Senior Rehabilitation Consultant - Forensic Vocational Assessor

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Accredited Rehabilitation Counsellor or Registered Psychologist to join our specialist assessment team.

This role focuses on the delivery of high-quality, independent and legally defensible forensic vocational assessments across the Life Insurance and Personal Injury sectors. You will apply your expertise in vocational rehabilitation, transferable skills analysis, employability assessment and labour market evaluation to provide objective opinions that support complex claims decision making.

In addition to conducting forensic vocational assessments, this role offers the opportunity to work closely with our Life Insurance Lead and contribute to the continued growth and development of our Life Insurance services. Depending on experience and business needs, this may include involvement in quality initiatives, stakeholder engagement activities and the ongoing refinement of assessment approaches and methodologies. Opportunities also exist to contribute to rehabilitation and return-to-work services within our broader occupational rehabilitation team.

You will be joining a highly experienced national team committed to delivering evidence-based assessments, exceptional client service and industry-leading standards of professional practice.

Key Responsibilities

As a Forensic Vocational Assessor, you will:

• Conduct forensic vocational, employability and transferable skills assessments for individuals experiencing injury, illness or disability.
• Analyse education, training, qualifications, employment history and transferable skills to determine vocational capacity and employability.
• Evaluate functional, medical and psychosocial information to identify suitable vocational options.
• Complete labour market research to assess the suitability and availability of identified occupations.
• Conduct detailed desktop reviews and claimant interviews.
• Liaise professionally with insurers, legal representatives, medical specialists and other stakeholders.
• Prepare objective, evidence-based reports to a high professional and legally defensible standard.
• Apply critical thinking and vocational expertise to complex and challenging referrals.
• Maintain professional independence and adherence to forensic assessment principles.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives and peer review activities.

Where appropriate, you may also provide occupational rehabilitation and return-to-work services to support recovery and vocational outcomes

Qualifications

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

Essential

• Qualifications in Rehabilitation Counselling or Psychology
• Current professional registration or accreditation with ASORC or AHPRA
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and report writing skills
• Experience writing vocational assessment reports across personal injury schemes, such as Earning Capacity Assessments in CTP or Workers Compensation, TPD assessments in Life Insurance
• Ability to review complex medical, functional and vocational information and formulate defensible vocational opinions

 Highly Desirable

• Experience conducting forensic vocational assessments
• Experience within Life Insurance, CTP, Workers Compensation or common law personal injury schemes
• Familiarity with vocational capacity, emplo.yability and labour market assessment methodologies
• Experience preparing reports for legal or dispute resolution purposes

Enjoy the flexibility to work from our Sydney CBD or North Ryde office, in a hybrid capacity, or fully remotely.

Additional Information

Why Benchmark Rehab?

• Genuine hybrid working and flexibility
• Quality-focused culture, not just billable hours
• Competitive salary plus bonus opportunities of up to $12,000 annually
• Fitness Passport, salary packaging and retail discounts
• Annual leave purchasing and Employee Assistance Program
• A supportive team that genuinely invests in your growth and success

Ready to Apply?

If you're looking for a role where you'll be challenged, supported and empowered to grow, we'd love to hear from you. Click on the APPLY button or for further information, please contact Erin Mansell at [email protected] quoting reference number REF10586R.

You are welcome here.

Our fast-growing team of more than 4,000 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking. We value all these differences. 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.

We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.