Choose Your Workplace Rehabilitation Provider
In NSW You Can Have a Say in Choosing Your SIRA-Approved Rehab Provider. We Help You Pick One That Fits Your Injury and Your Workplace.
What Can A Rehab Provider Do For Me?
Rehab providers play a key role in helping an injured worker recover and safely return to work.
Rehab Providers help by:
- ✓Coordinating treatment
- ✓Assessing capacity
- ✓Developing a tailored plan that supports your recovery and return to work.
- ✓They assist in providing you extra services that you might need, such as house cleaning, maintenance, modification, transport, equipment, etc.
Smooth transition back to work
- ✓Return to Work plans
- ✓Liaising between the insurer, employer, GP, physiotherapist and other allied health professionals.
- ✓Provide workplace support, such as identifying suitable duties.
- ✓If return to the same workplace isn't possible due to your injury, rehab providers will assist in job seeking and training for new roles.
Why the Right Rehab Provider Matters
When you're on WorkCover, a workplace rehabilitation provider may be brought in to help with your return to work, often suggested by the insurer or your employer. Every provider must be SIRA-approved, and they work with you, your employer, your doctor and the insurer towards the same goal: a safe, lasting return to work.
You can have a say in choosingthe provider, and fit matters. Experience with your kind of injury, your industry, your location and your language can all make the plan run more smoothly. We help you think through the options, and if something in the plan isn't working for you, we follow it up.
What to Look For
- ✓SIRA-approved
- ✓Experience with your injury and industry
- ✓Able to visit your workplace
What a Good Plan Does
- ✓Fits your Certificate of Capacity
- ✓Is agreed with you, your employer and your doctor
- ✓Is reviewed as you recover
What a Rehab Provider Actually Does Day-to-Day
A rehab provider manages the practical side of your whole return to work: the plan, the employer conversations, and the workplace changes that make it possible.
Workplace Assessments
Your rehab provider visits your workplace to assess what modifications or support you need to return safely. This could include changes to your workstation, modified duties, or additional equipment.
Return-to-Work Plans
They develop a structured, graduated return-to-work plan that considers your medical restrictions, your job requirements, and your recovery timeline. This plan is agreed upon by you, your employer, and your doctor.
Liaison with Your Employer
Your rehab provider talks with your employer about your restrictions, works out suitable duties, and helps everyone meet their obligations under the WorkCover scheme.
Arranging Equipment & Support
Need an ergonomic chair, a standing desk, or home modifications? Your rehab provider identifies what you need and arranges it through the insurer — including home cleaning, transport assistance, and any other support services you're entitled to.
Job Seeking & Retraining
If your injury means you can't return to your previous role, your rehab provider helps with vocational assessments, identifying suitable alternative roles, resume writing, interview preparation, and finding retraining opportunities.
How We Help You Find The Right Rehab Provider
Independent Third-Party Rehab Providers
SIRA Certified
No Cost To You On Accepted Claims. This Service Is Billed To Your WorkCover Insurer.
WorkCover Rehab Provider FAQs
Workplace Rehabilitation Providers Across Sydney
We help workers right across the Sydney metro choose a rehab provider. Choose the area nearest your workplace.
Can't see your suburb? We help workers across the rest of Greater Sydney and regional NSW as well. Call (02) 7238 7379 and we'll find a rehab provider near you.