The Door-to-Door (DTD) intervention is a case management approach that employs specialised counsellors to provide individual support to people in the target group in order to maximise their participation in society and employment opportunities. DTD targeted long-term unemployed parents aged 27 to 65 living in the target neighbourhood, who had received social welfare benefits for at least three years and shared a home with at least one child under the age of 18. People who had previously received assistance were not eligible. The specific goals were to assist 50% of participants in becoming more active in society and to assist 15% of participants in finding supported or regular employment.

Key elements of the DTD approach: 

• close collaboration with third parties operating in the neighbourhood;

• long-term support: between 12 and up to 18 months (if needed); 

• specially designed tools to improve communication, such as incentives and interest cards; 

• frequent contact and quick follow-up;

• strong outreach elements through home visits and active approaches of consultants towards participants;

• specially trained therapists

•Motivational interviewing 

•Cross-cultural communication

•A positive and adaptable attitude

•Extensive supervision and peer support

Aims: Increasing the participation of disadvantaged and excluded people through a local case management approach, ideally by achieving social and professional participation of long-term unemployed parents; Conducting scientific evaluations of the DTD approach's effectiveness and impact