VOCATIONAL RETURN TO WORK SUPPORT
Vocational Rehabilitation
Clinicians at Ability OT Assists Clients in Returning or Obtaining Work (Paid or Voluntary)
Vocational rehability helps people with disabilities develop skills to find employment. These disabilities can include developmental, functional, psychological, emotional or cognitive.
Services that we provide for Vocational Rehabilitation include:
- Provide assessments such as Letters of Support, Functional Capacity Assessments or Job Analyses
- Provide opportunities for education for coworkers and employers
- Helps client's self-manage the impacts of their disability, injury or illness- Evaluate client's ability and capacity to perform in the workplace through work experience or placement opportunities
- Evaluate suitability or employment opportunities
- Ongoing support while tranisitoning into employment - Develop a plan to help clients return to work and ease back into the workplace after injury, illness or with a disability- Source work experience opportunities -Link clients with agencies for Career assessments, Job seeking, Résumé writing and Interview skills training
- Referral services to employers, training or tutoring- Support tertiary and TAFE students by providing study techniques
- Coordination of any other possible support required