Counselling the young unemployed: The experience of 'just the job'

Some issues involved in counselling the young unemployed are explored on the basis of the experience of 'Just the Job', an experimental project which operated in South-West England between 1977 and 1980. The counselling support which the project aimed to provide is examined in terms of counsellor recruitment and selection; of contact between counsellors and other formal and informal agencies in the job-search process; of the aims and expectations of the counsellors; and of their identification of problems and proposals for change. A client-based evaluation of the counselling is also reported.