205 Training for supervisors to guide employees with a work disability Recruitment ‘Mentorwijs’ is implemented by different municipal organizations in the Netherlands. A total of 164 supervisors who guide employees with a work disability and signed up to follow ‘Mentorwijs’ between May 2019 and January 2021 were invited to participate in this study. Supervisors worked in different organizations in the Netherlands in the regions Rivierenland, Helmond-De Peel and Foodvalley, that employ employees with a work disability in sheltered workplaces and/or in the regular labor market. At the start of the training, researchers informed all 164 supervisors about the aim and methods of the study, and thereafter invited supervisors to participate in this study. If they agreed to participate, they provided informed consent and were asked to complete a baseline questionnaire at the start of the training. The follow-up questionnaires were completed online. Supervisors were also asked to help recruit employees with a work disability that they guided at the workplace. For every supervisor we aimed to recruit at least one employee with a work disability they guide at the workplace. However, it is unclear how many employees were invited to participate in this study. Supervisors asked their employees with a work disability whether the researchers could visit their workplace and to inform them about the study. After employees signed informed consent, they were asked to complete a short questionnaire to, among other things, obtain information to identify employees in register data. Questionnaire data-collection among employees Baseline questionnaires were completed by employees with a work disability between the start (T0) and completion of the training (T1), as employees were recruited through their supervisor who already started with the training. The questionnaire provided information on general characteristics of employees, type of work, type of work disability, work ability (i.e. based on the work ability index) (16) and work satisfaction. Register data-collection among employees We used register data to gain more knowledge on sustainable employment of employees with a work disability whose supervisors participated in ‘Mentorwijs’ and from a matched control group of employees whose supervisors did not participate in ‘Mentorwijs’. Register data from Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on employment were available before and after the end of the training and were calculated on a monthly basis, up to 12 months. Primary outcome measures for sustainable employment were 1) being employed for at least 1 hour per month, 2) being employed for at least 12 hours per week, and 3) being employed for at least 3 consecutive months (≥1 hour/month). Secondary outcome measures for those in employment were type of contract, number of working hours per week and wage per hour. Also, background characteristics of employees, job 7
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