Rehabilitation Consultant

What sets Konekt apart:

Konekt Workcare makes a difference by helping Australians into work, back to work, and be well when at work and to maximise workforce participation.

We're looking for self-starting graduates to join our two-year graduate program at our Canberra office, you will be joining a supportive team of rehabilitation consultants in our mission to help Australians be safe and well at work.

Everyday can look different at Konekt... but in general, you'll be:

• Provide initial assessment, testing and brief interventions for job seekers who have psychosocial and mental health barriers to obtaining or sustaining employment
• Perform new employment vocational assessments, transferable skills analysis, recovery support
• Conduct initial assessments with injured workers and case management for return to same employment
• Assess and report on workers mental health fitness for work and psychological functional capacities
• Conduct intelligence testing and reporting
• Assess and make recommendations on effects of mental health and medical conditions on ability to work
• Write detailed case notes and reports
• Work with adult clients living with varying socioeconomic, educational, psychosocial and nationality backgrounds

What's in it for you?

By joining Konekt's nationwide team, you'll be part of one of Australia's largest workplace injury prevention providers. We pride ourselves on helping people enjoy the health benefits of work, supporting both individuals and organisations in achieving their true potential.

The diversity of people and organisations we support will give you a broad perspective of this industry while starting your career, exposing you to a variety of workplaces including government, mining, retail, emergency services, manufacturing, transport, security, hospitality and labour hire.

Konekt Workcare are also part of the APM Group, an international healthcare group with a global purpose, offering you exciting path of professional development into a network of national and international health brands.

Not only do we help people embrace the benefits of work, we also look after our people:

• Flexibility in your working- autonomy to manage your own diary with a hybrid working model

• Supporting your set up- use of our fleet cars, work phones and laptops to make sure you're set up for success

• Getting your say on when you work- the option to work a compressed 9-day fortnight, once you've completed your probation period, up to 16 weeks parental leave, and options for salary sacrifice and purchasing additional leave

• Boosting your benefits- quarterly bonus payment program for achieving KPIs, additional payments if KPIs are exceeded

• Helping you thrive- access to free personal and professional development virtual courses, supporting your career above and beyond the graduate program

• Caring about your wellbeing- access to our health and wellbeing program, with other wellbeing benefits including discounted health insurance and access to Sonder, a personal safety app community

• Relocation Reimbursement - Currently living in a different state and want to relocate to Canberra? we are offering relocation reimbursement of up to $5000.

Here's the important bits that we're looking for:

• Hold a degree in Psychologyor Rehab Counselling, both degrees must be Masters.
• Be eligible for AHPRA or ASORC accreditation, upon graduating
• Graduating in 2025 and can start early 2026
• Be eligible to be Comcare accredited (desirable, but not essential)
• Obtain a current Working with Children Check and have a clear pre-employment national criminal check
• Hold a full drivers' license (own vehicle is not necessary)

If this sounds like the perfect first step in your career, we would love to hear from you so please click Apply Now.

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We're committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity

We welcome all people to join our team, including people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, living with disability, all gender identities, LGBTQIA+, people of any socioeconomic status, of any age, race, national origin or ethnicity. We believe each person's uniqueness makes us even better at the work we do.