Articles tagged under ‘RTW coordinator’

Articles 1 - 57 of 57

• Webinar recording: Speak to recover — the art of messaging in injury care

  Dr Mary Wyatt explores the effects of messaging on managing work-related injuries. She uses 2 case studies — on back pain and supervisor involvement — to analyse the role of communication and offer strategies for approaching this important topic.

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• Challenges and opportunities — the lie of the land through the eyes of RTW Coordinators

  What challenges do RTW Coordinators face? And what training and other needs do they have to do their jobs with confidence?

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• Webinar recording: Q&A with ReturnToWorkSA – Lighting the way for RTW Coordinators

  In this Q&A session, Mary Wyatt interviews ReturnToWorkSA Employer Education Advisor, Houda Peters on the many resources available for RTW Coordinators. 

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• RTW: from policy to practice — union views from the coalface

  Three union advocates give us their insights into the factors that can help improve RTW outcomes for workers, particularly those with psychological injuries.

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• Getting the workplace onside

  A guide to help insurance case managers, RTW Coordinators and rehabilitation providers motivate immediate supervisors and senior managers to better manage work injury.

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• What do case managers value about their work?

  Forty-six Australian case managers tell Return to Work Matters about the most rewarding aspect of their role.

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• Webinar recording: Two highly experienced and effective case managers share their experience of what works

  Dr Wyatt interviews two case managers involved in an extremely effective evidenced based proactive and early intervention approach.

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• Webinar recording: Return to Work Coordinators, Doctors and Return to Work: an update

  New research on the influence of return to work coordinators and health care providers on return to work

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• Time management approaches

  Learn how to reduce stress, improve productivity and increase your engagement with good time management skills.

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• Three steps to getting the appreciation you deserve

  Feeling overworked and underappreciated? Here’s a simple, three-step plan to help you show ‘em what you’re worth.

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• Webinar recording: RTWCs & Doctors: Their influence on return to work

  RTW Coordinators and health care providers: Longitudinal studies into their impact on RTW

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• Webinar recording: RTW Coordinators - The real 'Gatekeepers' of the RTW process

  An academic from the University of NSW shares insights from research that explores the best ways to select and train RTW Coordinators to ensure they excel at facilitating the return to work.

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• Good news: RTWMatters is free for RTW Coordinators in South Australia

  RTW Coordinators, are you missing out on help from a RTW ally? Or keeping a good thing to yourself? Take advantage of your free access to RTWMatters

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• RTW cooperation is more effective than control

  Cooperation is vital in return to work. Whose buy-in is essential? How can you get it? And why should RTW Coordinators prioritise a team approach?

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• Better Workplace Systems: how to implement them

  This article takes you through some effective ways of making sure that your workplace systems are in order.

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• Case management in a nutshell

  The management of the work attendance of people with health condition is sometimes called case management. Here we cover the basics, including who, what, where, when.

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• Template Injury Management Policy

  Are injury management policies a mystery to you? This template should help.

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• 2015 RTW Matters Reader Survey: Feedback

  This survey article looks at how you use the RTW Matters website. What's useful? How do you use the information? How can we improve the service?

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• Case Study: Exploring other job options

  This case study explores the importance of providing options for the injured worker's return to work.

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• Role Summary: Return to Work Coordinator

  Effective RTW coordinators play a vital role in injury management and prevention. It's neither a small role nor an easy one, and RTW co-ordinators shouldn't attempt to do it all.

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• Jane Braddy: RTW in Home and Aged Care

  According to WorkSafe Victoria, workers in residential care, including aged care, have a higher than average chance of being injured at work.

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• Webinar Recording: Employers taking the lead role

  In this webinar Kerry Foster, Director of Active Occupational Health Services, will discuss the importance of the employer’s involvement in the return to work.

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• Webinar Recording: Getting stuck on modified duties - a case discussion

  Deborah Howard, a US return to work manager, faces many of the same issues Australian employers and insurers deal with.

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• Case Study: Let the client help you help them

  Each client comes with their own unique history, personality and circumstances.

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• Injustice in return to work: part 2

  A sense of unfairness may lead to worse health outcomes for injured workers.

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• Injustice in return to work: part 1

  Workers' compensation systems can leave clients feeling betrayed. This sense of unfairness may hinder a client's return to work.

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• Team Building...literally - Part 2

  If an organisation has a workers' compensation function that needs to be managed in-house, how can you build the right team?

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• Team Building...literally - Part 1

  If an organisation has a workers' compensation function that needs to be managed in-house, how can you build the right team?

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• Webinar Recording: RTW - Human Resources says you get the results you deserve

  Neil Thompson, a Human Resources manager with decades of experience in workers compensation, discusses what goes on the 'factory floor' regarding return to work.

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• The forest for the trees

  Identify the variables of chronic pain to achieve holistic return to work

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• Case study: Tact and trust

  Are your innovative ideas constantly met with suspicion? This case study from cotton-milling industrial revolution Scotland looks at how tact builds trust - and what squanders it.

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• Takeover opportunity

  What RTW and OHS challenges and opportunities can you expect when your company takes over another business?

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• The Juggling Act

  Return to work coordination and everything else.

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• RTW Coordinating in a nut-shell

  Ever get looked at like YOU'RE a nut when you try and explain what you do? Here's a party-friendly description of RTW coordination!

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• Position Vacant - RTW Coordinator

  What AM I worth? And how does this compare to what prospective employers THINK I'm worth?

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• Kicking goals

  Goal setting is a vital tool in the return to work process, but using it effectively can pose a challenge.

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• Building your RTW toolkit

  Joanne Taranto explains how a RTW toolkit will expand your resources and get better results.

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• Getting RTW buy-in

  Seasoned return to work professional Joanne Taranto explains the basis of a great RTW program.

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• Return to work professional: more than just a job?

  Overworked? Underappreciated? Remember why you do what you do.

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• Managing up

  Influencing people above you in the organisational hierarchy is good for your career and can help you achieve more in your role. What are the secrets?

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• White collar, blue collar

  Are you a RTW professional daunted by the prospect of working with a predominantly blue collar workforce? You're not alone. Here are ten tried and tested tips for building rapport.

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• Bring body, breath AND mind to work

  Most of us do not think about consciously connecting our mind with our body, breath and soul; but research shows benefits for RTW.

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• The RTW Coordinator from Hades!

  In this case study a process and profit focused RTW Coordinator impedes the return-to-work of an injured worker.

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• The heart of RTW

  In this dispatch from the desk of a RTW Coordinator, a stint as a claimant brings a whole new perspective on case management...

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• Adventures in leadership

  Read Mary's guide to fearless RTW Coordination leadership, then take up our Choose Your Own Adventure Leadership Challenge!

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• Motivate yourself, motivate your team

  A RTW coordinator's busy role can often put them at risk of stalling. We look at how to shift motivation up a gear.

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• 8 tips for a great relationship - working with the claims manager

  We respond to a Return to Work Coordinator's query about resolving problems between employers and insurers.

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• Not a Good Week?

  Dispatch from the desk of a RTW Coordinator, tackling re-injury and a nasty case of badweekitis.

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• RTW Coordinators: be true to yourselves!

  Figuring out whether you're a team player or a solo flier, a nurturer or a strategist can make your job a whole lot easier...

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• What is a RTW coordinator?

  Jack of all trades? Conjurer of motivation and modified duties? Piggy in the middle? We lay it all out on the table...

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• Who at your work would make the best RTW coordinator?

  How do employers know who is the right staff member to delegate the role of RTW coordinator?

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• How to recognise if you're "in the zone" at work

  Missing the zing in your step? Here's some help to refresh at work and steps to getting in the work groove.

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• What skills do I need as a RTW Coordinator?

  And how do I get those skills? Are they the same for Coordinators in companies of all sizes?

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• Backing up case management with software

  Intuition Software's Paul Eastman gets technical, explaining the ins and outs of an underused resource - workers comp software.

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• RTW: no yellow brick road

  The path to return to work shouldn't have to be long and difficult

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• Do you yawn enough to be a good RTW professional?

  Researchers find that contagious yawning indicates empathy.

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• Towards a better workplace

  Opening up lines of communication is essential in the return to work process.

Archived Articles 1 - 13 of 13

• Deirdre Francis: RTW in the police force

  Deirdre Francis discusses some of the challenges of RTW in the Victorian police force.

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• Return to work support profile - Tasmania

  As part of a continuing series on the resources available to Return to Work Coordinators in 2011, we take a look at WorkCover Tasmania's Return to Work Division.

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• Return to work support profile - Western Australia

  As part of a continuing series on the resources available to Return to Work Coordinators in 2011, we take a look at WorkCover WA's Return to Work Division.

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• Return to work support profile - New South Wales

  As part of a continuing series on the resources available to Return to Work Coordinators in 2011, we take a look at WorkCover NSW's Return to Work unit.

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• Return to work support profile - Queensland

  As part of a continuing series on the resources available to Return to Work Coordinators in 2011, we take a look at Q-COMP's Return to Work Assist unit in Queensland.

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• Return to work support profile - South Australia

  As part of a continuing series on the resources available to Return to Work Coordinators in 2011, we take a look at WorkCover SA's Return to Work Inspectorate and Support Unit.

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• Return to Work Support Profile - Victoria

  This is the first in a series of articles examining resources available to Return to Work Coordinators in 2011 across various jurisdictions. To kick things off, we take a look at WorkSafe Victoria's Return to Work Division.

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• Helping them help you: upcoming study on RTW coordinator training

  RTW Matters speaks to Joanna Bohatko-Naismith about her study on the adequacy of RTW Coordinator training

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• Nurses lead way in RTW

  The Nurses Return To Work in Hospitals Project yielded gems. One insight: forgetting about RTW financials helps the bottom line.

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• RTW Matters summer reading package

  We bring you a collection of our best tips for even better RTW in 2012.

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• And the biggest RTW challenge is...

  RTW Coordinators nominate the top RTW challenges faced by employers, workers and treating practitioners

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• What lessons from a room full of RTW Coordinators?

  Lessons gained from a room of RTW Coordinators include making sure the role is more than just an add-on - read on for more!

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• Plentiful pay-offs: training RTW coordinators

  Teresa Coffey is a manager with Nabenet, training in the area of RTW. She speaks from experience and has lots of good advice to offer.

Research 1 - 9 of 9

• Case management survey: caseloads, commitment and self-training

  We share results from the 2021 Return to Work Matters Case Management Survey, completed by more than 60 insurance case managers, RTW Coordinators and rehabilitation professionals.

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• Hospital, union collaborate on good RTW medicine

  Employer, union collaboration on disability management policy and RTW planning leads to 50% drop in time lost to injury at a large Canadian healthcare organisation.

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• Training to fail?

  Australian Return to Work Coordinators complain about the quality and relevance of the training they receive. How can we do better?

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• Research short: Professional supervision for rehab providers

  A survey of rehabilitation and return to work managers in Queensland has led to calls for greater professional development through mentoring and supervision.

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• Research short: Understanding who wants what

  Different RTW players have different objectives. Research suggests that this knowledge can help you reduce paperwork. Whaaat? Read on!

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• Look after others, and look after yourself!

  A self-evaluation tool is described which may assist healthcare professionals to develop self-resilience and equip them to identify, prioritise and achieve personal and professional goals.

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• Self management strategies: Coaching the coaches

  Many self care coaches have no formal training. Does coaching the coaches improve performance?

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• RTW Coordinators on RTW Coordinators

  From the horse's mouth: Skillful communication, negotiation, problem solving and workplace knowledge are more important than medical or technical insights.

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• Return-to-work coordinators: who are they and what do they do?

  A detailed review of the tasks and role of coordinators