NEED The number of long-term unemployed has increased in recent years. Studies show that the services of the Nordic labour market service model, which was launched in 2022, will not be sufficient to meet the needs of people who are difficult to employ. They represent around 40% of all people unemployed or in employment promoting services. Among the long-term unemployed, there are people who would like to get into work despite challenges related to their life situation, work capacity and health. They often need multidisciplinary and individualised social and health care services. There are many services in Helsinki, but they are fragmented and linear, which makes it lengthy and complex for the long-term unemployed to sort out their issues. At the same time, unemployment is becoming more protracted and the unemployed are moving further away from the labour market. Among the long-term unemployed, there are many men who need targeted services. Developing a diversified working life is a prerequisite for raising employment rates. Employers and employment service specialists need skills and good practices for employing people with difficulties and partial work ability. OBJECTIVES 1. Long-term unemployed people find employment through IPS - Individual Placement and Support job coaching. The project will pilot the IPS model, based on research evidence and international quality criteria, as part of employment services. 2. Long-term unemployed people will receive the social and health care services they need to support their employment in a timely manner and from the same place. 3. Cooperation between employment services and employers opens up more jobs for the long-term unemployed and provides employers with motivated employees. The project will promote social enterprises as employers of partially unemployed people. 4. The model piloted by the project will be assessed as practical, productive and effective. The evaluation will provide information on the impact of the model on the employment, life situation, inclusion and perceived work capacity of the long-term unemployed. The results of the project will be scalable nationally and internationally. 5. The results of the project are known and the approach will be embedded in the employment support services for the long-term unemployed in Helsinki. RESULTS 350 long-term unemployed will participate in the project. As a result of the project, they have improved their ability to work and function, and half of them have found employment or entered training. Employers' capacity to recruit the long-term unemployed has increased and 60 employers have employed long-term unemployed workers. The Helsinki Employment Services have strengthened the expertise of experts in the employment of the long-term unemployed and support needs of the long-term unemployed, a male-differentiated approach to work, the implementation of needs-based and employment-promoting social services and employer cooperation. The result of the project is an employment model for the long-term unemployed, consisting of 1) IPS - Individual Placement and Support job coaching, 2) social and health services supporting employment, 3) employer services and 4) support for the implementation and development of the model. The model is in use in the City of Helsinki and can be disseminated to other regions. IMPACTS The dissemination of the model developed in the project will reduce the number of long-term unemployed and improve their income and well-being. Companies and other employers will have motivated workers and the labour market will become more diversified. The impact of the project on the local economy will be significant. Already during the project period, the savings in municipal contributions to unemployment benefits are estimated to be around €1 million per year, as a total of 175 long-term unemployed people will be employed or transferred to training.