The global economy is affected by economic, technological, climate and population ageing changes that threaten to reduce women’s access to employment at a time when the demand for employment is at its greatest. Significant attention is paid to social entrepreneurship interventions and the solidarity economy as transformative and alternative economic options to address poverty and economic inequalities in society. We lack research on how social entrepreneurship and solidarity economy can contribute to social work’s domain of developmental social welfare practice. Qualitative, descriptive methodology is used to study how a group of women entrepreneurs (N = 25) in Gauteng province, South Africa, solve unemployment problems. Three multilevel interventions are highlighted: co-creation of social enterprise partners, active participation in business training and tapping on untapped resources. Suggestions are made to narrow the gap between developmental social work, solidarity economy and social entrepreneurship research to enhance future social work research.