Back2Work

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.

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Hear from our previous Back2Work participants:

Keena talks about how the discussions she had with the Back2Work team gave her the confidence to return to work as a school teacher after her spinal cord injury (C4).

Lachlan Chapman was an up and coming FIFO electrician, working big hours away from home. When he had his spinal cord injury (T8), he realised that he might want something different – but wasn’t sure how to go about it.

Tino was very keen to return to this job after his spinal cord injury (C4). Hear how his employer worked closely with the Back 2 Work team to ensure his transition to the workplace was smooth and safe.

Paul Gauci is a self-employed builder who owns and maintains a number of industrial work sheds. After his spinal cord injury (L4), he could no longer climb a ladder – and thought that his work days were over.

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.

Referral for Clinicians

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.

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