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Youth Initiated Mentors

Do They Offer an Alternative for Out-of-Home Placement in Youth Care?

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Youth Initiated Mentors

Do They Offer an Alternative for Out-of-Home Placement in Youth Care?

Rechten: Alle rechten voorbehouden

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The present study evaluates the Youth Initiated Mentoring (YIM) approach in which families and youth care professionals collaborate with an informal mentor, who is someone adolescents (aged twelve to twenty-three) nominate from their own social network. The informal mentor can be a relative, neighbour or friend, who is a confidant and spokesman for the youth and a co-operation partner for parents and professionals. This approach fits with the international tendency in social work to make use of the strengths of families’ social networks and to stimulate client participation. The current study examined through case-file analysis of 200 adolescents (YIM group n ¼ 96, residential comparison group n ¼ 104) whether the YIM approach would be a promising alternative for out-of-home placement of youth with complex needs. A total of 83 per cent of the juveniles in the YIM group were able to nominate a mentor after an average of thirty-three days. Ninety per cent of the adolescents in the YIM group received ambulatory treatment as an alternative for indicated out-of-homeplacement, while their problems were largely comparable with those of juveniles in Dutch semi-secure residential care. Results suggest that the involvement of important non-parental adults may help to prevent out-of-home placement of adolescents with complex needs.

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OrganisatieHogeschool Utrecht
AfdelingKenniscentrum Sociale Innovatie
LectoraatJeugd
Gepubliceerd inBritish Journal of Social Work (2017) 47, 1764–1780 Oxford University Press, Vol. 2017, Uitgave: 47, Pagina's: 1764-1780
Jaar2017
TypeArtikel
TaalEngels

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