Comcare's Injury Management Team assists rehabilitation case managers, supervisors, workplace rehabilitation providers and employees with workers' compensation claims.
Purpose of the injury management team
The Injury Management Team operates to:
- help return employees safely back to work following an injury or illness
- improve return to work rates
- build skill and knowledge about managing injury
- develop ways of improving rehabilitation and early intervention.
Who can access assistance?
The Injury Management Team assists organisations in the Comcare scheme.
Support is provided to:
- employers who are responsible for the rehabilitation of employees
- others involved in the rehabilitation of an injured or ill employee.
Advice offered
Injury managers can:
- develop approaches to help injured or ill employees return to health and to work
- help recognise and promote rehabilitation and injury management practices that support employees to return to health and to work
- participate in case conferences to better manage rehabilitation in complex claims
- deliver education sessions to improve the knowledge and capability of rehabilitation case managers
- identify potential high-risk claims and help create strategies to ensure rehabilitation is managed well
- help with questions or issues about rehabilitation and return to work.
Contact the team
To speak with the Injury Management Team
- email InjuryManagement@comcare.gov.au
- call us on 1300 366 979
We welcome your questions and are here to help you.
Page last reviewed: 20 days ago