You are invited to take part in the administration of a Self-Assessment Tool for Careleavers conducted within the project CARE, for which Carmen Voinea (Sorangeli) and third parties are in charge. Before deciding whether to participate it is important that you have all the necessary information to join consciously and responsibly. We ask you to read this document and to ask those who proposed this study all the questions you consider appropriate.

The CARE project is a Strategic partnership in Higher Education funded by the Erasmus Plus Program, and aims at helping young people in the protection system, to reach a good level of autonomy, resiliency and empowerment through the guide of a tutor.

The participant will reply to the list of questions of the self-assessment tool regarding autonomy, resilience, and empowerment, risk and protective factors for children and young people in the child protection system. The answers collected have the goal to test the tool.

Participation in the study is voluntary and free of charge. For the participants the collaboration does not involve any kind of risk or inconvenience.

You have the right to withdraw your consent to participate in this study at any time, even without notice or specific reason.

You are entitled to request information on the results and outcome of the search.

The processing of the data collected will be conducted in such a way as to eliminate any reference that may allow individual statements to be linked to a particular person. The answers to the questionnaire will be collected for the purpose of testing the Self-Assessment tool.

For any information and clarification on this study or for any need you may contact the researchers by email to carmen.voinea@sorangeli.ro who are at your disposal for further information or clarification

I, the undersigned, declare that

·  I have read the above information sheet received, I understand both the information contained therein and the information provided orally by the staff involved in the CARE research project and I have had ample time and opportunity to ask questions and obtain satisfactory answers from the staff involved;

· I have understood that participation in the study is completely voluntary and free, that I can withdraw from the study at any time, without having to give explanations and without any disadvantage or prejudice;

· I have understood the nature and activities involved in participating in the study and the risks involved;

· I have understood that participation in this study will not lead to the recognition of any direct or indirect economic advantage.

· I consent to the collection of my answers to the questionnaire.

Accordingly,

I have read the foregoing information, or it has been read to me. I have had the opportunity to ask questions about it and any questions that I have asked have been answered to my satisfaction.  I consent voluntarily to participate as a participant in this research.