Advanced Return to Work Training – a humanising approach (Sydney)

Key Questions:

• Are you frustrated by the workers compensation system and looking for more innovative and ‘humanising’ ways to navigate through it?
• Are you interested in learning about motivation and how this can better support people with injuries?
• Do you want to learn more about decision making by people involved with Return to Work including; people with injuries, doctors, insurers and the many others impacted by injuries?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, this Workshop may be for you.

The Workshop is being held at the iconic Wayside Chapel in Sydney which provides the perfect setting for a better understanding of people and a humanising approach.

Workshop Facilitators

This Workshop will be facilitated by James Ellis from Framework Group and Rob Sams from Dolphyn.

James and Rob provide a unique mix of both hands on experience and study in the fields injury management, physiotherapy, social psychology along with health, safety and well-being. The focus of their work is to develop a more humanising approach to Return to Work which seeks to benefit people who are injured at work along with their employer.

Looking for a Taste of What You Might Experience?

James and Rob prepared this short video a little while ago and they will give you an introduction to their approach.

• Recent Blog by James – Humanising Workers Compensation: The Missed Opportunity
• Recent Blog by Rob – Wrestling in the Mud

A Unique Approach to Injury Management and RTW

We have a a unique model of injury management that allows our employer clients to maintain and enhance their relationships with their workers which, in turn, has positive organisational implications. We believe that injury management provides employers with a portal through which they can demonstrate how much they care about their team. We understand that mistakes and injuries are inevitable, because people are fallible, but this same fallibility provides opportunities for learning and enrichment of relationships.

During this Workshop, you will learn more about our approach including:

• An understanding of human motivation
• The impact that our social environment (including culture) can have on RTW
• A better understanding of decision making including from the perspective of people who are injured, doctors and other people involved in the process

Our approach is to value people and relationships more than process. Our goal is to facilitate recovery and prevention, in the context of learning. In fact, we have learnt that by humanising injury management, we can impact an organisation in a powerful way that can permeate and enhance the culture. We’ll share Case Studies of how we have gone about it.

We know that workers compensation presents many challenges, some predictable and many that are not. We don’t promise predictability but we can help you to enhance your organisation’s resilience with respect to injuries. We believe it is possible to look after your staff before and after an injury in a way that improves morale, gives you back time in your day and also saves you money

Who Would Benefit From Attending?

Anyone who has an interest in or works in the field of injury management and RTW will benefit from this Workshop. Specifically though, this would include:

• Injury Managers
• RTW Coordinators
• HR Managers and Coordinators
• Case Managers and other working in the insurance industry
• Injury Treatment Providers and other medical practitioners
• Rehabilitation Consultants
• Health and Safety Personnel

What do you Receive?

All participants will receive:

• Course material including notes and tools to support implementation
• A copy of Robert Sams’ book Social Sensemaking in  which James has written a number of Chapters
• Morning Tea, Lunch and Afternoon Tea on both days
• Access to ongoing learning portals and material