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Activation or discouragement - the effect of enforced participation on the success of job-search training
- Authors:
- MALMBERG-HEIMONEN Ira, VUORI Jukka
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 8(4), December 2005, pp.451-467.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In recent years, there has been a shift in labour market policies towards enforcing unemployed workers’ participation in labour market programmes by means of financial sanctions. Requirements of activation and financial sanctions have changed the nature of social work and generated a conflict between client needs and policy requirements. This Finnish study investigates whether and how enforced participation modifies the impact of job-search training on re-employment and mental health. A total of 627 unemployed persons participated in this six-month follow-up study with a control group. In particular, those unemployed workers who were not able to meet the goal of the enforced initiatives by gaining employment are at risk of adverse mental health effects or even of discouragement on the labour market. The results of the follow-up study show that enforced participation did not increase re-employment; however it impaired the positive mental health impacts of the programme. Further analyses demonstrate that enforced participation in job-search training decreased re-employment among the longer-term unemployed workers. It is important that social workers acknowledge the risks that are involved with the enforcement for the more vulnerable groups of unemployed workers.
Mental disorders in prison populations aged 15-21: national register study of two cohorts in Finland
- Authors:
- SAILAS Eila S., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 11.06.05, 2005, pp.1364-1365.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Briefly reports on a study into the changes in psychiatric hospitalisations in Finnish prisoners aged 15 to 21 to examine whether a selection process occurs as the number of young prisoners decreases. Results of the study indicated that relatively more people with mental health problems end up in prisons as the prison population diminishes. The findings reflect the failure of healthcare systems and emphasise the necessity for early screening of mental disorders in young offenders.
The sociocultural context of the European Early Promotion Project
- Authors:
- DRAGONAS Thalia, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 7(1), February 2005, pp.32-40.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Describes the sociocultural settings and relevant health care services within which the European Early Promotion Project was conducted, in order to render the interpretation of study results more meaningful and justify cross-cultural differences. Greece, Cyprus and Serbia are characterised by lower social expenditure and welfare provision and higher poverty rates than the UK and, especially, Finland, the latter having achieved an advanced welfare provision system. Large differences also exist among participating countries in child mental health and primary care services. Finland and the UK have made the biggest advances in promotional work with families, while Greece, Cyprus and Serbia present, to smaller or larger degree, deficiencies in health service infrastructure and their ability to follow social, economic and scientific advances in the area of maternal and child wellbeing. Part of a special issue on the EEPP.
Unemployment benefits, job search activity and mental health: discouraging or buffering effects?
- Author:
- MALMBERG-HEIMONEN Ira
- Journal article citation:
- Nordisk Sosialt Arbeid, 25(1), 2005, pp.2-16.
- Publisher:
- Universitetsforlaget AS
The modern welfare state forms an important buffer against individual market risks, but has become less effective. Changes are being made in labour market policies generally by restricting access to unemployment benefits and by linking benefits to job search activity. Nevertheless, the effects of these changes are in many cases inconsistent and minor. This study investigates whether unemployment benefits have an impact on job search patterns and whether they are associated in some way with the risks of mental health problems. The study included young unemployed 18-24 year-olds from four countries including Sweden, Finland, Germany and Spain.
Youth justice
- Author:
- PITTS John
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 2005, pp.43-52.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Few young Finns are incarcerated, compared with their counterparts in England and Wales. This article reports on a comparative study between the youth justice system in Finland and England and Wales. It also provides details of the range and regimes of residential institutions for troubled and troublesome children and young people in Finland.