Mentoring for Young People in Care and Leaving Care - Theory, Policy and Practice

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Children in Care and Leaving Care: Issues and challenges
Chapter 3: Natural and youth-initiated mentoring
Chapter 4: Formal Youth Mentoring for Children in Care and Leaving Care
Chapter 5: Introducing the Current Study
Chapter 6: Young people's Perspectives on the Benefits of Mentoring
Chapter 7: Youth perspectives on relational dynamics and quality in mentoring relationships
Chapter 8: Mentoring for Young People in Care: Mess ages for policy and practice

About the author

Dr Bernadine Brady is a Lecturer and Senior Researcher at the UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre, NUI, Galway.
Professor Pat Dolan is Director of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre at NUI, Galway and holder of the UNESCO Chair in Children, Youth and Civic Engagement.
Professor Caroline McGregor is Professor at the School of Political Science and Sociology, NUI, Galway with lead responsibility for the discipline of social work. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre.

Summary

Mentoring for Young People in Care and Leaving Care offers a rich exploration of the theory, research and practice relating to youth mentoring as a means of essential social support.

Product details

• Authors: Bernadine Brady, Bernadine (National University of Ireland Brady, Brady Bernadine, Pat Dolan, Dolan Pat, Caroline McGregor
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.09.2019
• EAN: 9781138551411
• ISBN: 978-1-138-55141-1
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Adolescence and Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Social Work, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services