Post-Conference Workshops

CONFERENCE DAY THREE: WEDNESDAY 22nd FEBRUARY 2012

8.30 Registration and refreshments

9.00 Workshop A commences

11.30 Morning refreshments

12.30 Close of workshop and lunch

WORKSHOP A
Moving from reacting to workers' compensation claims to real time early intervention when managing musculoskeletal and psychological injuries

• Addressing the mental and physical barriers during the return to work process
• Prevention is better than cure: Strategies to thwart psychological and stress related claims
• Pinpointing the early warning signs of stress within the working environment
• The challenge of making managers into leaders - The importance of decentralising the responsibility
• Identifying the real and perceived barriers to recovery, addressing and eliminating them
• Removing or reducing the psychological impact of injury
• Creating a culture that ensures the employee is engaged as part of your organization, despite suffering an injury
• Harnessing injured employees expectations and motivations to overcome injury
• Using the Work Ability model to measure health and wellbeing and manage an ageing workforce

Facilitators: Suzie Hansen, Occupational Therapist/Mental Health Clinician & Paul Marsh, Principal – P2 Group

1.30 Registration and refreshments

2.00 Workshop B commences

4.00 Afternoon refreshments

5.30 Close of workshop

WORKSHOP B
How to successfully achieve sustainable return to work outcomes

• Understanding work related stress or physical injury and its impact on injured worker
• Manager more than just a person who directs the business and people – manager’s role in prevention of long term disability and successful RTW process. How to empower managers to successfully manage RTW and prevent long term claims
• Awareness of injured worker’s psychosocial functioning and influencing techniques
• Develop a productive relationship with clinical providers and open communication channels with all parties
• Understanding risk management approach and developing effective case management plans

Facilitator: Dr Natasha Kiso, Health & Injury Management Consultancy