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Vocational rehabilitation is the managed process that provides an appropriate level of assistance, based on assessed needs, necessary to achieve a meaningful and sustainable employment outcome.
The aim of a vocational rehabilitation program is to return a person to the workforce to at least the level of their pre-injury employment.
Background
It is preferred that education and training approved as part of a DVA rehabilitation program are undertaken through an institution which enables access to Commonwealth assistance for the course of study.
Overview
Transferable Skills Analysis
A transferable skills analysis (TSA) is an assessment of the skills and knowledge a person acquires from the actual performance of a job and from learned situations, community, work and school enviroments.
TSA is most beneficial when assessing people who have a wide range of experiences, skills and employment history and who generally do not require retraining to re-enter the open labour market. A TSA can define a person's skills and experience for new job placements or a change in role with their current employer.
The intent of vocational rehabilitation provided through DVA is to assist clients to secure suitable work, as legislatively defined in the VVRS Instrument, Section 4 of the DRCA and Section 5 of the MRCA.
Incapacity Payments
During a period of retraining which is approved under a rehabilitation plan, and provided the client is fully participating in their retraining, their incapacity entitlements should continue to be calculated on the same basis as if they were not working.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Incapacity payments are economic loss compensation payments due to the inability (or reduced ability) to work, because of a service injury or disease. The SRCA and MRCA provide this compensation as regular payments calculated on a weekly basis and paid fortnightly.
Section 40 of the SRCA (in conjunction with subsection 146(3)) and sections 60 – 62 of the MRCA, place an onus on the Rehabilitation Authority to assist a person who is incapacitated as a result of a service injury or disease to find suitable employment. Suitable employment or suitable work is defined in this manual in
Work Trials are used to achieve a return to work for clients who are not able to return to their original workplace.
A large proportion of DVA clients are ex ADF members who have been medically discharged, and therefore unable to continue their role within the ADF.
A work trial is a valuable opportunity for a person participating in a rehabilitation program to:
