Supporting Young Unemployed Adults in the Employment Process through Personal Career Counselling – Expert Perspective
Pääsky, Tuula (2020)
Pääsky, Tuula
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020051812026
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020051812026
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The purpose of this study is to provide information on personal career counselling for long-term unemployed young adults in the multidisciplinary TYP employment service as described by employees. The aim is to describe the client-expert relationship from the perspective of a career counsellor, to highlight the challenges and pitfalls of the employment process, and to deepen the understanding of the importance of personal career counselling in the client's employment process by exposing employees' experience, expertise and tacit knowledge. The chosen working life partner for this study is Multidisciplinary Joint Service for Promoting Employment (TYP-service), which is cooperation between municipal actors, the Employment and Economic Development Office and the Social Insurance Institution (Kela).
Research design is qualitative research. Individual interviews were used as the data collection method. The interviews were conducted as a semi-structured thematic interview, which proceeded on the basis of research questions and the themes of Martha Nussbaum's Capability approach. This approach provides a framework for examining aspects that affect an individual's well-being, capacity to function, and quality of life, as well as their effects on a person’s employment. The research data was collected from the TYP-service in Uusimaa area. The study interviewed one social worker and four career counsellors working with young adults aged between 18 and 30 who are out of work or education, and in need of multidisciplinary support.
This study supports the notion of the importance of personal career counselling as an effective means of identifying the multidimensional needs of the long-term unemployed, activating the client, and supporting their process toward education and employment.
The results lead to the conclusion that resources should be strengthened for personal career counselling for the long-term unemployed. The study also highlighted the need to increase mental health services for young people.
Research design is qualitative research. Individual interviews were used as the data collection method. The interviews were conducted as a semi-structured thematic interview, which proceeded on the basis of research questions and the themes of Martha Nussbaum's Capability approach. This approach provides a framework for examining aspects that affect an individual's well-being, capacity to function, and quality of life, as well as their effects on a person’s employment. The research data was collected from the TYP-service in Uusimaa area. The study interviewed one social worker and four career counsellors working with young adults aged between 18 and 30 who are out of work or education, and in need of multidisciplinary support.
This study supports the notion of the importance of personal career counselling as an effective means of identifying the multidimensional needs of the long-term unemployed, activating the client, and supporting their process toward education and employment.
The results lead to the conclusion that resources should be strengthened for personal career counselling for the long-term unemployed. The study also highlighted the need to increase mental health services for young people.