In-Voc Program
Tender ID: 199383
Tender Details
Tender Description
The vocational services provided aim to support the in-patient in determining a vocational goal, assisting them to achieve this goal, to live independent lives and to achieve the highest possible quality of life. These services start with engaging with in-patients very early after their spinal cord injuries occur, to instil hope that a return to work is possible and an important rehabilitation goal. The In-Voc program is a strengths based approach assisting in-patients to build their return to work opportunities whilst an in-patient, and the In-Voc services are directed towards the specifics of goal achievement, for either returning to a pre-injury role or a new vocational goal.
The In-Voc Program objectives are to assist people with spinal cord injuries return to work and education by:
* Improving return to work rates for people with a spinal cord injury;
* Providing early access to vocational rehabilitation services to enable formation of vocational goals that are linked to the in-patient rehabilitation process;
* Incorporating return to work and education goals into hospital rehabilitation goals and therapy activities;
* Decreasing the length of time it takes a person to return to work following a SCI;
* Promoting the message and support that work is an important rehabilitation activity;
* Providing early engagement with pre-injury employers to keep job opportunities open; and
* Instilling hope that people with a SCI can return to meaningful employment of their choice