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Rehabilitation plan
Elo's vocational rehabilitation is a range of means to support continuing in or returning to work. These means include workplace rehabilitation, such as work trials and work coaching, support for entrepreneurship, and education.
Once you receive a preliminary decision on vocational rehabilitation from Elo, complete the rehabilitation plan in our Online Service. We will make a decision on your rehabilitation plan. If needed, you can get support from a job coach to choose and plan the appropriate mean for you.
A good rehabilitation plan is an important part of successful vocational rehabilitation. If you are employed, it is advisable to create the plan in collaboration with your workplace's occupational health and HR.
What is a rehabilitation plan?
Manage your rehabilitation matters online
In Elo's Online Service, you can, for example:
- Fill out the rehabilitation plan
- Submit attachments and files
- Apply for travel reimbursements
How to proceed:
Consider what mean would enable you to return to or continue in working life.
Seek out answers to the following questions:
- What limitations does your health situation pose in terms of working?
- What work are you still able to do?
- How might you take advantage of earlier work experience or training?
- What mean of vocational rehabilitation would be suitable for your present situation?
Draft a rehabilitation plan
Once you have received a positive preliminary decision regarding your right to rehabilitation, it’s time to draft a rehabilitation plan. The rehabilitation plan should include:
- rehabilitation timetable,
- rehabilitation mean, and
- the work tasks you are aiming for with the help of the rehabilitation.
Read detailed instructions for planning work trials and work coaching here.
Submit your rehabilitation plan to Elo
Submit your rehabilitation plan to Elo: log in to the Online Service, go to the Rehabilitation tab and fill in the rehabilitation plan.
Elo assesses the appropriateness of your plan. The intention is always to take advantage of your earlier training and work history as part of the vocational rehabilitation. You will receive a decision on your rehabilitation plan.
Read more about the possible rehabilitation methods
A work trial is the most popular means of vocational rehabilitation. In a work trial, you work in the workplace in tasks suitable for you. For example, after a long sick leave, your work tasks are modified to suit your health condition, with the goal of transitioning to full-time work.
In a work trial, you work at least 20 hours a week. The goal is to gradually increase your working hours to full-time during the work trial. Your working hours can also be full-time from the start of your work trial. The duration of the work trial is usually 1–3 months, and, for justified reasons, it can be extended by 1–3 months. At most, a work trial can last for 6 months. The work trial hours do not affect the rehabilitation benefit amount. During a paid trial, we pay the benefit to your employer.
During the work trial, you generally cannot take a vacation. First, check with your employer about the possibility of a work trial.
Read more about work trials.
In work coaching, you work at a workplace learning a new job. Work coaching is suitable for situations where you nees a longer time than in a work trial to familiarize yourself with a new job. Work coaching usually includes studies, such as courses, in addition to workplace tasks. Work coaching is a full-time work.
A scheduled plan is made of the content of the work tasks and the progress of any studies. Work coaching usually lasts 6–18 months. Longer coaching periods are often paid.
Read more about work coaching.
In vocational rehabilitation, workplace rehabilitation is always explored first. If your job or profession is no longer suitable for your health condition, and repositioning by means of workplace rehabilitation is not possible, supporting education as vocational rehabilitation may be considered.
The education can be a course, a partial vocational qualification, a vocational upper secondary qualification, a further vocational qualification or a specialist vocational qualification. Sometimes also a university of applied sciences degree can be supported. The education can be carried out as an apprenticeship, a training agreement, or school's in-person or distance learning. Elo can support one degree, and its duration can be a maximum of 4 years.
Elo pays the rehabilitation benefit during the education period. If the education is conducted as an apprenticeship, the benefit is paid to the employer for the salary portion.
Read more about education here.
Elo can support an entrepreneur or someone becoming an entrepreneur with a work trial in their own company and with business subsidies. The prerequisites for granting an entrepreneur's work trial and business subsidy are good business conditions and a job description suitable for your health. The work trial for entrepreneurs can last up to 6 months, and during the trial, you will receive a job coach from our partner specialized in supporting entrepreneurs.
Elo pays the rehabilitation benefit to the entrepreneur during the work trial. Business subsidies can be granted for acquiring tools and equipment related to the profession.
Read more about vocational rehabilitation for entrepreneurs.