Abstract

CESTARI, Elisabete  and  CARLOTTO, Mary Sandra. Professional rehabilitation: what the worker thinks about their reintegration. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2012, vol.12, n.1, pp. 93-115. ISSN 1808-4281.

The reintegration of workers who are partially incapacitated due to such incidents is a complex process, depending largely on the standard of integration between several factors, including the worker, social security, the company, and the family. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 5 workers. The aim was to understand the meaning of the return process to each of them, evaluating aspects of both the workers and the Professional Rehabilitation Program that effectively contribute to adequate readaptation within the job market as well as in a family and social context. The importance of assessing professional rehabilitation lies in the fact that it is within the workplace that the last stage of this process takes place. There is lack of integration between the objectives of Professional Rehabilitation Program by the INSS and companies. This study led to the conclusion that the workers returned to the same workplace and to the same job, but performed restricted tasks or took on different activities. Rehabilitation is not only considered an alternative to returning to work, but also as psychological space for reflection and the construction of new pathways workers to follow in search of new meaning in their lives.

Keywords : Professional rehabilitation; worker; functional reintegration.

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