When alternative or suitable duties aren’t available for your injured worker, KINNECT can help arrange host employment to ensure their recovery stays on track and they continue to reap the benefits of good work.
How it Works Benefits Make a Referral
When returning an injured worker to their pre-injury role, sometimes workplaces find that there is limited availability of alternative duties or lighter duties for them to perform while they recover. In these cases, a host employment program may be beneficial.
Host employment is a short-term graduated return-to-work program whereby an injured worker can attend and perform duties at an alternate place of employment, allowing them to safely improve their functional capacity and expedite their return to work. Host employment programs are ideal for injured workers, who are unable to return to their previous place of employment due to a physical and/or psychological injury.
KINNECT has an extensive database of host employers – businesses that are willing and able to provide suitable duties for injured workers participating in a return to work program. Our experienced Rehabilitation Consultants can help facilitate the placement of an injured worker within a relevant industry with suitable duties.
How it Works
- Your KINNECT workplace rehabilitation consultant will contact the worker to discuss the host employment program and gain further understanding of their injury, current restrictions, treatment goals, interests, skill sets and qualifications.
- The workplace rehabilitation consultant will search our register of pre-qualified host employers who can offer a variety of suitable duties and/or hours that fit with an individual’s physical restrictions and/or rehabilitative requirements.
- Once a suitable host employer has been identified, one of KINNECT’s allied health professionals will conduct a worksite visit to assess the worker in the potential work environment, identifying suitable duties and/or hours to be included in the program.
- A suitable duties plan will then be completed by the clinician and provided to both the worker, the host employer, and the treating doctor for their review and approval. This plan will be monitored (and modified if required) frequently with regular communication to both the host employer and worker, ensuring safety and that appropriate functional progressions are being achieved.
Benefits
Host employment programs benefit both the injured worker and host employer.
Benefits for Host Employer
- An additional skilled worker whose wages are at no direct cost to the organisation
- Increased productivity for your business
- An additional ‘set of hands’ to provide support to the organisation
- If you do wish to recruit a new team member, hosting a worker can be a obligation free way of trialling them while helping the worker with their return to work.
- Promotion of the organisations philanthropic efforts
Benefits for Injured Worker
- The provision of an environment and/or duties to promote a quick and safe return to work
- The opportunity to develop a range of work skills
- Functional/physical capacity progression
- Minimise disruption to family, work and/or social life
- Expediating the injury recovery and rehabilitative process
- Access to potential future employment opportunities.
FAQ
What is the cost to the Host Employer?
Host employment programs are fully funded by the respective insurer and is of no direct cost to the participating host employer. This includes both the injured workers wages, travel and relevant insurances.
How long does Host Employment run for?
Generally host employment programs are 4 to 6 weeks in duration and involve a gradual increase in the hours and duties performed by the individual.
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