title: Job Coaching and Success in Gaining and Sustaining Employment Among Homeless People.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  People who are homeless experience many barriers that affect their ability to gain and sustain work. In this study, we investigate whether personal job coaching support contributes toward employment success.
  
  
  METHODS
  The short- and long-term employment outcomes of 2,480 clients participating in a labor market program were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Clients being supported by a job coach have significantly higher chances of gaining employment than those not being supported. This holds particularly true for the youngest age-group. Furthermore, results also indicate that job coaching improves clients' chances of successfully sustaining employment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Personal approaches and individual coaching seem to be promising strategies in social work practice and specifically in return to work programs for people who have experienced homelessness.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany; Centre for Health and Society, Institute for Medical Sociology, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Hanno
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoven
authors.affiliation: Business in the Community, London, UK.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.affiliation: Business in the Community, London, UK.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Willmot
authors.affiliation: Business in the Community, London, UK.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hagan
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Siegrist
keywords: homelessness; intervention; job coaching; labor market integration