Dr Peter Appleton, part-time visiting fellow at the School of Health and Social Care at the University of Essex presents findings from his upcoming book, What Matters and Who Matters to Young People Leaving Care: A New Approach to Planning (2024) Policy Press, Bristol.
Dr Appleton explores the question how do young people transitioning from out of home care plan their future lives? He shares some ideas about informal everyday planning which have arisen from two intensive qualitative research studies with care-experienced young adults undertaken by Essex University. Dr Appleton’s book is due out since March 2024, and is free and Open Access (thanks to Essex University).
Graeme Currie, Professor of Public Management (Entrepreneurship & Innovation Group) at the University of Warwick introduces the key ingredients to conceive, implement and sustain innovation to support care leavers’ transition into adulthood. Amy Lynch, Research Fellow at the Tilda Goldberg Centre for Social Work and Social Care at the University of Bedfordshire and Research Fellow on the EXIT Project illustrates those key ingredients through the United Kingdom’s National House Project.
Duncan Dunlop, a care system reform specialist discusses with three care experienced people, Thomas Carlton, Jonny Hoyle and Elisha Mulvaney their multiple perspectives of growing up in, and now working in a system that is failing care experienced people. They reflect on what would make real change happen and what role care experienced people should play in that.
Beyond the homogenous group: Using management information system data to understand pathways through and out of care & outcomes - by Professor Emily Munro and Seana Friel , Tilda Goldberg Centre, University of Bedfordshire - and Young adults with care experience in transition to adulthood: Approach in Flanders and Brussels - by Caroline Robberecht, Centrale Administratie Opgroeien, Jeugdhulp
