Excluded Youth in Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Norway
Abstract In the Nordic countries, there are increasing concerns for the growing number of young people who are in neither education nor employment who are simultaneously struggling with mental health issues. These are challenges that cut across different welfare policy areas. This article is based o...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:68e96a0d76484435bb6370b4428a0cc7 2023-05-15T16:10:34+02:00 Excluded Youth in Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Norway Cecilie Høj Anvik Ragnhild Holmen Waldahl 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2017-01-03 https://doaj.org/article/68e96a0d76484435bb6370b4428a0cc7 DA EN NO SV dan eng nor swe Universitetsforlaget https://www.idunn.no/nordisk_valfardsforskning/2017/01/excluded_youth_in_iceland_the_faroe_islands_and_norway https://doaj.org/toc/2464-4161 2464-4161 doi:10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2017-01-03 https://doaj.org/article/68e96a0d76484435bb6370b4428a0cc7 Nordisk Välfärdsforskning, Vol 2, Pp 17-29 (2017) youth welfare services coordination collaboration Nordic welfareservices Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology HV1-9960 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2017-01-03 2022-12-30T22:00:37Z Abstract In the Nordic countries, there are increasing concerns for the growing number of young people who are in neither education nor employment who are simultaneously struggling with mental health issues. These are challenges that cut across different welfare policy areas. This article is based on experiences from the youth group and the challenges they describe in their everyday lives, as well as accounts from public authorities and the welfare services in Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Norway. The article is based on qualitative interviews with 22 young people and 58 practitioners within the welfare authorities and services in Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, conducted in 2014 and 2015. The authorities and service areas represented are public employment services, education, social services and health. The young people that are included in the study have in common that they have not completed (or never started) education, they have weak or no ties to the employment market and most also articulate having mental health challenges. In the article, we discuss how the services’ specialized silo organizations limit their ability to attend to the complexity of problems characterizing this group. Our findings show that the authorities of the three countries only to a limited extent coordinate their policies and services to this group of young people. Those who are capable of attending to the complex needs of the youth are, rather, individual actors, so-called enthusiasts, working closely around the youth and in extensive collaboration with other services. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Faroe Islands Norway Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research 2 01 17 29 |
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Abstract In the Nordic countries, there are increasing concerns for the growing number of young people who are in neither education nor employment who are simultaneously struggling with mental health issues. These are challenges that cut across different welfare policy areas. This article is based on experiences from the youth group and the challenges they describe in their everyday lives, as well as accounts from public authorities and the welfare services in Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Norway. The article is based on qualitative interviews with 22 young people and 58 practitioners within the welfare authorities and services in Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, conducted in 2014 and 2015. The authorities and service areas represented are public employment services, education, social services and health. The young people that are included in the study have in common that they have not completed (or never started) education, they have weak or no ties to the employment market and most also articulate having mental health challenges. In the article, we discuss how the services’ specialized silo organizations limit their ability to attend to the complexity of problems characterizing this group. Our findings show that the authorities of the three countries only to a limited extent coordinate their policies and services to this group of young people. Those who are capable of attending to the complex needs of the youth are, rather, individual actors, so-called enthusiasts, working closely around the youth and in extensive collaboration with other services. |
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Excluded Youth in Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Norway |
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