Case Management Handbook

Case
Management
Handbook

Articles and Topics

Articles
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Topics

Tools and Templates

Tools
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Templates

eLearning Modules

eLearning
Modules

About this site

About
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ReturnToWorkSA has partnered with RTW Matters to provide South Australian Return to Work Coordinators with a free online resource. This website gives coordinators access to practical injury management tools and instructive articles that summarize the findings of evidence based research.

ReturnToWorkSA also has Employer Education Advisors who can provide support to coordinators to improve procedures to maximize return to work, deliver education to your management to better understand the process. For further information or to contact an Employer Education Advisor call (08) 8238 5944 or (08) 8238 5997 or email coordinators@rtwsa.com


An introduction to using Return to Work Matters resources by Dr Mary Wyatt.

Resources on this site

Case Management Handbook: The RTW Matters Injury and Case Management Handbook provides practical, simple and clear information to help you assist an employee after a work injury.

Articles & Topics: Features a wide selection of practical and informative articles over a broad range of topics. Click through the topics in the left hand column to narrow the list to your areas of interest.

Tools & Templates: A collection of down-loadable letters, forms and info packs to help you streamline your work, presentations you can use to influence others, and surveys to check on how employees are going.

e-learning Portal: A collection of 20 video based elearning modules which can help develop your knowledge and skills as a return to work coordinator.

More Resources: Explore our Links to worldwide RTW resources, view our Webinar Recordings with industry experts, or delve deeper into RTW management in our Workplace Systems Handbook.

Search: Use our search feature to locate articles and tools specific to your workplace, return to work case or your own professional development.

Recent Newsletter Articles

It’s time to bring a wide-angle lens to understanding pain
Lauren Finestone | Taking a wide-angle view of pain — one that looks beyond the physical to encompass the psychological and the social — can help people live fuller, more satisfying lives.
Speak to recover — the art of messaging in injury care (Part 2)
Dr Mary Wyatt | Dr Mary Wyatt explores the effects of communication on work-related injuries. In Part 2 of this summary of her webinar, she uses the example of back pain to explore what messages we usually give patients, and how we can do better.
Supervisor support shields employees from the effects of workplace bullying
Lauren Finestone | Workers who receive support from their supervisors are less likely to experience bullying or distress and the desire to leave their jobs when bullying does occur.
Webinar recording - The Workers' Voice Project: Re-imagining Workers’ Compensation from a lived experience perspective
Professor Alex Collie | Presented by Professor Alex Collie, Director of the Healthy Working Lives Research Group at Monash University, this research aims to address the stress and complexity that many injured workers face during the claims process.