She's My Second Mum: Young People Building Relationships in Uncertain Circumstances

Autor/in	Philip, Kate
Titel	She's My Second Mum: Young People Building Relationships in Uncertain Circumstances
Quelle	In: Child Care in Practice, 14 (2008) 1, S.19-33 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-5279
Schlagwörter	Mentors; Family Relationship; Social Isolation; Social Networks; Social Capital; Foreign Countries; Caring; Public Policy; Coping; Intervention; Adolescents; Children; Adolescent Attitudes; Childhood Attitudes; Child Behavior; Disadvantaged; Theory Practice Relationship; Interpersonal Relationship; United Kingdom; United Kingdom (Scotland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Isolation; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Sozialkapital; Ausland; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Bewältigung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Child; Kind; Kinder; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Großbritannien
Abstract	Youth mentoring has become a key element of UK youth policy in recent years and is now integrated into a range of policy initiatives aiming to tackle social exclusion. It is claimed by proponents of planned mentoring that the introduction of a mentor enhances resilience through the provision of a consistent, caring relationship that transcends professional boundaries. It has also been suggested that successful mentoring has the potential to enhance the social capital of disadvantaged young people by acting as a lever into education and training. However, despite the popularity of the concept, research findings consistently demonstrate that the theoretical base and empirical evidence of the value of the concept remain weak. This paper explores young people's perceptions of successful mentoring in relation to their social networks. It draws on findings from a recent Scottish study of planned mentoring interventions, and raises questions about the role of mentoring in assisting young people to renegotiate difficult family relationships. The paper uses the framework of social capital to explore these dimensions. It suggests that, in some circumstances, successful mentoring can assist in building up skills in dealing with relationships but that this is a fragile and uneven process. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10