Social Work Intervention
The rationale as to why this particular topic has been chosen is through both professional and personal reasons. Professionally, there is much research highlighting negative outcomes for care leavers, and so inspiration to further evaluate this, is of interest. There is strong association to social work, in that before someone goes into care, social workers are already involved with supporting the family, and whilst the aim is to keep the family together, social workers are largely a part of decisions to remove children, and put them into care (Cocker & Allain, 2010). Therefore, it is fair to say social work intervention exists right from the start, throughout a child being in care, the transition period, and after leaving. Feelings of having