O'Higgins Aoife
The Children’s Society.
New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2012 Summer;2012(136):79-91. doi: 10.1002/cad.20012.
Many young refugees face significant difficulties in securing support from social services providers. This study invited 21 young refugees aged 16 to 21 to take part in focus groups and follow-up interviews about their experiences of accessing this support. The findings reveal that young refugees may deliberately conform to expectations about their vulnerability in order to benefit from greater support from service providers. Social workers may fail to consider young refugees' abilities and understand the ways in which each individual is vulnerable. The study suggests that group work may be an effective way to engage young refugees to overcome this.
许多年轻难民在获得社会服务提供者的支持方面面临重大困难。本研究邀请了21名年龄在16至21岁之间的年轻难民参加焦点小组讨论，并就他们获得这种支持的经历进行后续访谈。研究结果显示，年轻难民可能会故意迎合对他们脆弱性的预期，以便从服务提供者那里获得更多支持。社会工作者可能没有考虑到年轻难民的能力，也不理解每个人的脆弱方式。该研究表明，小组工作可能是促使年轻难民克服这一问题的有效方式。
