Rehabilitation Policy
Our Commitment
Multiskilled is committed to assisting employees who have sustained workplace related injuries or illness to return to full and gainful employment. Through consultation with all relevant parties we will establish for any such employee a management plan detailing their rehabilitation.
Both physical and psychological conditions shall be accommodated.
Workplace Rehabilitation is a managed process involving early provision of necessary and reasonable services, including suitable duties programs, to facilitate the injured /ill employee’s earliest possible return to work, or, if return to work is not possible, to maximise independent functioning.
What Multiskilled will do
To achieve our desired state Multiskilled will:
- Support EARLY REFERRAL to rehabilitation services / rehabilitation coordinator;
- Support the injured/ill employee by ACTIVE INTERVENTION;
- Ensure rehabilitation in the workplace begins as SOON AS PRACTICABLE so that the employee’s maximum physical, psychological and social potential can be restored;
- Return the employee to pre-injury/illness position if possible by encouraging an EARLY RETURN TO WORK, using established rehabilitation procedures;
- Accept rehabilitation practices as PART OF MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS within the organisation;
- INVOLVE the injured or ill employee actively in the process of the rehabilitation program;
- SUPPORT RESTRICTED HOURS of work for employees who are unable to perform a full day’s duties;
- Ensure the injured/ill person retains the RIGHT TO RECEIVE TREATMENT FROM WHOMSOEVER they wish, subject to Multiskilled’s right to have the injured/ill person examined by a doctor of its choice.
- CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE our policy and processes so they operate effectively by consulting withemployees or their representatives.
- Provide appropriately QUALIFIED EXPERTISE to support our policies.
Multiskilled is also committed to facilitating the return to work of employees with non-work related injuries or illnesses.
What you should do
To facilitate the optimum outcome:
- REPORT an injury or illness to your Team Leader as soon as practicable.
- Be prepared to INVOLVE yourself and work with us to achieve full rehabilitation.
- Understand and FOLLOW all procedures and practices
