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Social rehabilitation is for all people with disabilities and partial work ability (not working, not studying, not registered as unemployed) or no work ability who need help to adapt to the coping difficulties arising from their special needs. The Social Insurance Board organises the social rehabilitation service.
Work-related rehabilitation is designed for people facing various barriers due to disability or illness and who require assistance from a rehabilitation team of different specialists to start or continue working. The Unemployment Fund provides work-related rehabilitation.
You can apply for the social rehabilitation service at the Social Insurance Board’s self-service portal.
You can apply for the work-related rehabilitation service at the online environment of the Unemployment Insurance Fund.
Self-service
Self-service portal of the Social Insurance Board
You can apply for the social rehabilitation service at the Social Insurance Board’s self-service portal.
Online environment of the Unemployment Insurance Fund
You can apply for the work-related rehabilitation service at the online environment of the Unemployment Insurance Fund.
The aim of work-related rehabilitation is to prepare a person with a health condition for working life and to support their taking up or continuing employment. Work-related rehabilitation may be necessary to assist individuals in finding a job that aligns with their health conditions or to help them cope more effectively with their duties. Vocational rehabilitation can also improve mobility or speech, teach to use technical aids, or solve psychological problems. Counselling may also be beneficial for finding motivation, increasing self-confidence, and learning to cope with disability or illness on a day-to-day basis.
Social rehabilitation aims to teach and develop the person’s everyday life skills, increase their opportunities for social participation, support learning, and develop the prerequisites for acquiring or regaining a certain level of work ability. Social rehabilitation is a complex service, ie a person has several problems that cannot be solved by single services (eg psychologist, support worker, rehabilitation) but require the intervention of several specialists (rehabilitation team).
NOTE! Social rehabilitation and work-related rehabilitation services cannot be received simultaneously. People with no work ability can choose between social and work-related rehabilitation.
To receive the work-related rehabilitation service, you need to contact an office of the Unemployment Insurance Fund and make an appointment with a counsellor to assess your need for work-related rehabilitation. Once the need for the service has been assessed and your child has been referred to the service, you need to choose the service provider. The service is usually provided for up to one year. The Unemployment Insurance Fund will make a decision on the referral based on your child’s needs and the purpose of the service.
If your child has reached working age, they must have previously been assessed for the degree of work ability or have their degree of severity of disability determined to be eligible for social rehabilitation services. Applying for a referral to a service is the same as for a child. You can read more about this in the section on the social rehabilitation service.
Social Insurance Board
Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund
