Case Management Handbook

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About this site

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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

Recognising psychosocial barriers early
Dr Mary Wyatt | The difference between a smooth recovery and return to work and one that stalls usually comes down to noticing and acting on the psychosocial signals that show up in the first few weeks.
Companion piece: Recognising psychosocial barriers early — Noticing on a busy day
Dr Mary Wyatt | Noticing the worker whose recovery is drifting is rarely on the file or in the question they ask. It’s in the pattern and the tone of ordinary contact. Catching it only takes one more minute and one more question.
Predicting RTW success for workers with chronic low back pain
Lauren Finestone | Helping workers with low back pain return to work means focusing on psychological factors, health behaviours and workplace characteristics as well as their physical condition.
How you say it matters — The case for better communication in workers’ comp
Lauren Finestone | When a worker is injured on the job, the phone calls, letters and conversations that follow can shape their recovery just as much as the medical treatment they receive.
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