Workplace RehabilitationWorksite Assessments & Suitable Duties Plans that get people back to work.
KINNECT is a leading workplace rehabilitation provider. Our experienced clinicians attend your worksite to identify suitable duties, document a graduated return-to-work plan and remove the barriers in the way of a sustainable recovery.
The short version
A KINNECT Worksite Assessment is an onsite review of an injured worker’s role, environment and tasks to identify suitable duties they can perform safely while recovering. Conducted by a tertiary-qualified Allied Health professional, the 90-minute assessment produces a graduated Return to Work plan within 24 hours — supporting a durable, sustainable return to pre-injury duties.
An onsite, objective view of the work — and what can be done safely.
By assessing the workplace and the worker side-by-side, our rehabilitation professionals evaluate task suitability, identify barriers and determine the duties an injured worker can perform without risk of re-aggravation. The outcome is a clear, written recommendation you and the treating team can act on with confidence.
KINNECT’s tertiary-qualified clinicians draw on knowledge of the worker’s medical diagnosis, injury pathology and recovery to build a Suitable Duties Plan — a graduated work program that helps the worker progress back to their pre-injury role.
The triggers that point to a Worksite Assessment.
A Worksite Assessment is the right call when the workplace, the worker or the treating team needs a shared, evidence-based picture of what’s safe.
A worker is medically fit for restricted duties, but the treating doctor isn’t ready to clear them for pre-injury duties.
The availability and suitability of duties at the workplace need to be objectively established.
The supervisor or workplace needs guidance on appropriate restrictions and best practice to support a return to work.
The worker would benefit from education on self-management — biomechanics, pacing, rest breaks and micro-recovery.
Advice is required on workplace design, modifications, or provision of aids and appliances to make a return to work durable.
A 90-minute assessment that delivers a 24-hour plan.
Everything an employer needs to confidently put a Suitable Duties Plan in motion — documented, defensible and ready to act on.
Experienced specialist
An Allied Health Professional and Injury Management Specialist who leads the assessment and owns the return-to-work outcome from start to finish.
Onsite worksite visit
A site visit to your workplace to review the tasks, environment and ergonomics — identifying duties the injured worker can safely perform.
Graduated work program
A written Suitable Duties Plan detailing duties, hours and progression — designed to build functional capacity and return the worker to pre-injury duties.
Comprehensive report
A clear, plain-English report covering the worksite assessment, the worker’s functional capacity and the duties identified as safe — delivered within 24 hours.
We don’t stop when the plan is written.
Following the Worksite Assessment, your KINNECT Injury Management Specialist actively monitors the Graduated Return to Work Plan — keeping the worker, the workplace and the treating team aligned on a successful, durable return.
Weekly check-in with the injured worker to review progress, manage symptoms and confirm continued safety on graduated duties.
Weekly update call to you, the employer — flagging any barriers and tracking progression back to full duties.
Liaison with the treating doctor and allied health team when needed, so the plan stays aligned with clinical recovery.
The schemes we operate in.
KINNECT is an approved Workplace Rehabilitation Provider in the major state schemes and partners with insurers and self-insured employers nationally.
State-based Workers Compensation
- WorkSafe Victoria
- SIRA (NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority)
- WorkCover Queensland
- ReturnToWorkSA
- WorkCover WA
- NT WorkSafe
- WorkSafe ACT
National & specialised
- Comcare
- Self-insured employers
- Specialised insurers
Motor accident & CTP
- Insurance Commission of Western Australia (ICWA)
- MAIC (QLD Motor Accident Insurance Commission)
- SIRA CTP (NSW)
Life, disability & income protection
- Life insurance schemes
- Disability insurance schemes
Common questions.
When is a Worksite Assessment required?
A Worksite Assessment may be required when an injured worker is medically cleared for restricted duties but not yet pre-injury duties, when the suitability or availability of duties needs to be objectively established, when supervisors need guidance on appropriate restrictions, or when advice is needed on workplace design, modifications or self-management strategies to make the return to work durable.
What is detailed in a KINNECT Suitable Duties Plan?
A KINNECT Suitable Duties Plan documents the worker’s restrictions, the duties they can perform safely without risk of re-aggravation, the work hours that match their functional capacity, and recommendations on best-practice biomechanics and proactive self-management — including pacing, micro-breaks, pain control and stretches. The plan progresses in line with the worker’s recovery and improvements in functional capacity.
How long does a Worksite Assessment take?
A standard Worksite Assessment and the development of a Graduated Return to Work Plan is conducted onsite over approximately 90 minutes. The written report is completed post-assessment and submitted to the employer within 24 hours.
Part of our Workplace Rehabilitation offering.
Worksite Assessments sit within KINNECT’s full suite of workplace rehabilitation services — built around durable return-to-work outcomes.
Functional Capacity Evaluations
Standardised FCEs that clarify a worker’s capacity for duties and inform safe, defensible return-to-work decisions.
Learn moreReturn to Work Plans
Graduated, evidence-based RTW plans agreed between the worker, employer and treating team.
Learn moreInitial Needs Assessment
The first-step assessment that scopes the rehabilitation plan and barriers to RTW.
Learn moreVocational Assessments
Identify suitable, realistic vocational options when a return to the pre-injury role isn’t viable.
Learn moreOnsite Injury Management
Embedded injury management coordinator services delivered onsite at your workplace.
Learn more
Ready to plan a safe return to work?
Tell us about the worker, the workplace and the outcome you’re after. A KINNECT consultant will be in touch — typically within one business day.