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Return to work services

If you are unlucky enough to have an employee incur an injury at work, we can help.

Complete return to work service

CRS Australia offers a complete return to work service tailored to your workplace to reduce lost time, workers compensation claims and get your injured worker back on the job.

Our return to work service includes:

• Workplace assessments and job analysis assessments 
• Graduated return to work plans/suitable duties programmes
• Workplace modifications 
• Functional capacity evaluations 
• Fitness assessments 
• Vocational assessments 
• Counselling 
• Job seeking assistance 
• Early intervention programmes.

We are an accredited occupational rehabilitation provider with Comcare and WorkCover in every state and territory.

We work with you and your injured worker to find the best way to make a safe and successful transition back into work.

Medical restrictions

If you need to get an injured worker with medical restrictions back to their job, CRS Australia can help.

Our workplace assessment identifies suitable duties for the injured worker and allows for appropriate and safe upgrading to occur over a period of time. Suitable duties are the parts of a job designed to allow an early return to work.

CRS Australia will:

• clarify the person's medical restrictions
• match the person's work capacity to the job demands
• negotiate suitable duties and hours with the relevant parties
• draw up the return to work programme / suitable duties programme 
• obtain the treating doctor's approval 
• undertake regular monitoring 
• increase the hours and duties as appropriate until full duties or alternative employment is achieved
• provide appropriate support.

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Finding an alternative job

If a worker was injured in an accident at work and is unable to return to their job due to the permanent restrictions, CRS Australia can assist to find suitable alternative employment.

Vocational counselling can be provided to identify what occupations would be suitable. If a worker has to seek an alternative job, our staff will identify options that:

• are physically and psychologically appropriate
• use the worker?s existing skills
• are available in the labour market
• are cost effective.

With over 65 years of experience in placing people in employment to draw on, we are ideally placed to help workers who cannot return to their existing duties.

Our network of employer contacts can help us to find that job, whatever duties are required. Our professional staff can provide the practical and motivational help that injured workers need to find alternative employment.

This includes assistance with resume preparation, job seeking skills and interview skills to ensure that they are successful.

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Preventing injuries

Would you like to prevent injuries and make your workplace safer? Are you worried that your staff are reporting discomfort at their workstations or in their work environment?

Early intervention services enable you to respond early to incidents in the workplace so you can often prevent an employee from becoming ill, injured, taking long-term sick leave or from needing to submit a workers compensation claim.

CRS Australia understands that a safer workplace is better for everyone. We offer tailored solutions to make your workplace safer:

• assessments of home offices for staff who work from home
• ergonomic workstation assessments
• workplace assessments
• manual tasks training
• office ergonomics training
• advice on safety issues, breaks and exercises.

We can design an assessment to meet your needs and provide a range of injury prevention and return to work services.