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Newcastle Australia

SERVICES

Working Directions offers mobile & remote Vocational Rehabilitation Assessment & Counselling

 

Mobile Counselling to Home/ Hospital / Work Place

 

Remote Counselling through Zoom, Teams, Mobile Telephone, Skype

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Walk & Talk Therapy - Merewether Beach & Warners Bay Foreshore

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Counselling in the areas of:

~ Workers Compensation Injuries

~ Cancer Diagnosis

~ Trauma

~ Crisis

~ Pain Management

~ Adjustment to Injury/ Disability

~ Body Image

~ Sexual Issues

~ Gender Issues

~ Relationships

~ Children/ Teens

~ Anxiety/ Depression

~ Sleeping Issues

 

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Please complete referral form here and Martine will follow up approval with SIRA Agent / Insurer.

 

THESE SERVICES ARE FUNDED BY THE SIRA AGENT /INSURER

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION
- Workers Compensation - CTP -
- DVA - Personal Income Protection - NDIS -

For Doctors, Allied Health Practitioners, Service Coordinators & Solicitors/ Lawyers:

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Your Patient/ Client with a NSW Workers Compensation /CTP claim is entitled to Rehabilitation Provider Services under SIRA to assist them in their recovery with:

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  • assessing or reviewing the injured person’s rehabilitation needs

  • recommending or planning for appropriate services for the injured person

  • assisting the injured person to identify and achieve their goals

  • empowering the injured person to manage their injury and recovery

  • linking the injured person to the services they need

  • facilitating communication between all parties involved in the injured person’s rehabilitation

  • supporting the injured person to stay at work or return to work while they recover

  • helping the injured person to maintain or recommence usual home and community activities

  • monitoring the appropriateness and progress of services being provided.

 

 

Is your Patient/ Client requiring support at work?

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As a workplace rehabilitation provider, Martine can assist your Patient/ Client to recover at work by designing a plan after consulting with you, their employer, their medical team and the agent/ insurer.

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As a Rehabilitation Counsellors the following can be undertaken to progress recovery and return to work:

  • assess the workplace and review duties

  • identify ways to help recovery at work

  • advise about work options if recovery at work with the pre-injury employer is difficult.

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Complete Referral Form
Wheelchair

Please complete referral form here and Martine will follow up approval with SIRA Agent / Insurer.

 

THESE SERVICES ARE FUNDED BY THE SIRA AGENT /INSURER

Job seeking skills and training

Does your Patient/ Client require assistance with Job Seeking Skills Training & Support?

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Whether your Patient/ Client is located in a town near Newcastle/ Hunter Valley or Central Coast NSW, or rural NSW, they can participate in weekly Job Seeking Skills Training & Support Sessions in person or via Skype/ Zoom to progress their journey into new employment.

 

Preferably, a Vocational Assessment with Doctor endorsement of the vocational goals is required to commence any job-seeking support with the following services provided:

  • Professional CV /Resume and Cover Letter / Letter of Introduction / Application development

  • Developing Job Seeking Goals

  • Support in the application process

  • Identifying potential employment opportunities

  • Registering with Online Employment Sites

  • Registering with Employment Agencies and Labour Hire Companies

  • Injury Disclosure

  • SIRA Vocational and Incentive Programs

  • Interviewing Training and Mock Interviews

Complete Referral Form
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