Tuesday, 30 September 2008
WorkCoverSA’s third annual return to work and injury management conference will be held this Wednesday, 1 October, at the Hilton Adelaide.
Themed Moving forward - driving change: working together for best possible recovery, faster return to work, the conference will be a diverse gathering of scheme participants – injured workers, employers, claims managers, doctors and rehabilitation providers - working together to achieve a safe, early return to work and the community.
“The conference explores national and international innovative programs and best practice initiatives.
“It also give delegates the opportunity to collaborate – to bring together their varying fields of work and expertise to achieve better health and return to work outcomes for injured South Australian workers,” said WorkCover SA’s CEO Julia Davison.
Two keynote speakers will provide an international perspective at the conference – Dr Benjamin Amick, the Scientific Director of the Institute for Work and Health, Canada, will build the case for evidence-based disability management policies and practices, while the Professor of Clinical Psychology at Keele University in Manchester - Professor Chris Main - will focus on the obstacles to return to work.
In addition to the two keynote speakers, concurrent sessions will focus on three streams – Scheme culture, in particular fostering a return to work culture; the importance of the workplace; and injury management.
Around 350 delegates will attend the one-day conference which will be hosted by Julian Burton OAM, founder of the JB Burns Trust, and sponsored by WorkCoverSA’s key business partners, Employers Mutual and Minter Ellison.
Media enquiries: Simone Williams, WorkCover SA – (08) 8233 5733 or 0412 500 048