Avoid potential fines. Know your rehabilitation obligations and facilitate a smooth transition back to productivity.

This WorkSafe Victoria endorsed Return to Work program is designed to equip RTW Coordinators with the tools they need to effectively manage return to work under the requirements of the legislation and the principles of effective injury management.

Returning injured employees is an important part of their rehabilitation. An unsuccessful or prolonged return to work can be detrimental to your staff and your organisation. Additionally, the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act requires employers to meet certain obligations regarding occupational rehabilitation and the return of injured workers to work. Failure to meet these obligations can expose you to significant fines and potential prosecution.

This course covers the importance of establishing and implementing return to work plans that give the best chance of measuring a worker's compliance, and the consequences should a worker fail to meet their obligations under the Act.

A WorkSafe endorsed Certificate will be provided upon full participation in the two-day RTWC program.

This year, exclusively for our EML customers, this course will be offered for free.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

During this program you will increase your knowledge of:

the purpose and nature of occupational rehabilitation and risk management programs in the workplace, and be able to analyse these programs for effectiveness and completeness
the role and the key responsibilities of the return-to-work coordinator
the purpose and nature of return to work plans and offers of suitable employment
how to support injured workers in the workplace
developing policies, procedures and an injury management framework that enables you to respond to workplace injuries
deal confidently with treating practitioners and other key parties in the return-to-work process.

RECOMMENDED FOR

This course is suited to nominated return to work coordinators based in Victoria and anyone else responsible for helping injured colleagues return to work.

DURATION

two days

DELIVERY

This event will be held face-to-face in Dexus Place on Bourke St, Melbourne.
Day one of this course will be hosted from 9:00am-4:00pm on 5 September.
Day two of this course will be hosted from 9:00am-4:00pm on 6 September.
Catering will be provided for this event. Please advise us if you have any allergies.

ABOUT THE TRAINER

Teresa Coffey, Workplace Interventions

As the lead facilitator at WorkPlace Interventions, Teresa is a highly qualified and experienced industry professional with over 20 years of facilitation experience. Teresa is an ASORC Registered Rehabilitation Counsellor, specialising in complex claims and return to work.

Teresa is a subject matter expert with a real passion and, importantly significant knowledge base for improving return to work and mental health knowledge within the workplace and community. Having worked across multiple industries and employer settings, Teresa regularly supports organisation to navigate the challenges and opportunities associated with health and safety (e.g., psychosocial hazards), injury management, mental health, and wellbeing.

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We offer a large range of face-to-face and virtual training courses for our customers. Our courses do book out quickly, so please make sure you visit our training home page and secure your tickets today.

Through our Mutual Benefits Program we also offer online training, tools and resources to help prevent workplace injuries and improve return to work outcomes for injured workers, including:

courses on our EMlearning platform, such as "Workers Compensation Essentials - Victoria", that are exclusively available to our EML customers
our EML Offer with Nth Degree, which provides access to personalised one-on-one coaching for a Return to Work Coordinator