Table 4 Structure of the PE program
Step | Â | Content | Who are involved? |
|---|---|---|---|
1. | Organisation and preparation | Check if insurance physician and labour expert have been informed about program and agree with it | RTW coordinator |
| Â | Â | Check if combined consult with insurance physician and labour expert is planned | RTW coordinator |
| Â | Â | Check who is case manager of vocational rehabilitation agency for placement in temporary (therapeutic) work | RTW coordinator |
| Â | Â | Plan appointments for conversations | RTW coordinator, worker and labour expert |
2. | Inventory of obstacles and experienced limitations regarding RTW | Interviews about work tasks, obstacles and experienced limitations for RTW | RTW coordinator has separate interviews with worker and labour expert |
| Â | Â | Prioritize obstacles and limitations for return-to-work | RTW coordinator, worker and labour expert |
3. | Inventory of (therapeutic) work possibilities (thinking of and choosing solutions | Thinking of and collecting solutions for suitable (therapeutic) work (places) | RTW coordinator, worker and labour expert |
| Â | Â | Prioritizing solutions | RTW coordinator, worker and labour expert |
4. | Preparation of matching (temporary) work(place) and reporting | Make plan for implementation of solutions i.e. placement in matching (therapeutic) work | RTW coordinator, worker and labour expert |
| Â | Â | Stimulate own initiative of worker. While waiting on placement by agency, worker can also search for a suitable workplace | RTW coordinator, worker and labour expert |
| Â | Â | Contact with vocational rehabilitation agency for intake | RTW coordinator, worker and case-manager of vocational rehabilitation agency |
| Â | Â | Intake with vocational rehabilitation agency | Case-manager of vocational rehabilitation agency and worker If desired also RTW coordinator |
5. | Placement in matching (therapeutic) work and support | Placement in matching (therapeutic) workplace | Case-manager of vocational rehabilitation agency, worker and employer |
| Â | Â | If necessary, information and instruction at new workplace | Case-manager of agency, worker and employer |
6. | Evaluation/control | Evaluation by phone: has placement in matching (therapeutic) work been realised? Satisfaction with placement in (therapeutic) work? Are adjustments necessary? | RTW coordinator has separate evaluations with worker and labour expert |
| Â | Â | If placement has not yet been realised: stimulate own initiative of worker to find a suitable work(place) | Case-manager of rehabilitation agency also evaluates separate with worker and provides feedback to RTW coordinator |