Ferguson Kristin M
University of Southern California School of Social Work, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0411, USA.
Soc Work. 2007 Apr;52(2):103-12. doi: 10.1093/sw/52.2.103.
Homeless, street-dwelling youths are an at-risk population who often use survival behaviors to meet their basic needs. The traditional outreach approach brings services into the streets, yet does not adequately replace the youths' high-risk behaviors. Similarly, job training programs often fail to address the mental health issues that constitute barriers to their productive employment. Drawing on social development principles, the Social Enterprise Intervention (SEI) model is proposed as an alternative approach. The SEI seeks the tripartite effect of employment, service-related, and mental health outcomes for street youths. This article compares existing intervention models and suggests that through the SEI, homeless youths can acquire vocational and business skills, clinical mentorship, and linkages to services that otherwise would not be available to them, given their street-dwelling status.
无家可归、流落街头的青少年是高危人群，他们常采用生存行为来满足基本需求。传统的外展服务方式将服务带到街头，但并未充分取代青少年的高危行为。同样，职业培训项目往往未能解决那些成为他们有效就业障碍的心理健康问题。基于社会发展原则，提出了社会企业干预（SEI）模式作为一种替代方法。SEI旨在为街头青少年带来就业、服务相关及心理健康三方面的成效。本文比较了现有的干预模式，并指出通过SEI，无家可归的青少年能够获得职业和商业技能、临床指导，以及因他们流落街头的状况而无法获得的服务联系。
