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2. Did you (do you) have a Leaving Care Plan? Yes go to Q.2(a) & Q.2(b) No go to Q.3 Don’t know go to Q.3Comments:2(a) How involved were you in developing you Plan? Very involved Quite involved Reasonably involved Some involvement Little involvement Not at all involved2(b) How useful did you think your Plan was/is? Very useful Quite useful Reasonably useful Of some use Of little use Not at all useful3. What were your specific needs when you thought about your transition from care to independence?Comments:4. What were the specific barriers to accessing support services that you needed to support you whentransitioning?Comments:5. Do you have any suggestions for actions that the Commonwealth and ... (name of State Government) ...governments could take to overcome some of the barriers that you faced when transitioning from care?Comments:32
Appendix DStage 1: Initial ConsultationsOne-to-One Structured InterviewsCase StudiesCase Study 1: A Culturally Diverse PerspectiveBackgroundHelena is a 25 year old female, mother of four who lives in Victoria. She entered care when she was11 years old, primarily residing in foster care. While in care, Helena became interested in Islam butwas discouraged from pursuing her religious interest as she was living with Catholic foster carers atthe time. Shortly after exiting care at 18 years of age, Helena converted to Islam. She found herengagement in religion gave her stability which she was lacking upon transitioning from care.Leaving care planningNo one spoke to Helena about what would happen once her Child Protection Order finished at 18years, nor did she have a Leaving Care Plan.BarriersHelena found that the main barriers to accessing support services were due primarily to lack ofinformation and her faith. Firstly, the lack of information resulted in her not knowing what wasavailable and what she was entitled to. Secondly, as Helena had not been able to test her faith whilein care, she had to discover her faith by herself first upon leaving care. She felt that this preventedher from accessing support from religious organisations immediately upon leaving care. Helena alsodiscussed the difficulty of accessing TILA. Although she got together all the required documentationof her care status, received the necessary quotes for equipment and then engaged agency support toassist her application, she received a rejection letter eight weeks later as she was not within 24months of exiting care – reflecting the recent changes to TILA.Solutions for governmentFrom her experiences while in care, Helena suggested that there a number of actions thatgovernments could take to better support all young people transitioning from care, in general, aswell as for young people from CALD backgrounds, in particular.• Provide more encouragement and dedicated time for workers to find out the interests andpassions of children and young people.• Have better placement matching for children and young people of varying faiths.• Develop targeted foster care recruitment strategies for people of different religious persuasions,such as Muslim and Jewish carers, as this will be an issue of even more importance with theemergence of new and emerging refugee populations.33
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