Rehabilitation Consultant

Company Description

IPAR is a national occupational rehabilitation provider supporting thousands of people who may be living with an illness, disability, or injury. Whether it's 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.

This is an opportunity to work within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team who are collaborative, supportive & fun Joining the team as a Rehabilitation Consultant, you will be provided with all the tools, support, and training to set you up to succeed in your career.

Why joins us?

• Competitive remuneration with innovative incentive and bonus schemes
• Corporate benefits including Fitness Passport, Travel Perks, Novated Leasing, Salary Packaging, EAP, Parental & Purchased Leave.
• Access to IPAR's health and wellness program with fun team monthly activities to support your overall well-being and to connect with your peers
• IPAR's Star Award reward and recognition program for top achievers
• A "promote from within" culture where every team member is supported to build a career
• Employee Referral Program - Monetary incentives for recommending great talent
• Be part of a diverse and multidisciplinary team who are knowledgeable, collaborative, supportive & fun
• A comprehensive onboarding program to ensure a great start and ongoing support to excel
• Opportunity to join our Diversity & Inclusion committees, including the IPAR Pride Group, i-parent, Reconciliation Action Plan committee.

Job Description

We currently have a fantastic opportunity to join our Canberra team, a close-knit group of passionate professionals who genuinely care about each other and the community we serve. Whether it's morning coffees, friendly table tennis games or collaborating on complex cases with a spirit of curiosity and care, the Canberra team is known for its warm, supportive culture and strong multidisciplinary expertise. As a Rehabilitation Consultant here, you'll be surrounded by colleagues who lift each other up, and you'll be equipped with tailored training, tools, and mentorship to help you thrive both professionally and personally.

In this diverse role, you will enjoy the flexibility and autonomy to manage your own day. You will have the support of a strong, close team of driven and energetic healthcare professionals where you can provide holistic support to clients and providing occupational rehabilitation services to clients with a range of conditions, both physical and psychological and supporting them to achieve positive return to health and return to work.

Some of your day to day includes:

• Case management (caseloads are manageable, and our consultants have the support of Rehabilitation Assistants to alleviate administrative tasks)
• Applying your clinical knowledge to improve return to work outcomes
• Working with employers and employees to develop and implement injury prevention and workplace education programs
• Working collaboratively with injured workers, employers, medical and allied health professionals
• Completing a variety of assessments using your clinical and discipline specific allied health skills, such as Functional Capacity Evaluations, Worksite Assessments, Ergonomic Assessments, and Activities of Daily Living Assessments.

We welcome new graduates to apply Permanent Full Time position or min Part Time 4 days.

Check out our company video if you want to see what IPAR is all about

Qualifications

You'll be a driven and energetic professional with hopefully all of the qualities below

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work or Nursing
• Full Professional Membership with AASW or Full Professional Registration with AHPRA (or eligbility to obtain either)
• Strong interpersonal skills - there is a lot of getting to know your clients and stakeholders
• Excellent Time management and organizational skills
• Empathy, paired with genuine compassion and kindness, makes all the difference in this role.
• Patience and resilience - essential for navigating challenges and supporting clients through their recovery journey
• A current Driver's License and access to own car with comprehensive insurance is a must

Additional Information

Every day, we seek better together, for our clients, our customers, our community and each other.

Here at IPAR, we have three simple but powerful values that drive every decision we make as a business and as a team. Our values have been created by our people and reflect the incredible team that work here, and what is important to them.

Great People - To be an IPARian means being caring, collaborative and inclusive. We're accountable, approachable and authentic, lifting ourselves and others to be the best we can be each and every day.

Big Hearts - We're here to make a positive difference for our clients, our customers, our team and our community. We believe in making meaningful connections as we support people in their time of need.

Bold Ideas - Is there a better way? Let's find it. We show curiosity and courage in the face of challenge or change and draw on experts, insights and evidence to continually deliver the highest quality solutions.

If you would like to have a confidential discussion about the role [quoting REF6375M] or if you want to express interest in a career with IPAR, please reach out to Talent Acquisition Specialist, Grant Devlin on

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.