The problems targeted in this study are social exclusion and unemployment with people with children who have been dependent on social welfare benefits for more than three years.
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention that will take place is 'Door-to-door social inclusion', or in Dutch 'Huis aan huis aan het werk'. Door-to-door social inclusion is a method designed by the municipality of The Hague.
Sponsors
Trimbos Institute
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants must have been on social welfare benefits for the past three years; 2. No reintegration to employment service is being provided at this moment; 3. Participants are aged 27-55 years; 4. Participants live in a household of at least two members, including a child.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Refusal.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Social inclusion: Outcome name: "Participatieladder" (Dutch scale for social inclusion). Timepoint: 1 year. Measures the development in social participation of the participant. We expect 50 % of the participants who get the Door-to-door social inclusion intervention to take one step on this scale to more social activities; 2. Employment: Outcome name: paid employment. Timepoint: 1 year. We expect 15 % of the participants who get the Door-to-door social inclusion intervention to acquire a paid job (with or without (financial) support). This will be measured by checking the registration systems which are used by the municipal employees in The Hague. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Description of the intervention and its consequences. Timepoint: 1,5 year. During the trial a qualitative research will also take place. The main objective will be the intervention Door-to-door social inclusion and its consequences on the people involved, like the participants, employees of the municipality of The Hague and other involved institutions. Semi-structured interviews will take place with the participants, the employees and the institutions involved in order to get an in-depth picture of the experiences with this intervention. With this knowledge the municipality of The Hague will be advised how to improve the intervention and a report will be written in which the intervention and its outcomes are described (in English). This way the intervention can be implemented in other cities, when this trial demonstrates this intervention to be successful; 2. Individual needs. Outcome name: Self sufficiency matrix. Timepoint: 1 year. The Self sufficiency matrix measures the individual needs of the participants in 11 different domains on a five point scale. We expect the participants who get the intervention to show improvement in some of those domains, for example daily activities and community participation. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactMilou Haggenburg
Trimbos Institute PO-box 725
Outcome results
None listed