- Title
- Developing a right of aftercare for young people transitioning out of state care
- Creator
- McNamara, Donna Marie
- Relation
- Irish Journal of Family Law Vol. 23, Issue 2, p. 39-43
- Relation
- https://irlii.org/irish-journal-of-family-law/
- Publisher
- Thomson Round Hall
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Young people who have experience of living in State care and who “age out” of the system are disadvantaged by a number of barriers, including a lack of emotional, social and financial supports, which would typically be available to most young people who have been raised by their families.1 For young people who are in this position, access to appropriate aftercare services is key, however, the provision of such services has long been criticised as being a “neglected” and inconsistent area of service provision.2 This article will examine the current shortcomings in relation to the provision of aftercare services in Ireland and makes the case for strengthening the right of aftercare for all young people transitioning out of care and into adulthood. This discussion will draw upon the rights of the child as set out under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (“UNCRC”), which Ireland ratified on 28 September 1992,3 alongside comparative practices and recent reforms in Scotland.
- Subject
- young people; aftercare services; service provision; Ireland
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1460998
- Identifier
- uon:46084
- Identifier
- ISSN:1393-7073
- Language
- eng
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