in each house are encouraged to see each other as brothers and sisters in a natural family (Muller et al 2003). The director acts as the 'father' for all the children in the village.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The social support networks of care leavers from a children's village in Ghana: formal and informal supports

Frimpong‐Manso

2015

Child & Family Social Work

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A B S T R AC TIn the past few decades, the number of children requiring out-of-home care in the developing world has risen sharply. Many children end up in institutions where they make a transition to adulthood. Little is however known about the social support available to young people during and after they leave care. This study examines the sources and kinds of support as well as the barriers to social support for a group of care leavers from a children's village in Ghana. The participants used a combination of formal and informal sources for their support needs. The formal sources provided mostly financial and practical support, whereas the informal sources offered emotional and informational support. The barriers to access included the attitude of the staff and SOS adults and limited cultural skills of the care leavers. Recommendations for removing the barriers and improving social support for care leavers are offered in the final part of the study.

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The social support networks of care leavers from a children's village in Ghana: formal and informal supports

Frimpong‐Manso

2015

Child & Family Social Work

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“…The relationship of siblings and the development of practical recommendations for effective pedagogical work with them (through the example of Austria) are the subject of the study by Stephan Sting [8]. A brief overview of foreign scientific works makes it possible to note the relevance of this problem throughout the world, and in the study of SOS Children's Villages, various aspects of their life activity are considered [9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”

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Features of Functioning of SOS Children's Villages in Russia

Копалкина¹,

Илтакова²,

Erhitueva³

2019

Proceedings of the Internation Conference on "Humanities and Social Sciences: Novations, Problems, Prospects" (HSSNPP 2019)

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The paper emphasizes the relevance of functioning of SOS Children's Villages in terms of reduction in the number of orphans in recent years and deinstitutionalization of traditional forms of their living arrangement, and identifies features of their structure in comparison with other forms. Indicators of the main activities of six SOS Children's Villages are analyzed based on the dynamics in 2009-2017, and their transformation from institutions into comprehensive programs and projects is shown. The authors distinguish the most important features of SOS Children's Villages functioning in Russia in conditions of active fundraising under insufficient government funding, reduced income from SOS Children's Villages International and increased donations from partner companies and individuals, implementation of programs and projects in the regions of village location only, duplication of certain activities of state organizations, changed legal status of a child brought up in SOS Children's Villages. It is concluded that despite mixed attitudes of researchers and public figures on activities of SOS Children's Villages in Russia, their most important results are the absence of repeated social orphanhood, reduced financial costs for raising orphans, involvement of SOS Children's Villages in the work of expert groups to develop and discuss various legislative acts for family and childhood protection, strengthening and expanding the concept of professional parenthood in Russia.

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Research review: Aging out of residential care in South Africa

Breda

2018

Child & Family Social Work

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Approximately 21,000 children were accommodated in residential care in South Africa in 2011/2012. Despite this large number, and the state's substantial financial investment in residential care, there has, until recently, been little research on care‐leaving: the transition out of care due to reaching adulthood. Furthermore, much of the research available has not been published in international journals. This article reports on a systematic review of research on residential care‐leaving in South Africa, from 2003 to 2016. A thematic analysis of the resulting 40 research outputs maps the scope of findings from South African research, in relation to theory of leaving care, measurement tools developed, young people's experiences of leaving care, transitional outcomes, processes of leaving care, facilitators of improved outcomes, care‐leaving services, and policy on leaving care. Critical gaps in the current research opus are identified, with a view to refining future research on young people aging out of care in South Africa.

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The Experience of Successful Transition From a Children’s Home to Independent Living

Cited by 4 publications

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The social support networks of care leavers from a children's village in Ghana: formal and informal supports

The social support networks of care leavers from a children's village in Ghana: formal and informal supports

Features of Functioning of SOS Children's Villages in Russia

Research review: Aging out of residential care in South Africa

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