Role of the Return to Work Coordinator - VIC

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 our EML Melbourne office - 385 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000.
• Day one of this course will be hosted from 9:00am-4:00pm on 8 February.
• Day two of this course will be hosted from 9:00am-4:00pm on 9 February.
• Catering will be provided for this event. Please advise us if you have any allergies. 

ABOUT THE TRAINER

Meg Hansson, Learning and Development Specialist, EML

Meg has over 20 years experience in the workers’ compensation, return to work and occupational health and safety industry. During this time Meg has applied her skills, knowledge and experience in a range of roles including as a trainer and facilitator, return to work coordinator, learning designer, consultant and auditor. Meg has extensive experience interpreting legislation and is passionate about helping learners achieve their career and study goals.
Meg holds a Diploma of Workplace Health and Safety, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, Diploma of Fitness and a Diploma of Human Resources.

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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