This interactive workshop will provide Return to Work Coordinators who have completed up to 6 months recent field experience with the skills and knowledge needed to

identify common and complex barriers to recovery and return to work,
develop appropriate strategies for overcoming these barriers.
devise effective strategies for working with medical practitioners and other health providers
describe pathways for the prevention and resolution of injury management disputes

Who should attend?

Return to Work Coordinators who:

have completed ‘Return-to-Work Coordination – Foundations’ or an equivalent course

have had up to 6 months recent field experience with assisting one or more workers with returning to work after injury.

Delivery:

This course will be delivered face-to-face. This session will be from 1pm-4pm.

You can also attend Return to Work Coordination- Foundations for Effective Practice if you are a newly-appointed, novice or aspiring Return to Work Coordinators (RTWC's) or RTWC's returning to the field who are seeking to ‘refresh’ their knowledge and skills.

You are also encouraged to attend Return to Work Coordination- Advanced Theory Practice if you have completed ‘Return-to-Work Coordination – Managing Complex Cases’ or an equivalent course or at least 6 months recent field experience in assisting workers in one or more workplaces with returning to work after injury.

If you register for 2 out of the 3 courses you will be eligible for free 1 on 1 coaching with the facilitator Jamie Travis (Please see further information on Jamie Travis in the description below)

About the trainer:

Jamie Travis

B.App.Sc.OT(Cumb); Dip.T.A.Sys; M.Int.Rel.(Macq); M.Res.(Macq)

Head of Health Policy & Professional Development

Nth°Degree Sciences

Jamie Travis has been training return-to-work coordinators in Australia since 1993 and, in the recent 20 years, he has co-authored introductory and advanced-level training courses in partnership with SIRA.

Jamie is a registered occupational therapist and health educator with 30 years clinical and field experience spanning neurology, acute and community mental health, and occupational rehabilitation.

From 1999 to 2002, Jamie was a senior officer with WorkCover NSW where he was engaged in the workers compensation scheme reform agenda.

In 2002, Jamie established Nth°Degree Sciences, through which he works with organisations in various industrial settings to improve the safety and quality of workplace health services.

Jamie’s special interests are neuroscience and pain education. He has research degrees in international relations and politics. His research interests include health system development in post-conflict societies.