Rehabilitation Consultant - Psych/Social Worker/Rehab Counsellor

Job Description

Support people to rebuild confidence, independence and hope.

Every day, people recovering from injury or illness need support and guidance to take important steps forward. As a Rehabilitation Consultant with Konekt, you’ll walk alongside clients as they navigate recovery, return to work and return to wellness - helping them to reconnect with what matters most.

Expect your day to be full of variety and real impact where you’ll:

• Assess clients’ rehabilitation needs following injury or illness through physical, ergonomic, psychosocial or functional capacity evaluations (based on your clinical discipline)
• Provide expert advice around work-place modification and the return-to-work process
• Support clients to define meaningful recovery or employment goals, then co-design and deliver tailored rehabilitation plans
• Monitor progress, adjust plans to support sustainable outcomes
• Manage cases end-to-end: coordinate and collaborate with multiple stakeholders from workplaces/employers, healthcare providers, treating practitioners and insurers. Be an integral part of the shared goal of recovery and reintegration

Why you’ll love working at Konekt

• Flexibility and autonomy: Feel trusted and empowered to manage your own diary
• Leaders who get you: Be supported and mentored to achieve your goals 
• Tools to succeed: mobile, laptop, training and strong clinical frameworks
• Benefits that matter: incentives, salary sacrificing and optional extra leave
• Access to perks such as reduced health insurance, hundreds of discounts at retailers through the Momentous program and a Fitness Passport 

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Rehabilitation Counselling or Social Work
• Registration with AHPRA (Provisional is fine), ASORC (Full membership) or AASW
• Pass a national criminal check, prior to commencing employment
• A WWCC (Working with children check)   
• Full Australian working rights
• A driver’s licence and willingness to work in different settings (workplaces, client homes, remote-onsite assessments)
• The ability to coordinate across stakeholders
• A collaborative, problem-solving mindset, accompanied by professionalism and integrity

Most importantly, a genuine commitment to client-centred care, empathy, strong communication and adaptability across diverse client needs.

Why Konekt, part of APM Group

Konekt is one of the largest rehabilitation and workplace health providers in Australia. Each year, we help over 40,000 Australians back into work, recover from injury, and re-engage with their social and community life.  

We’re proudly part of the global APM network of over 16000 employees across 11 countries committed to enabling better lives. Every day, we support people to overcome injury, illness or disability, helping them regain independence, health, work and community participation. When you join us, you’re joining a purpose-driven organisation that values care, growth and positive impact.

Konekt embraces DIVERSITY and places a high priority on the principles of respect, equity, and diversity.  We welcome applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, Veterans, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities. 

Enabling better lives starts with you. Apply now.

For confidential queries please call Hediyeh Mossavat 0409 412 975

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