ABSTRACT

In this study, we focus on the role of Dutch Level 2 senior vocational training in care work in relation to the prospects and options it provides for students who follow this programme. Similar to the ‘care girls’ from previous studies our participants are young women from lower-class backgrounds who aspire to various jobs in the care sector, but are steered away from their original aspirations by their vocational training programme. The major difference between this research and previous studies is that we examine the Dutch institutional and broader structural context of care work. In the Netherlands, there is a lack of job opportunities for Level 2 graduates. This enables us to study the impact of limited job opportunities in the making of ‘care girls’. We explore whether this situation results in the reproduction of inequalities (and if so, how), or whether it represents a window of opportunity through which these girls can escape from their initial cycle of disadvantage if their goal of becoming a ‘care girl’ does not materialise.

摘要

在本研究中，我们重点关注荷兰 2 级高级职业培训在护理工作中的作用，以及它为参加该计划的学生提供的前景和选择。与之前研究中的“护理女孩”类似，我们的参与者是来自下层社会的年轻女性，她们渴望在护理部门从事各种工作，但由于职业培训计划而偏离了最初的愿望。本研究与以往研究的主要区别在于，我们考察了荷兰机构和更广泛的护理工作结构背景。在荷兰，二级毕业生缺乏工作机会。这使我们能够研究有限的工作机会对培养“护理女孩”的影响。我们探讨这种情况是否会导致不平等的再现（如果是，