Second-Track Reintegration
Reintegration agency in Amsterdam
When an employee in Amsterdam cannot return to their own role, the second track begins. Care4Careers looks for suitable work with another employer and takes care of the documentation the UWV expects at assessment.
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What the second track involves
Searching for other work while the contract is still running
If a return to the employee's own role is ruled out and no suitable position exists within the company, the second track comes into play. What remains possible is determined, capacity is rebuilt and the employee orientates towards other employers. How the phases connect is set out at the second track programme.
Alongside the statutory obligation, the nature of the absence matters here. Overload is a common cause in this region, and in that case the pace at which capacity is rebuilt counts for more than the speed of the search.
Our office
Second-track reintegration in Amsterdam and nearby
Our location in Amsterdam is the Van Eeghenlaan, a side street off the Vondelpark, and our working area runs from the canal belt to well beyond the ring road. What makes this labour market unusual is not a shortage of work. Healthcare, education, professional services and trade are all hiring here, and the better-known side comes on top of that. Choosing is harder than finding, and that holds for the employee as much as for the employer who wants someone to leave well.
In Amsterdam, second-track reintegration is more often about mental than physical capacity. Absence following prolonged pressure in healthcare, education or professional services is the most common trigger here. The legal framework is described under what second-track reintegration involves. We handle the placement work and keep the file in order for the UWV assessment.
About Amsterdam
Good to know about Amsterdam
English is not the exception
On many Amsterdam work floors English is the working language. Our coaches operate in both, so international professionals get exactly the same programme as everyone else.
Everyone is looking around
The average Amsterdam career is a series of short contracts. That makes moving easy, and more tempting than it is wise. We test the reason behind the urge.
Van Eeghenlaan, by the Vondelpark
A short cycle from Zuid and the centre, and well served by tram and metro. Anyone who would rather work online simply does.
The region counts
Amstelveen, Diemen, Zaandam, Hoofddorp and Almere belong to the same labour market. A job outside the ring is often quicker to reach than an address on the far side of town.
Recovery before pace
When someone is out through pressure, pushing backfires. We build up in hours and responsibility, recording each step so progress is demonstrable.
What the programme looks like
From intake to aftercare, step by step
The path to suitable work elsewhere is made up of the steps below, together the second track programme. The order is fixed, the content differs per employee, and the recording follows the Gatekeeper Improvement Act.
Intake meeting and situation overview
The first conversation serves to get a sharp picture of what is going on. The coach and the employee go through the company doctor's opinion, the work history and the wishes, and where absence is caused by workload they discuss separately how much the programme itself may demand. The resulting action plan is weighed against the formal requirements.
Capacity analysis & occupational health assessment
Stimuli and hours are judged separately, because in a busy urban setting the first often falls away while the second still holds. The functional capacity list and the medical papers form the basis for that. Goals with a date come out of it, and each month word goes to the employer, the company doctor and the UWV.
Career scan & personal coaching
The career scan sets out what the employee has built up. In a city of short tenures, someone has often worked for several employers, and that spread yields more transferable experience than a single job description shows. The result is a profile that reads well in another sector too.
Labour market exploration & job matching
We then set the profile against the market. Healthcare, education, business services and trade are all recruiting here, and Amstelveen, Diemen, Zaandam and Hoofddorp belong to the same range. If the step proves too large, a work experience placement comes first.
Active job search & network approach
The approaching starts, and mostly the direct kind: writing to companies without a posted vacancy tends to yield more here than answering an advertisement. The CV and profile are set to the direction, in Dutch or English, and the week closes with a look back at the contacts.
Aftercare and sustainable placement
The final phase runs for two months from the first working day. In that period it becomes clear whether the demands in the new place match what was agreed, which after absence caused by workload is precisely the part that matters. The coach stays contactable, keeps the reporting current and submits the reintegration report in the required form.
What we actually do
Four components, and no more than that
What we do is narrower than it appears: work out what is still possible, find work to match, try it out, and record the whole process.
Establishing what is still possible
We work from the functional capacity the company doctor has established. Where that picture is unclear, we first request an occupational health assessment, because without that boundary any search direction is guesswork.
Searching across the whole region
Amsterdam, Amstelveen, Diemen, Zaandam and Hoofddorp form one market in practice. A job outside the ring road is often quicker to reach than one on the other side of the city, and that counts when capacity is limited.
Try it first, commit afterwards
A work experience placement shows in practice whether the work is sustainable. After absence caused by workload that is often the only way to find out, and the period counts as effort.
Building the file from the first week
The UWV assesses the effort. Every step, consideration and rejection is recorded with its date; what a negative judgement costs is calculated at the cost of a wage sanction.
The aim
The employee is working again in a place where the demands fit, and the file shows that the search for it was serious and wide-ranging.
Healthcare, education, services and trade
Why employers in Amsterdam bring us in
A second track that stalls costs an extra year of wage payment. Our aim is for it to run properly the first time, including when the conversation gets uncomfortable along the way.
Rebuilding after absence caused by workload
Overload is a frequent cause of long-term absence in this region. Rebuilding then proceeds in smaller steps, and we set the pace together with the company doctor rather than fixing it on paper in advance.
Bilingual, without a separate arrangement
English is the working language on many Amsterdam shop floors. Guidance in English is simply available with us and does not have to be requested separately.
The region counts in full
Amstelveen, Diemen, Zaandam, Hoofddorp and Almere belong to the same labour market. Which part of it is realistic depends on the travel time the employee can manage.
Reporting that can carry the assessment
Contact moments, applications and outcomes enter the file with their dates. At the review it is therefore possible to read back what was undertaken and why.
Questions from employers in Amsterdam
What employers in this city ask us
When should we as the employer begin?
At the first-year evaluation at the latest, and sooner once it is clear that returning to the employee's own work will not succeed. With absence caused by workload that matters all the more, because rebuilding goes in smaller steps and takes longer. A realistic plan starts at the duration of a second track programme.
Our employee is still recovering. Is placement not premature?
No. Orientation and recovery can run together, and the UWV expects the track to start in good time. We set the pace with the company doctor, so that the demands of the programme itself stay within what is manageable.
What does it cost and what do we get for it?
The price moves with the duration and with the intensity of the guidance. The quotation states which components are included and what they involve, and you receive it before any appointment is made.
What if nothing suitable is found?
The programme can still be defensible, provided the search was demonstrably broad and serious. The UWV assesses the effort rather than the result, which is exactly why we record from the start which employers were approached and what the answer was.
Where can I find Care4Careers in Amsterdam?
Van Eeghenlaan 27, 1071 EN Amsterdam, beside the Vondelpark. We meet by appointment; tell us in advance what your question is about and we will pair you with the coach who works on it most.
Do you also work outside Amsterdam?
Yes, across the whole region. In practice people travel to us from Amstelveen, Diemen, Zaandam, Hoofddorp, Almere and Haarlem, or we work online.
Our employee does not speak Dutch. Is that a problem?
No. A sizeable share of the Amsterdam workforce operates in English. Our sessions run in English, and we approach organisations where that is already the norm on the floor.
Is something going on that is not covered here? We will think along with you, no obligation.
Your regular guide
Reintegration coaches in Amsterdam
Employer and employee get the same dedicated coach, who handles the reporting and makes the contacts with employers. Guidance can run in Dutch or in English.
Reintegration near Amsterdam
Second-track reintegration throughout Noord-Holland
Is the employer or the employee just outside the city? We also take on track two in Amstelveen, Diemen and Zaandam.
In this city we also provide outplacement in Amsterdam and career coaching in Amsterdam. The rest of the country is on our locations.
Care4Careers location Amsterdam
What would you like to talk through?
Leave your details along with how long the absence has lasted, and we will call or email you back. Visiting us on the Van Eeghenlaan is possible by appointment.
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