Enhancing the life chances of Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children in the UK.

Enhancing the life chances of Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children in the UK. The role of the social worker. Order Description Topic Enhancing the life chances of Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children in the UK. The role of the social worker. Research question: How can the social worker enhance the life chances of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK? What good practice can the social worker draw on from previous empirical studies Research 5 empirical studies in the uk; and 2 from outside the uk Draw out main points, conclusions, strengths, and weaknesses of each research Analyze and Evaluate Analysis will have a systemic approach base It will assess how each source of empirical studies relates to other research within the field. It will group sources by theme, topic, methodology or framework (include child right approach, strength approach, human rights approach and any other appropriate frame work Critically evaluate research. Problem Statement: An unaccompanied asylum seeking child is someone under the age of 18 years who has been separated from their parents or care giver and is making a claim for asylum status and needs the care and protection of welfare services in the country of asylum while that claim is examined and settled ( United Nations High Commission for Refugees, 1994). These children and young people very often present themselves to the authority and relevant agencies; who then have an obligation to safeguard their wellbeing through their childhood; But what life chances to these young people have, being away from their parents and family and living in a foreign country and how can a social worker play a role in enhancing this, my dissertation considers empirical research on good practice that have been conducted in this area of studies; what the findings of these empirical researches are and what the implication is for the role of the social worker. Is there new learning that can be found to enhance their life chances by the today’s social worker in the uk?