Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant

**Company Description** IPAR** is a national occupational rehabilitation provider supporting thousands of people with return to work services. Whether it is through workplace rehabilitation, counselling, injury prevention or finding new employment, our care is tailored to each and every individual. We work with our clients to identify their goals and provide psychological or physical supports to help them live life to its fullest potential. Our team of highly skilled allied health professionals and employment consultants include Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Psychologists and Rehabilitation Counsellors. IPAR is just one of the purpose-built, industry leading brands in the global **MedHealth** network. We make impact and we achieve outcomes through the meaningful and purposeful work that we do every day.

We are looking for our next superstar to join our successful **Ballarat **team as a **Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant** on a Full Time basis.

In this role, you will provide vocational counselling and assessment services to assist with job placement and return to work predominantly within WorkCover (Experience in TAC, ComCare and Life Insurance schemes highly regarded).

Like our best performers, you will be a driven and energetic professional, with strong verbal and written communication skills. You will have the confidence to utilise initiative to solve problems and achieve outcomes. Your personable approach will assist to manage stakeholder expectations and to build strong relationships with key customers.

**Why Join Us?**
- Competitive remuneration with innovative **bonus scheme**:

- ** Flexible Hybrid office based role with WFH flexibility and flexible working hours**:

- ** Fitness Passport - **Discounted fitness membership and access to facilities Australia wide
- ** Access to IPAR’s amazing health and wellness program** with fun team monthly activities to support your overall well-being and to connect with your peers.
- Being part of **IPAR’s Star Award reward and recognition program** for top achievers
- ** Tailored career development pathways** - work for an organisation that really embraces a culture of **"promoting from within"**:

- ** Employee Referral Program** - Monetary incentive for recommending great talent
- Work within a multidisciplinary team who are knowledgeable, collaborative, supportive & fun
- A comprehensive induction program, buddy program and workplace mentoring to ensure a great start and ongoing support to excel

**Qualifications**
- Full Registration with appropriate governing body required (AHPRA, ASORC, AASW or ESSA)
- Tertiary Qualifications in Allied Health
- Experience in Occupational Rehabilitation (highly regarded);
- The ability to proactively manage a case load and achieve outstanding results for the customer and client;
- A passion for injury prevention, return to work, and the health benefits of work
- The ability to grow our services and build strong relationships with key customers
- Current driver's license and motor vehicle

**Additional Information**
Our core values are always at the heart of the work that we do every day:

- We act with **integrity**. We are honest, ethical, and transparent. We inspire trust through open communication;
- ** People** work together. We enable each other to thrive within a culture of collaboration, fun and high performance;
- We take pride in delivering an exceptional and seamless **customer** experience each and every time;
- ** Quality & Innovation** is at the forefront of our thinking. We have the courage to actively seek new opportunities and continually improve;
- We embrace **sustainability** across all aspects of our business including financial performance, service; design and delivering meaningful outcomes for our team, our customers and the communities that we work in.

For further information about the role, please contact the Talent Acquisition Lead, Grant Devlin on 0474 740 466 for a confidential discussion.

**You are welcome here.**

Our fast-growing team of more than 3,500 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences.

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.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.