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Sustainable Collaboration to Support Vulnerable Youth: Mental Health Support Teams in Upper Secondary School
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Abstract Schools play a central role in preventing mental health problems from affecting the development and educational opportunities of youth. While school health and social pedagogical support services have expanded in many countries, they are still not considered sufficient in meeting the needs of vulner... view more
Schools play a central role in preventing mental health problems from affecting the development and educational opportunities of youth. While school health and social pedagogical support services have expanded in many countries, they are still not considered sufficient in meeting the needs of vulnerable youth. We find particular challenges in the development of sustainable collaboration to support the target group. In this article, we present and analyze empirical data from ongoing trailing research on an interprofessional team focusing on the health and psychosocial conditions of students in various upper secondary schools in Norway. In the article, we discuss what conditions need to be in place for inter-professional collaboration to succeed in the efforts to support students at risk of dropping out of upper secondary school. The article is theoretically influenced by boundary literature and analyzes challenges and opportunities in boundary crossing between different professions and service areas. In the article, we argue for the need to spend time on establishing a reflecting understanding of which qualities the various actors possess and what they should contribute with to create a collaboration that constitutes more than the coordination of what already exists, thereby creating intersecting practices; so-called third spaces.... view less
Keywords
Norway; secondary education upper level; mental health; pupil; vulnerability; pedagogical support; social support; intervention
Classification
Social Work, Social Pedagogics, Social Planning
Secondary Education Sector Upper Level
Free Keywords
collaboration; drop out; interprofessional team; support; vulnerable youth
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 282-288
Journal
Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 3
Issue topic
Vulnerable and Disadvantaged Groups: On the Margins of the Welfare State?
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed