Rehabilitation Consultant
At Konekt, we're looking for self-starting graduates to join our two-year graduate program at our Canberra office. As a rehabilitation consultant, you'll be part of a supportive team in our mission to help Australians be safe and well at work.
The role involves providing initial assessment, testing, and brief interventions for job seekers who have psychosocial and mental health barriers to obtaining or sustaining employment. You'll also perform new employment vocational assessments, transferable skills analysis, recovery support, conduct initial assessments with injured workers, and case management for return to same employment.
You'll assess and report on workers' mental health fitness for work and psychological functional capacities. Conduct intelligence testing and reporting, assess and make recommendations on effects of mental health and medical conditions on ability to work, and write detailed case notes and reports.
You'll work with adult clients living with varying socioeconomic, educational, psychosocial, and nationality backgrounds. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills and experience in a dynamic and supportive environment.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide initial assessment, testing, and brief interventions for job seekers
* Perform new employment vocational assessments, transferable skills analysis, recovery support
* Conduct initial assessments with injured workers and case management for return to same employment
* Audit and report on workers' mental health fitness for work and psychological functional capacities
* Assess and make recommendations on the effects of mental health and medical conditions on ability to work
* Write detailed case notes and reports
Required Skills and Qualifications
* Hold a degree in Psychology or Rehab Counselling, both degrees must be Masters
* Be eligible for AHPRA or ASORC accreditation, upon graduating
* Graduating in **** and can start early ****
* Be eligible to be Comcare accredited (desirable, but not essential)
* Obtain a current Working with Children Check and have a clear pre-employment national criminal check
* Hold a full drivers' license (own vehicle is not necessary)
Benefits
* Flexibility in working hours, autonomy to manage your own diary with a hybrid working model
* Supporting your setup, use of our fleet cars, work phones, and laptops to make sure you're set up for success
* Getting your say on when you work, the option to work a compressed 9-day fortnight, once you've completed your probation period, up to 16 weeks parental leave, and options for salary sacrifice and purchasing additional leave
* Boosting your benefits, quarterly bonus payment program for achieving KPIs, additional payments if KPIs are exceeded
* Helping you thrive, access to free personal and professional development virtual courses, supporting your career above and beyond the graduate program
* Caring about your wellbeing, access to our health and wellbeing program, with other wellbeing benefits including discounted health insurance and access to Sonder, a personal safety app community
Others
We welcome all people to join our team, including people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, living with disability, all gender identities, LGBTQIA+, people of any socioeconomic status, of any age, race, national origin, or ethnicity. We believe each person's uniqueness makes us even better at the work we do.