When is a person ready for work and how to get there? - How to Get Homeless People in Motion
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The document discusses the challenges faced by the homeless, emphasizing barriers such as institutionalization, domestic violence, and lack of supportive networks, which hinder their ability to secure employment. It advocates for a 'client first' approach that prioritizes individual needs through collaboration with educational and job centers, while promoting daily activities and skill development. The discussion highlights the importance of tailored strategies over rigid policies, suggesting that success is measured by improved employment rates and personal relationships.
When is a person ready for work and how to get there? - How to Get Homeless People in Motion
- 1. How to get homeless people in motion ? Feantsa conference Zaragoza, october 2007 Lescrauwaet Danny, Steunpunt Algemeen Welzijnswerk
- 3. The homeless suffers from same barriers as other unskilled unemployed groups • Globalisation • More precarious employment • Risk to become economical unnecessary
- 4. Homeless suffers from specific barriers • Homeless men : institutionalisation • Homeless women : domestic violence
- 7. Institutionalisation • Loss of sense of responsiblity • Neglect of personal hygiene • Increased passivity • Dependance • Process of shelterisation risks to be continued in homeless sector
- 8. Domestic violence • Health effects • Sense of loss • Negative self image • No supportive networks • Personality traits and social skills • Are extra barriers to employment
- 9. Helping people to overcome barriers • Too less attention for day activities, training and learning causes shelterization • We need to know how do people learn and wich competences are needed in daily life
- 10. How do people learn ? • Formal learning • Informal learning • Experience based learning : most important !
- 11. Homeless people in motion … a client first approach • Collaboration with educational and job centres • An own service policy about daily activities • Attention for child care • House rules must encourage day activities • Use media, participation in local cultural life and sports
- 13. Apply process models of behavioural changes • Cfr. Model of Prochaska&Diclemente • Don’t push forward your own solutions • Arguing is rarely effective
- 14. The question is not a housing first or an employment first approach, but a client first approach, by helping the client to reach the goals for wich he is motivated for.
- 15. Some examples • In the homeless services • Centres for labour care
- 17. Succes factors ? • Positive : higher employment rate, possitive effects on (family) relationships, more chance to stable job • Critical sounds : after several years more risks on homelessness, but for the weakest it is the last chance • New social question !