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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Consult with stakeholders
   • Establish stakeholder working relationships in rehabilitation and/or return to work and health process in accordance with organisational guidelines and case requirements
   • Provide accurate and timely information to stakeholders on status of person in accordance with legislative requirements
2. Determine needs of injured person
   • Determine needs of injured person in line with physiological and psychosocial impact of injury
   • Arrange or conduct assessments, taking into consideration person’s capacity and disability, in accordance with organisational policy and procedures
   • Identify work interests and transferable skills to assist in choice of employment options available to injured person
3. Develop return to work or injury management strategies
   • Actively consult with stakeholders to identify availability of duties or return to community options for injured person
   • Undertake referrals with stakeholders as necessary to determine functional capacity evaluation and to match work requirements as required
   • Develop objectives, goals and parameters for return to work or injury management program in consultation with key stakeholders
   • Communicate parameters and requirements of return to work or injury management of injured person to all parties in accordance with organisational guidelines and legislative requirements
4. Review and monitor return to work or injury management strategies
   • Establish and maintain monitoring protocols to review return to work and health program in accordance with organisational guidelines and legislative requirements
   • Communicate liability requirements to employer in accordance with legislative requirements
   • Consult with injured person and stakeholders to obtain feedback on progress and achievement of return to work or injury management program
   • Arrange modifications to return to work or injury management programs and additional services to address issues and deficiencies identified through consultation process

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

consult with stakeholders and identify areas of employment suited to an injured person

develop return to work and health programs

review and monitor return to work and health strategies.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

describe the key features of legislative requirements as they relate to the development, implementation and monitoring of return to work and health programs

identify and discuss organisational requirements and guidelines as they relate to the development, implementation and monitoring of return to work and health programs

identify the roles and functions of stakeholder groups available to support the development of return to work and health programs

explain the key physiology and psychosocial barriers impacting on return to work and/or injury management programs.

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