You may be entitled to vocational rehabilitation if you were determined, by a Medical Committee of the National Insurance Institute, a degree of disability of at least 20% and meet the following conditions:
- You are an Israeli residentA person whose life is centered in Israel. Criteria for determining this include: Israel is your permanent place of residence, where your family resides, where your children go to school, your primary place of work, or where you are studying. , above 18 years old and have not yet reached retirement age.
- Due to the consequences of your disability on functioning, you are not able to work in your previous occupation or in any other kind of work suitable to your education, skills and previous employment experience.
- You require vocational training in order to integrate the labor market.
- You are suitable for vocational rehabilitation, since at the end of rehabilitation you will have the actual ability to integrate a remunerated occupation on the free labor market.
Please note that the spouse of a disabled person who is not suitable for rehabilitation, may be entitled to vocational rehabilitation. For further details, click here.