Rehabilitation and return to work coordinators (RRTWCs) from
across the state participated in Q-COMP's Innovation Jam - an
online forum that ran for two weeks in June. The Jam was a great
success and participants generated 24 new ideas that others could
vote and comment on.
The ideas and related comments clearly outline what Q-COMP can do
to support the rehabilitation and return to work community (RRTW)
including:
- improving tools and resources to meet employer/industry
specific needs
- balancing direct engagement vs. facilitated knowledge sharing
by RRTWCs and
- ongoing leadership.
RRTWCs took the opportunity to voice ideas and opinions based on
their current experience as part of the return to work
community.
The most popular ideas were:
Online resources - Elisa Capaldi
Elisa would like to see more online resources for workers similar
to Habit at Work.
Training for supervisors/managers- Lisa
Bawden
Lisa has promoted the idea of a training pack RRTWC's could use to
promote the benefits of rehabilitation to supervisors/management in
different workplaces.
Better use of information provided on the medical
certificate - Sarah Young
Sarah's idea was to improve the information detailed on the
workers' compensation medical certificate to assist in identifying
safe suitable duties for return to work programs.
There were also lots of other great ideas generated
including:
- knowledge sharing - improved mechanisms to increase knowledge
sharing amongst members of the RRTW community
- employer specific education - improvements in information and
resources provided to employers on a specific and/or industry
basis
- doctor education - more training and resources for medical
professionals about return to work.
We will be using these ideas to prioritise the development of
new tools and resources that we provide to RRTWCs, employers and
workers.
Ideas that generated relevant and useful information for agencies
other than Q-COMP such as WorkCover Qld, Department of Justice and
Attorney General and Industrial Relations and Workplace Health
& Safety Queensland will be passed on to them.
Thanks again to all who have contributed and please feel free to
share any other thoughts by posting a live comment using the
comment tool at the bottom of this article.
The winners of the five $100 gift vouchers
are:
- Elisa Capaldi (joint most popular idea)
- Lisa Bawden (joint most popular idea)
- Sarah Young (joint most popular idea)
- Douglas Wait (for strong participation
overall)
- Felicia Richards (for strong participation
overall)
