Frontline workers play a crucial role in implementing activation policies. Nevertheless,
research on what competencies are required for activation work is limited. We explored …

Across the OECD countries, there is a growing consensus in favour of targeting active labour
market policies (ALMP) on the disadvantaged unemployed and persons outside the labour …

This paper examines the social work profession's responses to the organizational reform of
the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration, which opened a new jurisdictional …

This thematic issue adresses the knowledge, skills and values in welfare-to-work
programmes (WtW) with disadvantaged clients. The aim of this special issue is to explore the …

Moderne velferdstjenester skal være individuelt utformet, slik at den enkelte får tjenester
tilpasset sin unike situasjon. Avhandlingen er en studie av hvordan veiledere i et …

This thesis presents an in-depth exploration of one-on-one encounters between social
workers and their service users. The research aim was to gain a deeper understanding of …

Ausgehend von der zunehmenden Bedeutung sozialer Dienste am Arbeitsmarkt werden
Konflikte von und Herausforderungen für Mitarbeiter* innen in entsprechenden …

A recent reform of Danish employment policy has expanded the groups of citizens receiving
active employment services and on the same time limited the access to disability pension …

Moderne velferdstjenester skal være individuelt utformet, slik at den enkelte får tjenester
tilpasset sin unike situasjon. Avhandlingen er en studie av hvordan veiledere i et …