For Individuals
If you have a psychological, cognitive, neurological or physical injury or illness, ongoing disability, and/or have trauma related to an unforeseen accident, you may experience difficulty with your daily occupations at home, work or in the community.
Occupation Matters can help you develop a transition plan to transform your life through healthy occupation. Together with you, we navigate and plan a sensible pathway through these significant life transitions. Using a client-centred approach, together we explore choices, set realistic goals, and find the best evidence to support your journey. Coaching is provided to confidently manage each personal, environmental and occupational challenge ahead.
Your individual goals may be to:
- Return to productive work after injury or illness, or a long period of time off work.
- Transition to an alternative career that better matches your skills, interests and capacity.
- Understand and manage a chronic injury, illness or symptoms that impacts on your health and wellbeing.
- Improve your functional strengths and obtain effective domestic or personal assistance to support your everyday activities.
- Become more independent in daily self-care activities by using equipment and aids.
- Improve access to and participation in occupational roles at home, in your family and/or in the community.
For Employers/Insurers
Your team of decision-makers and claims managers may be experiencing problems with managing clients or employees with complex injuries and disabilities. They may be struggling to understand why their clients are not moving forward and recovering as quickly as they should be.
Your employer/insurer goals may be to:
- Obtain clear guidance and realistic expectations around return to work, from a consultant with expertise on “work” as an occupation.
- Clearly identify reasonable work adjustments to support your employee to remain in your organisation, OR transition to an alternative career.
- Better understand the rehabilitation and recovery timeframes, or residual incapacity for employees or clients with chronic injury, illness or disabilities.
- Improve your team’s understanding of psychosocial disabilities and the latest evidence in providing effective management strategies.
- To ensure your employee/client are able to manage their workload and tasks to the best of their abilities.
- Improve access, setup and ergonomics for your employees in the workplace.
