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Young Care Leavers and Social Inclusion. Guidelines Life After Institutional Care

Document number
2340
Date
2010
Title
Young Care Leavers and Social Inclusion. Guidelines Life After Institutional Care
Author/publisher
Amici dei Bambini
Availability
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Document type(s)
Guidelines/Recommendations, Research/Study/Analysis, Training Material/Resources,
Keywords
Economy in transition, Youth employment, State socialism, Socio-Economic transition, Discrimination, Unemployment, Poverty, Community development, Social security, Social exclusion, Health care, Drugs abuse, Health, HIV/AIDS, Globalisation; Human Rights approach, Integrated approach; EU instruments; International Human Rights Law, International cooperation; Inter-organisational co-operation, Multi-agency approach, International law; Holistic approach, National Rapporteurs;
Summary
The need for a tool of this kind comes from the need to increase the quality of the activities implemented to support young people in the residential care system in becoming autonomous. Our research shows that this support is not currently organised, and it is usually left to the good will or personal initiative of individual operators, who decide to accept this burden even outside the scope of their skills. Although the issues and needs are common to all of them, each European Union member state reacts differently, thus highlighting the total absence of minimum standards which, if in place and applied, would increase the social inclusion opportunities for this category of young people at risk.
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