In this article, the term 'participation' refers to right of child express their views in matters affecting them and for be acted upon as appropriate. While there is a growing emphasis social work practice on child's participate, less attention has been given how best support children's participation. A systematic review narrative synthesis twenty studies with varying methods explores effective processes, commonly used practice, are supporting participation decisions concerning personal...

While civic engagement provides a rich rationale for intervention, the array of discourses urging focus on youth or action means that concept can be confusing, cluttered, and lacking consistent operationalization. From perspective policy-makers program managers, it challenging to disentangle competing messages assumptions about young people underpin rhetoric in relation engagement. Using wide range international research, purpose this paper is provide clarity regarding key multiple concepts...

According to Article 12 of the UN Convention on Rights Child, children and young people have a legal right their views heard acted upon as appropriate. The Lundy model participation (2007) was developed aid practitioners meaningfully effectively implement child's participate by focusing attention distinct but interrelated elements 12. While Lundy's conceptualisation has been widely welcomed in research, policy practice, there is dearth examples literature regarding how concepts space, voice,...

Over the past decade and more, there has been a significant emphasis in western societies on policy processes to engage youth civic political life. Concerns about extent which marginalized urban young people particular have become disengaged from life common, contested, theme policy. Currently, is dearth of literature exploring how provisions translated into practice ground. In this paper, we draw semi-structured interviews with 66 policymakers, public officials, work practitioners London,...

Abstract Background Internationally, the number of young people who experience significant mental health issues is increasing. It argued that flexible, community-based initiatives can help support services to address needs people. Youth mentoring a model, which has been found act as supportive resource for vulnerable and at-risk youth. Objective This research examines benefits challenges associated with provision within youth context. The study explores rationale guiding partnership between...

Abstract The worldwide growth in formal youth mentoring programmes over the past two decades is partly a response to perception that young people facing adversity do not have access supportive relationships with adults and positive role models their communities degree they once had. Formal facilitate development of friendship or ‘match’ between an older volunteer person, objective supporting persons’ personal social development. Drawing on 66 semi‐structured interviews people, parents,...

The Irish direct provision system for asylum seekers is acknowledged as providing a very challenging and exclusionary living environment adults children. To date, there has been little research focused specifically on the ways in which impacts parenting role. This qualitative study explores experiences of from perspective 16 people centres West Ireland. themes that emerged include challenges related to moral guidance protection children, basic care nurturing, education social development,...

The youth mentoring program Big Brothers Sisters is one of the first social interventions involving in Ireland to be evaluated using a randomized controlled trial methodology. This article sets out design process undertaken, describing how research team came adopt concurrent embedded mixed methods as means balancing ethical, feasibility, and scientific issues associated with method, establishing an epistemological position integrating data from various multiple sources.

The term "participation" is widely used to refer the involvement of children and young people in decision-making on issues that affect their lives. Health Information Quality Authority (HIQA) national inspectorate for social care Ireland. HIQA monitors Tusla, Ireland's child family agency, compliance with children's standards, including standards people's participation rights. This paper outlines findings a secondary analysis data relation foster care, residential special inspection reports...

Previous evidence suggests that empathy is important for promoting positive youth development, and there growing advocacy the inclusion of education within school system. However, knowledge about efficacy empathy-based social emotional learning (SEL) programmes in post-primary settings limited. The current research aims to evaluate effectiveness a novel, SEL programme (i.e., Activating Social Empathy; ASE) prosocial responding among secondary students Ireland. METHOD: Participants included...

As youth civic engagement is widely considered important for social cohesion and democracy, concerns have been expressed regarding a perceived decline in political among young people throughout the western world. While research has shown that environment influential terms of development values, knowledge behaviours youth, limited conducted on these issues an Irish context. Drawing survey with 167 aged 12–15 years secondary schools, this paper examines people's attitudes how they are linked...

Research suggests that empathy and positive social values are important drivers of youth prosocial civic action. However, theory research indicate young people’s behaviors also shaped by their socio-contextual experiences. Drawing on a sample 533 adolescents from public secondary schools in the Republic Ireland, this employed structural equation modeling to examine whether youth’s (cognitive affective) responsibility mediated relationship between (parents, peers, school, community) contexts...

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child, advances in sociology childhood and consumer rights movement have placed spotlight children's society, challenging those working with children to examine how they share power ensure that views are taken board. While childrens’ service practitioners broadly supportive concept participation there numerous examples has been realised practice, many unsure where begin due range options, considerations challenges associated participatory work....

Over the past decade, there has been greater attention placed on potential value of peer support models, particularly in school contexts. This paper uses case study an Irish school-based mentoring programme to identify added that led models social for children and young people offer a setting. The national youth organisation, Foróige, runs Big Brothers Sisters over 60 secondary schools, with aim improving people’s transition school. Qualitative research was undertaken 36 principals teachers...

Abstract This paper on a strengths‐based approach (SBA) to practice is based empirical research with stakeholders involved in an intensive support programme for young people at risk and their parents Ireland. The Youth Advocate Programme (YAP) model provides wraparound respond needs by focusing competencies coping skills building networks of community‐based supports. includes or carers the suite offered advocates. An SBA has been discussed some time academic literature guidance. However, it...

A youth café is a relaxed, drug-free and alcohol-free meeting space for young people. The model has become prominent form of policy provision people in Ireland over the past decade, with excess 160 cafés now operation. While not unique to Ireland, there been little published research internationally on perspectives regarding role their lives. Drawing qualitative 102 from 10 this article presents findings relation six thematic areas: feeling supported; belonging connection; personal identity...

Previous research on young carers has provided data prevalence, the tasks performed, impacts carer, and supports they require. However, some in disability rights movement argue that numbers of negative caring have been exaggerated, children’s approach serves to undermine disabled and/or ill parents. The findings from exploratory Ireland suggest it is not parental illness a cause for concern, but instead levels support awareness carers. It argued term carer should continue be used services...

Abstract The national Child and Family Agency in Ireland, 2015, undertook an ambitious three-year programme of work to embed a child’s right be heard its culture operations. In parallel implementation, the authors this paper were tasked with evaluating what extent intended outcome, that was embedded government agency’s operations, achieved. overarching evaluation design mixed methods baseline follow up study. This reports on development implementation framework guiding comprised seven...

Abstract The aim of this study is to explore young people's perspectives on the factors that facilitate or inhibit empathy and prosocial responding among youth. Qualitative focus groups ( n = 29) were undertaken with Irish people aged 13–17 years relating their views expression empathy. Parents, friends, social media found be key influences, whereas barriers identified included societal norms, gender lack skill, knowledge target characteristics. This research provides important insights into...