Injury Management

Working Life is a Nationally Accredited workplace rehabilitation provider with WorkCover, Western Australia. Working life is also a Comcare accredited workplace rehabilitation provider.
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We adopt a multi-disciplinary approach to resolving injuries, and illnesses, focusing on a safe, durable and effective return to work, supporting all those involved in workplace injuries and /illnesses. We do  this by a process of actively coordinating relevant services with key stakeholders (workers, employers, doctors, insurers and other allied health professionals).
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Injury management is an active process that involves the coordination of specific services and consultation with all relevant parties to return an ill or injured worker to suitable duties consistent with medical opinion. Vocational rehabilitation and return to work plans are collaboratively developed with a return to work outcome. We can assist injured or ill employees return to their pre- injury occupation, an alternate role with their current employer or assist with the placement with the view of a new occupation.

Vocational assessment & Vocational Re-direction

Assistance is provided to injured employees in identifying their transferrable skills, their strengths and aptitude, matching it with both medical and labour market factors in identifying a suitable role for the to return to.

Functional capacity evaluation

FCE’s occur in consultation with medical opinion and are undertaken to understand and establish physical abilities of injured workers so return to work options can be identified or capacity better understood in vocational terms.

Work trials

Host employers are identified allowing injured and / or ill workers a period of safe and supported return to work to increase confidence, clarify work capacity and develop further skills.

Emotional well-being/stress claims

As these claims have the tendency to cost the most, at Working Life we encourage early intervention, and accurate understanding of the factors contributing to the injury. A thorough psycho social assessment and a solutions focussed approach is adopted.

Ergonomic reviews

Better understanding of the role of human factors and their interaction with the workplace is critical in ensuring return to work programs are successful or may allow changes to be made that will allow an employee to remain in the workforce.

Alternate duty register

A systematic review of a workplace and the current roles, identifying physical and psycho social factors, separating individual tasks that when isolated or combined with a specified number of other tasks can be undertaken as part of return to work programs

What is Injury Management?

It is a specific service provided by Working that is designed to support you remain at work, or return to work. It is provided by Working Life who are an approved and independent Workcover Workplace Rehabilitation Provider. We have qualified and experienced consultants

What is a Workplace Rehabilitation Provider (WRP)?

WRPs are approved by WorkCover WA and have the appropriate qualifications, experience and expertise to provide relevant services based on the assessed need of the worker and the workplace. Working Life has been a WRP since 1996.

What does a WRP do?

An approved workplace rehabilitation provider can assist the employer and injured worker if there are problems with the return to work process. WRPs are commonly health professional such as occupational therapists, physiotherapists or psychologists who have expertise in addressing the physical, psychological and/or workplace barriers that may prevent an injured worker returning to work

Who pays for a WRP?

The employer’s workers compensation insurer is responsible for fees incurred which aim to assit the injured or ill employee remain or return to work.