TY - JOUR
T1 - Referring young people to psychosocial support in the context of a youth active labour market/ education strategy
AU - Mackrill, Thomas
AU - Salado-Rasmussen, Julia
AU - Bonfils, Inge Storgaard
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This study explores how experienced Danish caseworkers who work with young people at municipal job centres justify and make decisions regarding referring young clients to psychosocial interventions. Twelve caseworkers and a line manager from two municipalities were interviewed. A thematic analysis was conducted. Key themes were: in-house and out-of-house collaboration; referral as an ongoing process; matching the young person with the service provider based on information about the service providers’ target groups, and information about personal factors and individual contextual factors; dealing with regional gatekeepers; and the role of financial constraints and bureaucratic procedures. The caseworkers experienced a high degree of autonomy and were pragmatic in their approach to referring their young clients to service providers
AB - This study explores how experienced Danish caseworkers who work with young people at municipal job centres justify and make decisions regarding referring young clients to psychosocial interventions. Twelve caseworkers and a line manager from two municipalities were interviewed. A thematic analysis was conducted. Key themes were: in-house and out-of-house collaboration; referral as an ongoing process; matching the young person with the service provider based on information about the service providers’ target groups, and information about personal factors and individual contextual factors; dealing with regional gatekeepers; and the role of financial constraints and bureaucratic procedures. The caseworkers experienced a high degree of autonomy and were pragmatic in their approach to referring their young clients to service providers
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U2 - 10.1080/03069885.2021.1900778
DO - 10.1080/03069885.2021.1900778
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0306-9885
VL - 51
SP - 911
EP - 921
JO - British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
JF - British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
IS - 6
ER -