This book contains a practical description of a successful method to guide people that have been standing in the sideline for long periods of time, to them a fitting form of social participation. This can be done through paid or voluntary work, activities aimed at physical or psychological and sociale recovery or a combination of those.
The method combines personal and social coaching and mediation to enhance people's self-steering abilities. Mediation focuses also on the involvement of various actors such as employers, social institutions and personal networks, to reach long-lasting participation.
In this book, case studies visualize the diverse people involved, their problems and prospects and the concrete approach and reflections of the social caseworkers and mediators involved.