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Therapeutic workplace (TW) to improve employment outcomes

Summary of the evidence

Rating
  • Unknown effectiveness

The Therapeutic Workplace (TW) is a motivational intervention that uses access to employment and wages to promote therapeutic behavioral changes. TW is one of the interventions/programmes aimed at improving employment outcomes evaluated in a narrative review (Magura et Marshall, 2020, 14 studies).

The review showed no significant effect on:

  • average monthly days employed and employment outcomes in general

The other interventions reviewed are: Individual Placement and Support (IPS), Customized Employment Supports (CES), Drug Court employment interventions, Job Seekers Workshop (JSW).

Details

Note: this evidence summary is only valid for the outcomes, target groups, settings and substances/patterns of use described below.

Name of response option
  • Employment-focus interventions
Desired outcome(s)
  • improve employability
Area(s)
  • Social reintegration
Specific substance or pattern of use
  • not-drug specific

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