job seeker employer public-private cooperation reintegration: 2nd track Home The value of work Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about the value of work. What is the value of a new employee: does it count or does it not count? What is the value of the work that is done and the reward that comes with it: wage cost subsidy or wage dispensation? However, the real value of work is much greater. It cannot be captured in a number or compensated in the form of a subsidy or benefit. You participate and you matter! I myself have worked as a job coach and took over the coaching of a young man with an intellectual disability from a colleague. He worked at the local supermarket. He still lived at home and to get a good idea of the coaching questions, I also spoke with his mother. She gave me a razor-sharp picture of the value of work. She told her son's life story. After his birth, the doctors gave them little hope. Fortunately, things got better over time, but he turned out to have an intellectual disability. At the school for children with learning difficulties, a future was sketched within daytime activities. Her son would never be able to function independently in the labor market and would always remain dependent on his parents. And see him now. He has a permanent contract at the local supermarket where everyone knows him and is satisfied with him. At the end of each month, he takes his parents out for dinner. The highlight is the moment when he goes to pay: with his own debit card he pays from the money he earned himself. The sense of pride in both the boy and his parents is the value of work. Of course we also have to talk about the census and about dispensation or subsidy, but above all we have to make sure that we give as many employers as possible the opportunity to make such a huge difference in the life of someone with a disability. Because everyone deserves to participate. Cristel Poortenaar Director Calder Works source: www.opnaarde100000.nl Latest vacancies We work together with Latest news items Bezorger Supermarkt Utrecht ANIOS/basisarts, 8-40 uur (ZZP/loondienst) Housekeeping assistent Raamsdonksveer Oproep OVAL en Noloc: Zet nu loopbaanadvies in, uitstel levert schade op Werkervaring opdoen bij SABIC De waarde van werk Succesvolle samenwerking Calder Werkt en Sitech Services Gemeenten negeren wettelijke taaleis bijstand complaints privacy declaration