Kiila rehabilitation – support for improving your work ability and staying in working life

Has your work ability declined significantly or are you struggling with work demands? Kiila rehabilitation can offer you support that helps you continue to work.

What is Kiila rehabilitation?

Kiila rehabilitation is one of the many vocational rehabilitation services Kela can offer. During Kiila rehabilitation, you will work together with a multidisciplinary team to find ways to improve your work ability.

Kiila rehabilitation will be implemented in cooperation with your workplace. You will get support from your supervisor at work and from an occupational healthcare representative. You can participate in Kiila rehabilitation even if you do not have access to occupational healthcare.

Kiila rehabilitation is free of charge for you.

Who is Kiila rehabilitation for?

Kiila rehabilitation may be a good option for you if

• you are employed or self-employed
• your work ability has declined because you feel tired or stressed
• your employer or occupational healthcare provider has not been able to help you manage your work demands.

What is Kiila rehabilitation like?

Kiila rehabilitation is tailored to your needs. The rehabilitation consists of individual meetings and discussions and long group sessions. Your rehabilitation is divided into the following stages:

• an initial assessment and a meeting at your workplace
• 1–5 coaching sessions
• 10–13 days of group rehabilitation
• a final assessment.

Kiila rehabilitation usually lasts for 12–18 months. During the rehabilitation, you will also learn how to do self-rehabilitation to improve your work ability.

Two ways to access Kiila rehabilitation

Employers offer Kiila rehabilitation courses to their employees in cooperation with their occupational healthcare provider. Trade unions also offer Kiila rehabilitation courses to their members.

If you cannot find the right course for you, you can apply for individual Kiila rehabilitation that is offered in the form of group rehabilitation. In that case, the service provider will create a group for individual rehabilitation clients. Groups like this may include people from various industries.

How to apply

If you want to apply for vocational rehabilitation in the form of Kiila rehabilitation, you must submit the following supporting documents with your application:

• a medical statement B (B-lausunto) from a doctor or some other kind of medical documentation that has the same information as a medical statement B
• a vocational statement form for Kiila rehabilitation KU 200 (in Finnish, PDF) that you will complete with your supervisor. You do not need to submit the form if you are self-employed.

Once you have a medical statement B or other medical documentation and you have completed the form KU 200, do as follows:

1. Fill in the application form for vocational rehabilitation KU 101e (PDF).

   • Save the blank form to your device. Do not fill in the form directly in the browser because some of the information may not be saved that way.
   • Open the form with Adobe Reader and fill it in.
   • Tell us in the application which service provider’s rehabilitation you want to participate in. Use Kela’s service provider search to look up rehabilitation service providers (available in Finnish and Swedish).
   • Save the completed application form on your device. Note that the application must be in PDF format.
2. Send the application in the OmaKela e-service (available in Finnish and Swedish).

   • Log in to OmaKela and select Tee hakemus (Submit an application).
   • First select Sairastaminen ja kuntoutus (Sickness and rehabilitation). Then select Kuntoutus – tee hakemus (Rehabilitation – Submit an application). Finally, select Ammatillinen kuntoutus (Vocational rehabilitation).
   • If you send your application in OmaKela, you do not need to sign it.
3. If you have supporting documents, send them via OmaKela after you have submitted your application. If they are paper documents, you can photograph them.

   • Send us a copy of your medical statement B or other medical documentation and your completed form KU 200 as supporting documents with your application. You do not need to submit the form if you are self-employed.
4. Visit OmaKela to see if Kela has made a decision on your application. We will also send the decision notice to the rehabilitation service provider. This tells the service provider that Kela will pay for your rehabilitation, and the service provider will reserve a place for you on the rehabilitation course.

If you cannot use OmaKela, mail your application to Kela. Save the form to your device and fill it in after saving it. Print out the completed form and send it and any supporting documents to Kela, PL 10, 00056 KELA.

Let us know if you cannot attend rehabilitation

Remember to tell Kela immediately if you cannot participate in Kiila rehabilitation. Let us know that you have to cancel by sending a message to us in the OmaKela e-service or by calling our customer service number for rehabilitation clients.

We recommend that you also contact the service provider to let them know you have to cancel.

Check if you can get rehabilitation allowance and travel cost reimbursements

Kela pays rehabilitation allowance to give you financial security during rehabilitation. Kela may also reimburse you for rehabilitation-related travel costs.