What does an Employability Coach from ZekerArbo do?
As a business owner, you want everything to run smoothly, especially when it comes to your team. But fair is fair: Sickness Absence is sometimes just a hassle. Especially if you as a manager or HR also have to keep an overview and take control. Fortunately, you are not alone. With a ZekerArbo employability coach (inzetbaarheidscoach), you have an experienced sparring partner at your side.
No taking over of work, but strengthening the managerial role. This will give your organization more grip on Sickness Absence and you will work on a healthy, strong and sustainable employable team.
What does an employability coach do?
The employability coach is a coach, advisor and a big stick. They support your managers from the first moment of Sickness Absence - and preferably even before it happens. Not by taking over the work, but by looking together: what is the right step at the right time?
For example, the employability coach helps with:
- Creating a concrete Plan of Action.
- Supervising the first-year evaluation and the final evaluation
- Understanding opportunities for work resumption and partial recovery
- Preventing relapse and advising on interventions
- Support with a WIA application (if it comes to that)
- Translating company doctor's advice into workable solutions
And is a conversation with an employee not going well? Then the coach will help to prepare or act as a neutral moderator in a so-called three-way discussion (Driegesprek)
Customized coaching exactly as your organization needs it
Every manager is different. That is why the employability coach always matches the level, style and needs of the person he or she is coaching. Sometimes this means coaching on the job, so that the manager learns to steer effectively towards recovery, reintegration and usable possibilities - while complying with the Wet verbetering poortwachter.
The employability coach ensures that you as an employer remain in the lead. In this way you work on a professional approach to absenteeism and you give managers the opportunity to grow in their role as case manager. Within the own management model, but with professional support.
Triage (Driegesprek): when more is at play than illness alone
Sometimes the problem is not just in the illness itself, but in what surrounds it. Think of work stress, conflicts or private problems at work. In such cases, the employability coach helps as an independent moderator in a three-way discussion (Driegesprek). This conversation provides clarity, mutual understanding and concrete agreements. No vague discussions, but practical solutions that allow you to move forward together.
A three-way discussion also works well when it is difficult to make clear agreements together about the reintegration process.
Privacy? Definitely taken care of!
Health data? The employability coach stays away from that. Like you, the coach has no access to medical information. All conversations are about work, employability and practical solutions - not about medical complaints. In this way, the privacy of your employees is guaranteed and you remain neatly within the rules of the AVG and Health & Safety Act.
Prevention and amplification
The employability coach is there not only when things go wrong, but precisely to prevent dropout. Consider:
- Support for frequent absence interviews
- Conducting FIT (Functioning In The Future) interviews.
- Thinking along about appropriate interventions
- Assess whether absence protocol still fits the organization
And there is more: the coach also helps with amplification. That means: focusing on what is already going well in your organization and making it even better. How do you keep your people motivated, healthy and energetic? What is already working well, and what can be added? This is how you build a strong and resilient organization for everyone.
Amplition: focusing on what is already going well in your organization and making it even better.
The employability coach: your strategic extension
The employability coach is not a case manager and does not make decisions. But he or she is:
- Coach and advisor to supervisor
- Neutral moderator in complex situations
- Switching point between supervisor, HR and company physician (without sharing medical info)
- Sparring partner in strengthening employability and leadership
The power is in working together. Open communication, trust and a willingness to learn ensure that your organization grows - and not just on paper, but in practice.
Everyone Thriving at Work
With a ZekerArbo employability coach by your side, you keep things tightly regulated. Your managers stay sharp, you meet all legal requirements and your employees get the attention they need. Sickness Absence is dealt with effectively and you build sustainable employability for the future.