Duurzame re-integratie

Returning to work after a period of stress or burnout requires more than just gradually increasing your working hours. Tasks, stimuli, expectations, recovery, and the work environment also play an important role.

Sustainable Reintegration helps you build up your return to work practically and carefully, within the medical frameworks and recommendations of the occupational health physician.

When can this guidance help?

This trajectory may be suitable if you, for example:

• are returning to work after stress or burnout;
• have partially resumed work but find that building up hours takes a lot of energy;
• have difficulty setting and maintaining boundaries at work;
• are uncertain about which tasks and stimuli are manageable for you right now;
• want to avoid falling back into old work habits too quickly;
• wish to make clearer agreements with your manager.

More than just building up hours

A sustainable return is not just about how many hours you work. We also look at what is expected of you during those hours.

This can include topics such as:

• tasks and responsibilities;
• workload and priorities;
• stimuli and interruptions;
• boundaries and availability;
• recovery during and after work;
• signs that the strain is becoming too high again.

Step by step back to work

1. Assessing the situation

We discuss your current situation, what is going well, and which workplace situations still demand a lot of energy.

2. Practical build-up

Within the agreed frameworks, we examine which tasks, responsibilities, and working agreements suit the current phase of your reintegration.

3. Regular evaluation

We review how the build-up is progressing and where adjustments may be needed—not only based on hours, but also on your recovery and daily experience.

4. Helping prevent relapse

You learn to recognize warning signs earlier and establish clear steps to take if the pressure begins to build up again.

Working agreements that provide clarity

Effective reintegration also requires clarity in the workplace. Where appropriate, we help establish agreements regarding, for example:

• which tasks you are currently performing and which ones are temporarily on hold;
• priorities and expectations;
• rest and recovery periods;
• check-ins and evaluation moments with your manager;
• what to do if the workload temporarily becomes too demanding.

Collaboration with employer and occupational health physician

The occupational health physician is responsible for the medical assessment and advice regarding work capacity. Our guidance focuses on translating this advice into daily functioning and a sustainable return to work.

Where necessary, we can coordinate with your manager, HR, or case manager. Clear agreements are made in advance about what is shared and which information remains confidential.

What do you receive?

• personal guidance throughout the reintegration process;
• better insight into workload, recovery, and early relapse signals;
• practical working agreements;
• clarity on boundaries and priorities;
• a plan for situations where pressure mounts again.

Not a medical treatment

Sustainable Reintegration is not a medical treatment, and no diagnosis is made. This guidance does not replace the occupational health physician, general practitioner, or other healthcare providers.

Would you like to build up your return to work carefully?

During a brief intake, we will discuss where you currently stand in your reintegration, what support you need, and how this guidance can align with the agreements already made with your occupational health physician and employer.