'Working with vulnerable children': Listening to the views of the service providers working with street children in Istanbul

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dc.authorid0000-0002-6116-1786en_US
dc.contributor.authorBademci, H. Ozden
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-12T21:45:36Z
dc.date.available2024-07-12T21:45:36Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.departmentMaltepe Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractAs in other developing countries with major metropolises, 'street children' have constituted one of the most important problems in Turkey, particularly in Istanbul, over the last two decades. The General Directorate of Social Services and the Child Protection Agency (SHCEK) is the state agency responsible for street children and their protection. The purpose of the study is to explore the nature and organisation of state welfare service provision for street children in Istanbul and to develop a conceptual framework of state welfare service provision for street children in Istanbul from the service providers' point of view. While the street children phenomenon is well documented in other national contexts, and has been approached as a socio-economic problem on both the micro and macro levels in the local literature, the field of service provision for street children in Turkey has been little investigated up to now. For this study, narrative interviews were utilised to collect qualitative data on the services for street children. The research sought the participation of all service providers, ranging from senior management and front-line workers through to the support staff employed by the SHCEK centres. The approach taken has been richly rewarded by the data amassed on the organisational culture and shortcomings of these units. This not only supports the results of similar research globally, but also provides a useful alternative explanation of the persistence of the street children problems of Istanbul. The most important result of the research is the demonstration that service provision cannot be assessed without the direct investigation of service providers because the service providers themselves determine the scope and the quality of the service provision. The research demonstrates that SHCEK reproduces its own marginalisation in society, and consequently that of its employees, in a way that ultimately ensures the re-marginalisation of the service users. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.12.020
dc.identifier.endpage734en_US
dc.identifier.issn0190-7409
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage725en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.12.020
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12415/7845
dc.identifier.volume34en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000301912600017en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.institutionauthorBademci, H. Ozden
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTDen_US
dc.relation.ispartofCHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEWen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmzKY00494
dc.subjectStreet childrenen_US
dc.subjectService provisionen_US
dc.subjectService providersen_US
dc.subjectState welfare organisationsen_US
dc.title'Working with vulnerable children': Listening to the views of the service providers working with street children in Istanbulen_US
dc.typeArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication

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