Let me introduce you to *“Stacey”, As a teenager, due to family circumstances, Stacy had left school to take on care responsibilities in her family and some financial support for the education of her younger siblings. Her dreams of a career in nursing had to be put on hold. Upon immigrating to Australia, Stacy was able to finally embark on her nursing career. She studied and worked hard and became a well respected and highly sought after clinician. Her dreams had become a reality. Then … [Read more...]
Workplace of the Future?
March 4, 2014 by Leave a Comment
If you are like me, you are becoming increasingly aware of the changes to our workplace, our workforces our work lives. While technology continues to be a strong driving force for a lot of change, it’s becoming an economic reality for so many people to remain in the workforce before the traditionally considered age of 65 years, that being “retirement age”. Economic pressure appears to be creating a need rather than a want for people to remain in the paid workforce. Although I have met … [Read more...]
Income Protection and Rehabilitation: Opportunities to use our “powers” for good
February 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I’m a Rehabilitation Counsellor of some 20 years – yep I’ve been around a long time! I have always worked in a compensable environment; not because it was necessarily a conscious decision, but one that was made because it’s where I could earn good money. I also have an innate sense of commercial acumen and for empowering people to take personal responsibility; so you can see compensable rehabilitation was always going to be a really good fit for me. Throughout the duration of my career, I … [Read more...]
Work is good for our health
June 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
From Sydney Morning Herald Paul Bibby http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/management/getting-back-to-work-is-the-best-medicine-study-finds-20100915-15crt.html THE biggest health risk posed by workplace injuries is not the injury itself, or returning to work too quickly, but not returning to work quickly enough, a new report reveals. Yet across Australia the proportion of injured workers who never return to the workplace has risen consistently over the past five years. A report by … [Read more...]
