Kartläggning av utredningsprocessen vid Arbetsförmedlingen Rehabilitering i Sverige
en pilotstudie
The Swedish National Labour Market Administration wishes to acquire further knowledge about how the evaluation process of vocational rehabilitation at the employment service operates as a part of the quality assurance of this activity. The primary task for vocational rehabilitation at the employment service is to investigate the work capacity of unemployed people, to give them increased knowledge and better understanding of their own capacity concerning work or education. The aim of this study was to survey the evaluation process of vocational rehabilitation at the employment service in Sweden. Data were collected through telephone interviews with 15 occupational therapists employed at the employment service, who were working with vocational rehabilitation. The result shows that the investigation of work capacity can take place in different environments and that the space of time for an investigation can vary. During the evaluation process, different types of data collection methods are used. Nevertheless, the result shows that the evaluation process begins and ends in similar ways. Further studies to validate the result would be interesting. These could be done through quantitative studies, for example by sending questionnaires based on the result of this study.