Vocational Rehabilitation Programs

WorkCover funds a number of programs to help seriously injured workers who need additional assistance with return to work. These include:

Work Trials, which are short periods of work experience with a host employer (ie. not the worker’s employer at the time of injury), to help the injured worker develop work skills, or upgrade their physical fitness in a suitable work environment
assistance with formal retraining, which may be approved when an injured worker cannot return to their previous job and do not have other marketable skills to find suitable employment.
funds for workplace equipment or modifications to assist an injured worker to resume employment.
JobCover Placement Program, which provides a financial incentive for a different employer to employ a workers who has a work-related injury.