Rehabilitation Consultant

2 weeks ago


Newcastle, Australia My Social Support Network Full time

**What is My Social Support Network?**

My Social Support Network is a Workplace Rehabilitation Provider working within the NSW Workers Compensation Scheme. We specialise in supporting people who are socially isolated, and experiencing a work-related psychological injury (primary and secondary) return to community and work after a psychological injury.

**What do My Social Support Network Rehabilitation Consultants do?**

My Social Support Network Rehabilitation Consultants support people with kindness and help people who have physical, psychological, or social barriers to returning to community or work. We work alongside our members and support them to achieve their recovery and rehabilitation goals. We create environments for our members to feel socially safe and encourage independence as well as support physical, emotional, and social wellbeing goals.

**About the Role**

We are seeking an “out of the box” thinking compassionate and committed rehabilitation consultant to help our members regain control of their recovery journey to improve their quality of life and attain the goals. Having experience with the NSW Workers Compensation Scheme is critical. In this role, you will have no billable hours. We just want you to be free to enjoy your work, focus on the people you serve and be able to use your critical thinking and health professional skills in creative and caring ways. You will be responsible for onboarding new members (injured workers) into the My Social Support Network online platform, conduct individual intake sessions, developing individual plans in line with our SIRA accreditation and develop strategies and work with stakeholders until the member has returned to community and or work.

**Rehabilitation Consultant Responsibilities**:

- **Work within NSW Workers Compensation Workplace Provider Framework**:

- Evaluating clients’ abilities, interests, experience, skills, health, and education.
- Assisting individuals to adapt to a disability acquired through injury later in life.
- Working alongside other healthcare workers to facilitate access to community and or social support.
- Work with our members to consider their individual strengths and limitations when creating individual rehabilitation and return to work or return to community plans and develop creative strategies to return to community and work.
- Developing My Social Support Network plans in consultation with members, doctors, therapists, and psychologists and or family members when required.
- Facilitate My Social Support Network live sessions through the My Social Support Network portal.
- Be creative in locating resources and / or community support.
- Identify career training opportunities and educating employers about the abilities and needs of clients.
- Cheering members on through their small win progress and adjusting plans as needed and report to stakeholders.

**Rehabilitation Consultant Requirements**:

- Extensive experience with physical and emotional disabilities, including substance abuse, grief, and emotional trauma within a workers compensation scheme.
- Competency with electronic health record system VINCI or similar.
- Experience with underlying health conditions.
- In-depth knowledge of how people function mentally, emotionally, and socially.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and caring nature.
- Able to work in a hybrid working environment across a variety of technology platforms.
- Excellent organisational skills, strong time management skills and commitment to attending to detail.
- Collaborative teammate with exceptional analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting skills.

**Qualifications**
- Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy, Exercise Physiology, Psychology, or Rehabilitation Counselling
- Full or Provisional registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) as a Psychologist or eligibility for full membership with Australian Society of Rehabilitation Counsellors (ASORC) or the Rehabilitation Counsellors Association of Australasia (RCAA) as a Rehabilitation Counsellor is mandatory or ESSA or Occupational Therapy Board, or APRHA
- A passion for reducing social isolation, helping people back to community, injury prevention, return to work, and the associated health benefits.

**You are welcome here.**

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers, and Indigenous Australians to our team. When you join MSSN, we want you to bring your whole self to work - and we value your unique contribution.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 38 per week

**Salary**: $85,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Work from home

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus

**Experience**:

- Rehabilitation Counsellin



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