Spinal Life Australia’s Back2Work program provides early intervention vocational rehabilitation for people with a newly acquired spinal cord injury, or damage.
We can assist with:
- Returning to work
- Exploring study options
- Discovering a new job or career
- Retraining and exploring new courses
- Supporting your employer for your return to work
Our no-pressure approach can help you identify your skills and interests, and match these to jobs that you might enjoy and be good at.
We can also assist you to look at long term pathways to work. Everyone’s situation is different, and the Back2Work team can help when you are ready.
Hear from our previous Back2Work participants:
Information for Clinicians
Research has shown that people who return to work and other meaningful activities in a timely, safe and sustainable way after a serious injury experience financial, social, psychological and physical benefits.
Spinal Life Australia’s Back2Work program is offered to patients with newly acquired spinal cord injury, or damage. We work with an array of Queensland hospitals and practitioners as well as all the major funding bodies.
If you would like to make an enquiry for your patient please contact us at back2work@spinal.com.au
Alternatively, if you are ready to refer your patient please complete this referral form or click the link below.
Back2Work Resources
Practical guides for people with disability, employers and co-workers to support finding, returning to and staying in work.
Work and Disability: A guide for people with disability
A guide covering topics such as finding the right support, communicating and self-advocating, reasonable workplace accommodations, finding the right employer, and planning your journey back to work. The guide draws on experiences of people living with brain injuries or spinal cord injuries.
Inclusive Workplaces: A guide for employers & co-workers
A guide to creating more inclusive workplaces, with information on inclusive communication, recruitment, supporting return-to-work, and making reasonable accommodations. It is based on the experiences of people with brain injuries or spinal cord injuries, as well as employers, co-workers and family members.
Real-life employment journeys
These journey maps share the experiences of people living with spinal cord injury as they navigate employment, including their challenges, experiences and strategies along the way.
Back2Work in the Community
The Spinal Life Australia Back2Work program has been dedicated to early intervention assisting those in Hospital with their work goals post-discharge. This amazing service is now be available to people in the community.
Spinal Life Australia’s Back2Work team is here to help you explore your next steps, whether that means returning to your previous job, starting something new, or discovering a study path that will inspire your next career.
Meet the Back2Work team of Vocational Rehabilitation Counsellors
Supporters
The project is proudly supported by the Motor Accident Insurance Commission (MAIC).