Redeployment Kit For Case Managers

Definition:

The Comcare Australia Redeployment Kit for Case Managers contains information and strategies to assist case managers achieve a successful return to work outcome through the redeployment of injured workers.

Description:

The Redeployment Kit for Case Managers has been developed to achieve quicker and more effective redeployment outcomes in the Commonwealth APS. The Kit uses case studies and examples drawn from pilot redeployment programs to illustrate optional strategies, and provides information on the following –

•    how to obtain more precise information about the work capabilities of injured workers

•    how to establish functional and vocational capacities of injured workers through work trials and job design

•    how to use incentives to maximise participation and commitment by employer and injured employee

•    the role of key stakeholders in the redeployment process

•    employment options for injured workers

•    the use of work trials to maximise the chance of permanent placement on the basis of merit

•    how to empower injured workers to achieve their own successful outcomes through the return to work process.

The Redeployment Kit is divided into ten modules:

Module 1     Introduction

Module 2     Assessment

Module 3     Work preparation – general introduction

Module 4     Work preparation – job finding

Module 5     Work preparation – job design

Module 6     Work trials – consolidation of work skills

Module 7     Permanent placement

Module 8     Case studies

Module 9     ACT pilot project results

Module 10   Invalidity retirement and superannuation.

Target markets:

Case managers and others involved in the redeployment of injured workers as part of a rehabilitation program, such as approved service providers and human resource practitioners.

Value for the customer:

Provides practical information and strategies to assist case managers achieve the redeployment of injured workers and thereby reduce the duration and costs of workplace injuries.

Responsibility:

Rehabilitation Policy Unit,

Business Centre, Sydney.

Phone:         (02) 334 9828

Fax              (02) 334 9850

Delivery mechanisms:

Case manager training program in association with specific Redeployment Kit training.

Case manager network meetings.

State account and national business managers.

Performance indicators:

Successful redeployment outcomes.

Feedback from case manager network.

Feedback from account management network.

Development of networking arrangements between case managers working for different customers.

Evaluation questionnaires from training courses.

Cost considerations:

The Redeployment Kit for Case Managers is a value added service to customers provided for a fee above the premium.

The recommended national price is $50.

States can produce these locally, by the following process –

(a)  print contents from disc held by all Rehabilitation Managers.

(b)  obtain printed folders from Rehab Policy Unit. (see above)

Printed folders will be charged to states at $10 ea. incl delivery.

WARNING: The material in the Redeployment Kit for Case Managers is subject to copyright by Comcare Australia, and unauthorised copying is expressly forbidden.

Other related products:

Redeployment Training Course.

Case Manager Training Program.

Return to Work Handbook for Case Managers.

Redeployment consultancy services.

Redeployment Workshops customised to suit customers specific needs.

Supporting documentation:

The Redeployment Kit for Case Managers is self-contained and provides all relevant information.

Additionally, case managers may wish to familiarise themselves with –

•    Public Service Commission directives on leave without pay.

•    employers own return to work and redeployment policies.

Date last review:

The Redeployment Kit for Case Managers was produced in 1991

Future directions:

The Redeployment Kit for Case Managers is scheduled for revision and re-issue during 1994-95.