Certificate of Rehabilitation and Return to Work Programming

Unit 1 – Coordinate rehabilitation and return to work programs

• Organisations workers compensation insurance police
• Schemes
• Registration certificates
• Self-insurers
• Process claims
• Notify rehabilitation provider
• Advise claimants if claim is accepted
• Identify illness and prepare required documents
• Period of absence and rehabilitation assistance required
• Risk assessment
• Ensuring consultation occurs
• Rehabilitation
• Coordinate job redesign, reduced hours
• Design a return to work program
• Obtain approval for program
• Coordinate with the employee
• Risk analysis
• Regular communication between all parties
• Common challenges and solutions
• Identify breaches and suggest remedial action
• Resignations and notice
• Notifying workers compensation authorities when breaches occur
• Modify return to work programs
• Evaluation
• Relevant legislation

Unit 2 – Assist with managing WHS implications of return to work

• Identify return-to-work requirements
• Legislative requirements for return to work
• Facilitating an injured worker returning to work
• Worker’s compensation schemes
• Rights, roles, duties and responsibilities (worker, schemes and employer)
• Employers responsibilities
• Injured workers supervisor’s responsibilities
• Return to work coordinator’s responsibilities
• Insurer’s roles, rights and responsibilities
• Health providers duties and responsibilities
• Injury management coordinator’s duties and responsibilities
• Organisational requirements for return to work
• Assist and preparing for injured worker to return to work
• Identify suitable return-to-work duties
• Involving all parties to confirm duties
• Identifying barriers to a worker returning to work
• Preparing and designing a return to work program
• Identify and manage health and safety risks to other team members
• Establish a return to work agreement
• Other information to include in agreement
• Assist with implementing return to work
• Identify hazards in the work environment for injured worker
• Risk management
• Changes and modifications to work environment
• Consulting with rehabilitation coordinator
• Monitor and evaluating return to work
• Gather feedback from all parties
• Facilitate communication between parties
• Monitor return to work plan
• Identify and address any non-compliance
• Address any hazards
• Hierarchy of controls model
• Evaluate program
• Evaluate case manager’s and rehab providers performance
• Were the organisations policies and procedures effective?