Moving on: Transitions for young people V2
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Moving on: Transitions for young people using health and social care services
IRAS ID
172369
Contact name
Helen M Roberts
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Institute of Child Health, UCL
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 9 months, 22 days
Research summary
Compared with the general population care leavers are expected to live independently early on in life. The planning for their move starts shortly after their 16th birthday, and their transition from children’s services usually happens at age 18. Some will be transferring out of paediatric into adult health care, sometimes across several specialities. Those transitioning from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services may or may not be eligible for adult service provision. Our study aims to explore how multiple service trajectories are experienced by young people who are looked after by their local authority and consider the congruence or otherwise between young people’s participation in their transitional care, and aspirations for participation.
We want to find out:
What young people’s experiences of transitioning out of a range of children’s and adolescent services are
How different agencies compare in terms of their transition practices, and how they collaborate
Which adults were most helpful and what worked well and what might have worked better
The extent to which young people were participating in the decisions on their transition care plans
How young people’s experiences compare with the views of adults involved in their care, and with local and national policies.
We will hold a series of group meetings (or if young people prefer, interviews) which will be conversations, joint creative projects and group interviews. The groups will, if consent is obtained, be recorded and transcribed.The next part of the study will have a strong participatory element with young people having the opportunity to learn research skills. We will work together on the questions that they might like us as researchers to ask practioners/professionals, and explore with them the potential for a short survey (a method in which they have some experience) to fellow care-leavers.
REC name
Social Care REC
REC reference
15/IEC08/0009
Date of REC Opinion
17 Feb 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion