In Your group presentation will require you to view yourselves as child protection workers with responsibilities of assessing and intervening with the families and children featured in the above videos. Your group will put together a creative way to discuss the video from a child protection workers perspective ie. role playing, discussion etc.. To achieve full marks for this presentation, it will be creative and interactive. The purpose of this assignment is for you to further develop the knowledge and collaborative skills that are required in child protection work. Each presentation will be 30 mins.
Roleplay purpose to discuss the different outcomes of children aging out of foster care .
PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW AND DO SCREEN PLAY FOR ASHTON AND PORSHEA WRITE OUT THE SCREEN PLAYS SEPARATELY AND COME UP WITH QUESTION AND ANSWER FOR EACH OF THEM
Briefly discuss your story from the video, then talk about factors that have led to your characters specific outcome (suicide, homelessness, teen mom finding housing, prepared and ready to exit fostercare)
Think of a discussion question for the class to ask after your roleplay?
“Your group will put together a creative way to discuss the video from a child protection workers perspective”
Moderator Kelly → introduction and conclusion, fill in where necessary, use statistics for each case
**Sources posted by Leslie on URCourses!!
https://thetyee.ca/News/2016/06/07/Aging-Out-of-Foster-Care/?utm_source=mdotsite
https://thetyee.ca/News/2016/09/19/Youth-Aging-Out-Foster-Care/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=091916-2&utm_campaign=editorial-0916
https://youth.gov/youth-briefs/foster-care-youth-brief/challenges
https://theconversation.com/covid-19-leaves-youth-forced-out-of-foster-care-even-more-vulnerable-153173
What can we change to help these youth aging out of care?
What can a social worker do to help prepare youth for the “real world”
Youth who age out of foster care without any external family support have a higher risk of experiencing unhealthy outcomes, and lacking basic skills that should have been taught to them.
According to the National Association of Social Workers, “These young adults, who often leave care with limited life skills and supports, are more likely to experience unhealthy outcomes such as poverty, homelessness, incarceration and poor health.”
https://www.socialworkers.org/News/1000-Experts/Media-Toolkits/Foster-Care#tab_item-0
Youth who have been in foster care have had the support of their foster parents and group home staff, as well as monetary support from the government. Once they
For children growing up and leaving home at 18, they are still able to have the support of their parents whether that means emotional or financial. Children who age out of foster care may not have anyone to fall back on if they are in need.
Being placed in foster care itself can be a traumatic experience, and aging out can give feelings of instability and uncertainty
Social worker being a stable, consistent presence in a youth’s life
After reaching the age of 18, 20% of the children who were in foster care will become instantly homeless.
Only 1 out of every 2 foster kids who age out of the system will have some form of gainful employment by the age of 24.
There is less than a 3% chance for children who have aged out of foster care to earn a college degree at any point in their life.
7 out of 10 girls who age out of the foster care system will become pregnant before the age of 21.
The percentage of children who age out of the foster care system and still suffer from the direct effects of PTSD: 25%.
51 Useful Aging Out of Foster Care Statistics | Social Race Media
“When you’ve worked with youth who are aging out, are there any common fears or anxieties that you think are shared among the youth? How can we offer support?
Heidi: It is important for us, as a community, to make sure that we have provided youth—all youth—with the tools that will help them launch into adulthood. For youth not in foster care, issues like having clothes for an interview, practicing how to interview, creating a resume, balancing a checkbook, creating a budget, planning for taxes, are challenging enough. When you are without a home base and a trusting adult to guide you and help you move through these adulthood lessons, it can become incredibly difficult.”
“Amy: I wish people knew that young people who are aging out still need supportive adults in their lives. They need people they can call when they are having a bad day or someone whose house they can go to if they need to do a load of laundry or have a home-cooked meal. There are some young people who age out of foster care and don’t have these people in their lives.”
Suicide/mental illness:
Trauma from being in foster care, high possibility of switching through many homes
Inability to cope with the “real world”
