Gaining and sustaining ‘hospitable’ employment for disability youth

Job Coaching and Success in Gaining and Sustaining Employment Among Homeless People

OBJECTIVE People who are homeless experience many barriers that affect their ability to gain and sustain work. In this study, we investigate whether personal job coaching support contributes toward employment success. METHODS The short- and long-term employment outcomes of 2,480 clients participating in a labor market program were analyzed. RESULTS Clients being supported by a job coach hav...

Gaining Grounds Revisited: Sustaining Tales of Development

Sustainable development is a popular phrase often associated with environmental studies, but the phrase can serve as ecological metaphor through which to view environments associated with writing assessment and writing program development. Sustainable environments depend on symbiotic relationships. Writing assessment and writing program development constantly rely on the classroom environment a...

Work, employment and psychiatric disability

Work is important both in maintaining mental health and in promoting the recovery of those who have experienced mental health problems. Enabling people to retain or gain employment has a profound effect on many areas of life and the costs of unemployment are high. Employment for individuals with mental illness gives opportunities for them to participate in society as active citizens, and barrie...

Promoting Youth Employment

Youth Employment in Developing Countries

The content of this (Youth Employment in Developing Countries – Contract DCI-EDUC/2012/310-255) includes text data which are protected by the provisions of national and international law applying to intellectual property. These textual data are the exclusive property of the European Union represented by the European Commission. The user undertakes to respect the intellectual property rights hel...