Suzanne de Ruig, Jip Boersema, Floor van Rooij, Marion van Hattum, Chris Kuiper
{"title":"Understanding the Transformation of YIM Professionals in Youth Care","authors":"Suzanne de Ruig, Jip Boersema, Floor van Rooij, Marion van Hattum, Chris Kuiper","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01115-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01115-4","url":null,"abstract":"The Youth-Initiated Mentor (YIM) approach, an intervention in which elements of both natural mentoring and professional youth care are combined, shows promise in Dutch youth care. However, adopting this approach is challenging for professionals, as it requires a more network-oriented way of working. A YIM professional is a publicly financed youth care practitioner who facilitates the establishment of a mentoring relationship between a young person and YIM mentor. Yet, little is known about how professionals experience this shift in roles and identity and which conditions facilitate successful adoption. This study examined how YIM professionals perceive their own roles and those of non-YIM colleagues, and which conditions support their transformation into YIM professionals, addressing how this shift translates into everyday practice. Using a Social Identity Approach-based topic guide, five focus groups were conducted with 29 participants (23 women, 6 men; ages 31–62, <jats:italic>M</jats:italic> = 41.0, <jats:italic>SD</jats:italic> = 9.9). Analysis involved open and axial coding in ATLAS.ti, followed by iterative refinement and member checking. The transformation involves shifts in roles, performance, and professional identity, supported by room for individual development, team collaboration, organizational backing, and clear communication with referrers. Becoming a YIM professional requires a fundamental shift from expert to coach, grounded in trust and shared responsibility with families. Sustainable implementation depends not only on individual transformation but also on leadership that supports identity development and organizational learning. Such support is critical for achieving the impact of the YIM approach for young people and their families.","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148289721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predicting Cognitive Empathy in Children Using Random Forest Analysis: Differences Based on Perceived Pandemic Safety","authors":"Hyun Lee, Ju Yeon Kwak","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01116-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01116-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sepideh Yasiniyan, Meghan Maynard, Sandra Bosacki, Victoria Talwar
{"title":"Exploring Self Over Time: Associations Between Adolescents’ Self-Portrait Features and Social-Emotional Self-Reports","authors":"Sepideh Yasiniyan, Meghan Maynard, Sandra Bosacki, Victoria Talwar","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01106-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01106-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148285814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characteristics, Circumstances and Support Needs of Older Young People Entering Care for the First Time: A Scoping Review","authors":"Tracy Wilde, Silke Meyer","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01110-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01110-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147733536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gabriela Estefanía Vásquez-Peña, Juan López-Morales, Nuria Romo-Avilés
{"title":"How Have the Children of Migrant People Been Researched From Social Work? A Bibliometric Analysis of the Thematic and Intellectual Structure","authors":"Gabriela Estefanía Vásquez-Peña, Juan López-Morales, Nuria Romo-Avilés","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01102-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01102-9","url":null,"abstract":"In a world where millions of children and young people grow up at the intersection of multiple symbolic, geographical and affective borders, developing knowledge that is informed, rigorous and humanly sensitive becomes essential. By mapping the current state of knowledge on sons and daughters of migrant people, the present study not only seeks to systematize the development of this field, but also to inform theoretical frameworks for more inclusive policies and interventions targeting children and youth who inherit migratory trajectories in increasingly diverse and challenging contexts. This article presents a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the international scientific literature in this field, with a specific focus on its contributions to the Social Sciences and more specifically to Social Work. A corpus of 1,360 publications indexed in Web of Science and Scopus, covering multiple world regions in line with the scope and structural coverage of these databases, along with their respective metadata, was analysed by applying bibliometric techniques combined with the initial screening and eligibility guidelines of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA). The analysis examines thematic evolution, emerging trends and collaboration networks, among others. The results reveal exponential growth since the year 2000, accompanied by a shift from assimilationist approaches to intersectional, structural and decolonial perspectives. Consolidated topics are identified—such as social mobility, identity and education—alongside emerging lines of inquiry focused on racialisation, mental health and bilingualism, while conceptual gaps are also highlighted, such as the limited presence of the Global South and of more socio-critical methodologies. This work provides both an empirical and theoretical foundation for strengthening socially situated, culturally competent interventions committed to ethnoracial justice.","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"170 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147733535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond the Pandemic: How COVID-19 Highlighted the Need for Cross-Sector Healthcare Solutions for Young Australians Living with Adversity","authors":"Ennur Erbasi, Shannon Muir, Karen McLean","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01093-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01093-7","url":null,"abstract":"We explored the perceived impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on health and healthcare access among young people living with significant adversity in Victoria, Australia, using a convergent parallel mixed-methods design. Guided by a pragmatism epistemology, fifty-seven purposively sampled Victorian adolescents aged 15–19 years with lived experience of adversity completed a primarily quantitative online survey, and eight also participated in semi-structured interviews. Descriptive quantitative results indicated that a greater proportion of participants rated their mental health as fair or poor during COVID-19 (69%) compared to before the pandemic (40%). Similarly, more participants rated their physical health as fair or poor during COVID-19 (39%) than prior to the pandemic (29%) and also reported greater healthcare service use during this period. The qualitative interview data were analysed via inductive thematic analysis, which resulted in the construction of four key themes: (1) The Cascading Impacts of the Pandemic Across All Life Domains; (2) Falling Through the Cracks: How Service Gaps Shape Access to Care; (3) Healthcare as Inextricably Embedded Within Broader Intersecting Systems; and (4) Bridging the Gaps: Young People’s Recommendations for More Accessible, Responsive, and Equitable Support. Taken together, these mixed-methods findings demonstrate the importance of addressing specific disadvantage and providing timely, responsive, and flexible services to reduce barriers to healthcare access and better meet the needs of young people experiencing adversity. Addressing these challenges will require the unique skillset of social workers to support integrated, interdisciplinary, and cross-sector service systems that prioritise equity and are built around the complex realities of young Australians experiencing adversity.","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147536267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Instability at Transitions and Within Continuity: Navigating Maltreatment and Relational Impermanence in Out-of-Home Care","authors":"Olivia D. Chang, Yujeong Chang, Erna Chiu","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01103-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01103-8","url":null,"abstract":"The current qualitative study examined the narratives of 23 young adult survivors of childhood maltreatment who experienced out-of-home placement. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in which participants were asked a series of questions regarding their perceptions of relational permanency and its impact on their development and resilience as maltreatment survivors. Thematic analysis revealed three key themes centered around experiences of and strategies to cope with relational impermanence. The first two themes examine how relational instability manifested as both “instability at transitions” across care contexts and as “instability within continuity,” wherein precarious relationships emerged independently of placement changes. Together, these themes grounded the third theme, “adaptive reorientation to instability,” which captures participants’ resilient responses to relational impermanence through the cultivation of openness toward uncertainty and acceptance of change. These findings extend existing scholarship on relational permanency in out-of-home care by delineating distinct dimensions of relational instability that shape youths’ care experiences. We argue that, beyond addressing placement instability, policymakers and practitioners should attend to the balance between legal and relational permanency, strengthen child welfare workforce stability, and prioritize trauma-informed training for individuals supporting youth.","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147535918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Longitudinal Relationship Between Housing Instability, Instrumental Social Support, and Child Maltreatment","authors":"Jeesoo Jeon","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01105-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01105-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147536092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Genevieve Graaf, Kristin Gigli, Phillip Hughes, Kathleen C. Thomas
{"title":"Adequate Care Coordination is Associated with Reduced Unmet Mental Health Needs for Children","authors":"Genevieve Graaf, Kristin Gigli, Phillip Hughes, Kathleen C. Thomas","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01101-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01101-w","url":null,"abstract":"Children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN), especially those with mental health needs, often receive services from multiple service sectors, including schools. Thus, care coordination may play a critical role in access to mental health care for these children. This cross-sectional study used multivariable logistic regression with pooled data from the National Survey of Children’s Health (2020–2023), focusing on a subsample of children with caregiver-reported mental health problems and a reported need for mental healthcare. We estimated the prevalence of parent-reported need for and receipt of effective care coordination and provider communication with schools. It also measures the association between parent-reported receipt of these services with unmet need for mental healthcare. Most caregivers reported need for care coordination (51.3%) and provider communication with schools (60.7%). Among those with need, 48.3% reported not having their care coordination needs met, and 57.2% of caregivers reported unmet need for provider communication with schools. The probability of reporting unmet mental health needs was 12percentage points lower when children had all needs for care coordination met and 10 points lower when providers communicated with schools. Results suggest that having care coordination needs met and provider communication with schools may play an important role in children accessing needed mental healthcare.","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147535919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dylan Moloney-Gibb, Chase Sherwell, Sasha Lynn, Jamin Day, James N. Kirby
{"title":"Preliminary Validation of a Novel Digital Measure of Emotion Regulation (The Three Circles) in Adolescents","authors":"Dylan Moloney-Gibb, Chase Sherwell, Sasha Lynn, Jamin Day, James N. Kirby","doi":"10.1007/s10560-026-01089-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-026-01089-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51512,"journal":{"name":"Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2026-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147461945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}