Centre for Applied Research on Social Sciences and Law
Publications
7 Results
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Lessons from the Field. Caregivers supporting marginalized people receiving social service support from street outreach workers
1 January 2023In this Lesson from the Field, we examine changes in the burden experienced by caregivers of persons who experience homelessness associated with lack employment, employability or education, and mental health ...
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The girls work method: what is the role of empowerment in building girls’ agency?
1 January 2021Girls Work, as one of the methods used by professional youth work, focuses on helping vulnerable girls to shape their own lives (a capacity also referred to as ‘agency’). In this study, it is hypothesised ...
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The contribution of professional youth work to the development of socially vulnerable youngsters
1 November 2020The central question in this study is how, for whom, and under which conditions professional youth work contributes to the personal development of socially vulnerable youngsters, the reinforcement of their social ...
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Supporting vulnerable girls in shaping their lives
1 January 2020Girls between 10 and 23 years old are in a phase in life in which they are occupied with the process of becoming adults. The process of becoming an adult is associated with shaping, or learning to ...
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The development of agency in professional youth work with girls and young women in the Netherlands
1 November 2019The development of agency in professional youth work with girls and young women in the Netherlands
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The role of social environment in acquiring agency in Girls Work
1 January 2019Girls Work is a method of professional youth work that support girls in vulnerable circumstances to develop agency (Bandura, 2006). In doing this, girls mediate between who they personally want to be and what is ...
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Social street work: An substantiated explanation model of methodic acting
18 April 2018Within Northwest European Welfare states, there is a growing need for all social work professions to substantiate their work with research.