Understanding how advocacy services support care-experienced young people to participate in decision-making

Fitz-Symonds, Samantha, Stabler, Lorna and Diaz, Clive ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5681-9056 2023. Understanding how advocacy services support care-experienced young people to participate in decision-making. Cardiff: What Works for Children's Social Care. Available at: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/CA...

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Abstract

This document sets out the protocol for a realist-informed exploratory study of advocacy services for children and young people provided as part of the children’s service within a large Local Authority in England. Participation in decision-making has been found to contribute to increased self-confidence, self-efficacy, and self-worth for care-experienced children and young people. There is some consensus on the need for advocacy services for young people to enable them to participate in decisions about their lives, and legislation and guidance which underlines this. Despite this, there is little research that explores how advocacy can best lead to positive outcomes for care-experienced children and young people. The service which is the site of this study aims to empower children and young people to participate in decisions affecting their lives, with the advocacy service providing support and representation for these young people independent of the primary social work team. This study will explore the scope, operation, and perceived impact of this service to develop a theoretically informed, collaborative framework to guide the delivery of advocacy services for care-experienced children and young people.

Item Type:	Monograph (Other)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE) Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Publisher:	What Works for Children's Social Care
Funders:	What Works for Children's Social Care
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	29 May 2023
Last Modified:	07 Jun 2023 10:19
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/160028

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