African Refugee Youth’s Experiences and Impact on Career Development: An Adaptation of a Culturally Responsive Career Exploration Group

IF 1.6 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL Journal for Specialists in Group Work Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI:10.1080/01933922.2020.1856257
B. N. Kiteki
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ABSTRACT Of the 70.8 million people forcibly displaced from their original countries globally, 28.9 million are refugees. More than half of this refugee population are children under the age of 18, with a sizable representation from countries in Africa that have experienced continued conflicts. In resettlement countries, African refugee youth have encountered a host of challenges that affect their schooling in preparation for their future careers. For the majority of refugee families, safety in resettlement countries and particularly the schooling opportunities for their children provide glimpses of hope for a better future. To mitigate some of the challenges and barriers towards a better career future, a school-based career exploration group conducted collaboratively by representatives from within the refugee group community, school system, and the larger society provides these youth with a safe and collaborative way to discuss their challenges or difficulties in their journeys towards achieving career goals. In this group, youth are able to share narratives of their experiences while also learning the social-cultural capital and skills needed to successfully navigate school, college entry, and work environments. Since career decision-making may not be an individualistic endeavor for people from Africa, suggestions for responsively including culturally congruent values are presented. Across eight groups, specific topics related to social-cultural considerations, skills building for career planning, barriers and challenges are addressed. Implications for counseling are also discussed.
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非洲难民青年的经历及其对职业发展的影响:一个文化响应型职业探索小组的适应
全球有7080万人被迫背井离乡,其中2890万人是难民。这些难民人口中有一半以上是18岁以下的儿童,其中相当大一部分来自经历了持续冲突的非洲国家。在重新安置国家,非洲难民青年遇到了许多挑战,影响了他们为将来的职业生涯做准备的学业。对大多数难民家庭来说,在重新安置国家的安全,特别是其子女的上学机会,使他们看到了对更美好未来的希望。为了减轻通往更好职业未来的一些挑战和障碍,一个由难民群体社区、学校系统和更大社会的代表合作开展的以学校为基础的职业探索小组为这些年轻人提供了一个安全和协作的方式来讨论他们在实现职业目标的过程中的挑战或困难。在这个群体中,年轻人能够分享他们的经历,同时也学习成功驾驭学校、大学入学和工作环境所需的社会文化资本和技能。由于职业决策可能不是来自非洲的人的个人主义的努力,建议响应包括文化一致的价值观提出。在八个小组中,讨论了与社会文化考虑、职业规划技能建设、障碍和挑战相关的具体主题。对咨询的影响也进行了讨论。
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