Working back to the future: strengthening radical social work with children and young people and their perspectives on resilience, capabilities and overcoming adversity

Description

Using data from participatory storytelling research with 65 young people, this article provides a co-created theoretical grounding for radical social work with children and young people.

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UCLan, Cath Larkins, Candice Satchwell, Gail Davidge, Bernie Carter, Deborah Crook

Purpose
Building Participatory Environments
Individual Participation
Collective Participation
Age range of target people
0-8 years
9-12 years
13-15 years
16-18 years
19-25 years
Characteristics of children and groups
All children
Care experience
Living in poverty
Living with violence
Living rurally
Living in a city
Contact with the criminal justice system
Young carers
Refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants
Ethnic, religious, linguistic minorities
LGBTQI+
Roma, Sinti, Travellers
Persons with disabilities
Boys
Girls
Modes of participation
Child-led
Phases in cycle of participation
Identifying Issues and Priorities
Investigating Children's Views
Taking Action
Following-up on Actions
Profile of target group
Social Workers
Youth Workers
Municipality Staff
Local Authorities (Policy-makers; Decision-makers)
Type of resource
electronic publication (PDF)
Target group's degree of knowledge
Advanced