Support programme for the transition to adult life in Andalusia for care leavers. Potentialities and challenges in the margins of emancipation
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https://doi.org/10.7179/PSRI_2022.41.05Keywords:
Transition to adulthood, emancipation, care leavers, accompaniment, potentialities, challengesAbstract
National and international research has highlighted the challenges faced by young people in care and care leavers when they come of age. Programmes to support the transition to adulthood report positive outcomes for young people at this stage. However, ongoing evaluations of these resources are needed. This research aims to highlight the potential and challenges of the High Intensity Coming of age +18 programme of the Junta de Andalucía (Spain) developed by an organisation in Seville, a resource that has not been comprehensively evaluated in its 20 years of existence. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 professionals (counsellors, directors, educators and key informants) and 7 young people with successful trajectories who have graduated from the programme. The results show that the potentialities of the programme are the positive assessment of it, the socio-educational accompaniment process and the social, academic and work training of the young people. With regard to the challenges, the institutional resources, the starting situation of the young people when they enter the programme and the functions and dedication of the counsellors stand out. It is concluded that the programme contributes to the preparation for adult life of the care leavers, providing them with the necessary tools for emancipation.
However, it also shows the need to increase resources (human, structural and temporal) to improve the intervention of the professionals.
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