IPAR Appointed to Centrelink Rehabilitation Panel

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IPAR are delighted to be able to announce that they have been appointed to the Centrelink Occupational Rehabilitation Provider panel for Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.

IPAR will be providing Early Intervention services and return to work services for both physical injuries and psychological injuries.

This contract was awarded after a competitive tender process. IPAR is very much looking forward to working with Centrelink, Centrelink HR practitioners and Rehabilitation Case Managers to achieve excellent early intervention and RTW results.

For more information please contact IPAR at rehab@ipar.com.au

IPAR Acquires Health and Safety Solutions

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IPAR and Health and Safety Solutions are delighted to announce that on 30th September 2010 IPAR acquired Health and Safety Solutions.

Health and Safety Solutions (HSS) has a 7 year history of providing tailored injury prevention, OHS, occupational rehabilitation and health care services to clients on in the Newcastle and Hunter areas and has recently expanded to the NSW mid coast.

The acquisition of HSS by IPAR significantly strengthens both businesses as it significantly enhances IPAR’s NSW scale, geographical footprint and suite of services while also improving HSS’ footprint to enable delivery of it’s products and programs around Australia.

www.hssolutions.com.au

IPAR Strong4Life Client Experiences 56% reduction in Manual Handling Injuries

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WDS Mining services has been rolling out the Strong4Life manual handling system for the last several months as part of a significant effort to reach their goal of zero harm. Read below to see what Gerry Lamb from WDS has to say about the program.

“WDS Mining has partnered with IPAR and Fit4Life in implementing the Strong4Life™ system across all WDS Mining projects in Australia, as one part of our roadmap to zero harm. Our company operates in a difficult and challenging environment heavily reliant upon manual handling activities. With great pride WDS Mining has reported an overall improvement of 56% reduction in injuries in 2010, which results in a safety record that our competitors can only hope to achieve!”
Gerry Lamb, General Manager HSEC, WDS Mining

IPAR opens new branch office in Mildura

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We are pleased to announce that IPAR is set to open a new office in Mildura (Victoria) from April 12, 2010, which will service Mildura and the greater Mallee region. We are fortunate to have a very experienced and highly regarded professional joining the team as Branch Manager – Brent Janetzki. Brent has over 10 years experience in OHS and workplace rehabilitation fields and we look forward to Brent being on the IPAR team.

Should you have any queries related to our Mildura office, please do not hesitate to contact the Melbourne head office on 03 8648 0900.

IPAR Rehabilitation Acquires Fit For Life Consulting

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IPAR Rehabilitation and Fit for Life Consulting are delighted to announce that on 26/3/2010 IPAR Rehabilitation Pty Ltd acquired all capital in Fit for Life Consulting.

IPAR Rehabilitation is a fast growing, specialist national occupational rehabilitation and return-to-work service provider which started in Melbourne in 2003 and now has over 50 staff in 4 states. IPAR has a proven track record of delivering cost effective outcomes for the customers in both rehabilitation and injury prevention services.

Fit For Life has a 15 year history of providing tailored injury prevention services for clients on a national basis and has developed a number of proprietary injury prevention and injury management products and tools for use by employers.

The acquisition of Fit For Life by IPAR significantly strengthens both businesses as it improves Fits for Life’s footprint to enable delivery of it’s products and programs around Australia at the same time as significantly enhancing IPAR’s suite of injury prevention services and products; in particular the addition of the Strong4Life™ and Stretch4Life programs.

Fit for Life customers will notice no difference to the service they receive. Tim Elvery, Paul Knott and Gayle Rampling remain integral to the Fit For Life programs and products and will continue to be key contacts for you.

If you would like to find out more information regarding IPAR Rehabilitation please contact Tim Elvery (07 3630 4940 or 3105 1444), David Sagar (03 8648 0900) or go to our website at www.ipar.com.au.