Second-Track Reintegration
Reintegration agency in Tilburg
Absence running long and a return to the old role unlikely? We take the second track off your hands from Tilburg. That means placing the employee in suitable work elsewhere, and building a file that stays standing at the UWV assessment.
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What the second track involves
Suitable work with another employer, and the file that belongs with it.
Once it is settled that neither the old role nor the old company is an option, the second track starts running. The employee explores which direction still fits, rebuilds confidence and takes real steps outward. How such a programme is put together is explained separately.
For the employer this goes beyond a statutory duty. Starting early pushes the absence down and keeps the door shut on a UWV sanction.
Our office
Second-track reintegration in Tilburg and nearby
You will find us at Saal van Zwanenbergweg, on the business park west of the centre and minutes from the A58. Employment here sits largely in logistics, manufacturing and education, with the university, Fontys and the hospital as the big names. What shapes someone's search is rarely the sector they came from; it is the role they held within it and how transferable that role turns out to be.
The distribution centres around Tilburg keep automating, and that shifts the kind of work on offer: fewer handling jobs on the floor, more roles in planning, maintenance and systems management. For an employee who cannot return to their old job after long absence, that changes the question. Not whether work exists, but whether the move into that other work fits inside two years.
About Tilburg
Good to know about Tilburg
Distribution at scale, and it is shifting
The estates on the west and north side house distribution centres of considerable size. Automation is well under way, so roles are disappearing on the floor and appearing in planning, maintenance and systems management.
Three education institutions side by side
The university, Fontys and Avans are a major employer between them, and not only for lecturers. Timetabling, student administration, IT and facilities cover hundreds of roles here.
Three cities within half an hour
Breda, Den Bosch and Eindhoven are each about half an hour's drive. Anyone drawing their circle that wide is effectively looking at the whole Brabant labour market rather than at one city.
Saal van Zwanenbergweg, close to the A58
The car goes at the door and a bus comes out from the station. Skipping the trip is fine; the sessions then run on screen.
The load is the obstacle, not the trade
Lifting, standing and irregular shifts fall away first, while the trade knowledge stays intact. It pays to judge those two separately, because the same field often turns out to be workable in another form.
Internal answers take longer than expected
A university, a college or a distribution centre holds more roles than any one manager oversees, so an internal search runs for months. Start the external track alongside it rather than after it; running both at once is allowed.
The bill runs on while you wait
Two years of continued pay is the baseline, and a sanction adds up to 52 weeks on top. The amounts involved are set out at the cost of a wage sanction.
What the programme looks like
From intake to aftercare, step by step
At Care4Careers a track 2 programme follows the steps below. What the employee does along the way differs from person to person, but the order and the record-keeping follow the Gatekeeper Act, so the UWV finds nothing to object to later.
Intake meeting and situation overview
The intake conversation puts three things side by side: the medical room, the work history and the direction the employee has in mind. Out of that rolls the action plan, fitting both the UWV's frame and what is practically feasible.
Capacity analysis & occupational health assessment
What is feasible follows from the FML, the remaining medical documents and the coach's judgement on them. Out of that comes a reintegration plan whose goals can be tested, and a monthly update for employer, company doctor and UWV.
Career scan & personal coaching
Conversations, career tests and assignments bring the employee into view. Between them they show the possibilities, the drivers and the limits, which ends in a search profile usable outside the employee's own company as well.
Labour market exploration & job matching
The direction follows from three questions: which work suits the capacity, where that work exists and whether the step can be made in one go. Where there is doubt, a reintegration or work experience placement is slotted in between. Logistics, engineering and healthcare offer the most room here, and that order decides which roles come up first.
Active job search & network approach
Three routes lead to an employer: a deliberate selection, the employee's own network and a direct approach. CV, LinkedIn and interview preparation support all three, and each week the coach goes through what it produced. With Breda and Eindhoven both half an hour's drive away, a considerably larger number of employers falls within reach.
Aftercare and sustainable placement
Several things carry on once the placement is made. The sessions with the coach run another two months, while the reports and the closing reintegration report go to the UWV in the form it requires.
In this region
What a second track looks like here
A second track rarely stalls on unwillingness. It stalls because nobody has the answer to these four questions in writing.
What can this employee genuinely do now?
Not an assumption but a judgement. An occupational health assessment puts the capacity on record, and that is the grounding for everything that follows.
Has the internal side truly been checked?
At the university, Fontys, Avans or a distribution centre, timetabling, administration, IT and facilities all sit side by side. Search them, and record what you searched.
Where does the build-up start?
At a workplace, not at home. A work experience place shows in practice what is feasible and counts towards the file.
What happens if the assessment goes wrong?
Up to 52 weeks of pay is added on top of the 104 already paid. The amounts are at the cost of a wage sanction.
What we are working towards
The employee is working for another employer and the file leaves nothing to argue about at the assessment.
Our approach: personal, local and results-driven
Why employers here end up with us
Midden-Brabant runs on logistics, manufacturing and education. Those are exactly the sectors where absence lasts long and the second track comes into play regularly.
We know where the adapted roles sit
Automation takes work off the floor and puts roles back in planning, maintenance and systems management. Knowing that makes the search sharper than working from job boards.
The file grows with the programme
No catching up in week 100. Every step goes in straight away, with a date and the response beside it, so the gatekeeper assessment stays a formality.
The price is fixed before the start
You know beforehand what the programme costs and which parts are in it. No recalculation afterwards.
We say so if placement is not going to happen
If suitable work elsewhere proves unrealistic, you hear it in time. That leaves you room to prepare the next move rather than being caught out by it later.
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about reintegration
When do we have to start?
Week 52 is the outer limit. Once the company doctor calls a return to the old role unlikely, you start sooner. The duration is set out at the length of track 2. Postponement is the most common reason a file turns out shaky later on.
What are the costs of a second-track programme?
A programme starts at 2,300 euros excluding VAT. The final amount follows from the duration and from what you take: placement on its own is the cheapest form, assessment plus coaching plus a work placement the dearest. The quote comes first and the introductory conversation is free.
Our employee works shifts. Does that change anything?
Yes, and more often in your favour than you would think. Often the roster is the only thing that falls away while the work itself remains perfectly possible. That distinction belongs in the occupational health judgement, because it decides what counts as suitable work.
We disagree with the company doctor. What now?
Then request a second opinion from another company doctor, and do it early: the time it takes comes off your own deadline. See the role of the company doctor. What to look for when picking an agency is at choosing a good reintegration agency.
Where is Care4Careers in Tilburg?
Saal van Zwanenbergweg 11, 5026 RM Tilburg, on the business park on the west side and quick to reach by car. Let us know before you come and a coach who knows your field will be there.
Which surrounding towns are included?
Waalwijk, Oisterwijk, Goirle, Dongen, Rijen and Loon op Zand fall under this location. Half an hour brings you to Breda, Den Bosch or Eindhoven, and those come into play the moment your search area shifts that way.
Who keeps the file, you or we?
The coach records every step at the moment it is taken, with a date, and sends the case manager a report each month. The formal documents stay with the employer; we make sure nothing is missing when the assessment comes. What belongs in the closing report is set out at drawing up the reintegration report.
Have another question about reintegration? Feel free to get in touch for a no-obligation conversation.
Contact with your coach
Reintegration coaches in Midden-Brabant
One coach for the employee and one fixed number for the case manager. That way no gap opens between what happens in the sessions and what ends up in the file.
Reintegration near Tilburg
Second-track reintegration throughout Noord-Brabant
Does the same question play in one of the surrounding towns? We are active there as well.
Care4Careers also provides outplacement in Tilburg and career coaching in Tilburg. See all our locations.
Care4Careers location Tilburg
Can we help you?
Put in the form where the absence stands and what the question is, and we call back within a working day. Visits to the Saal van Zwanenbergweg are by appointment.
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