IPAR enters Western Australia through Acquisition of Active Injury Management

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IPAR and Active Injury Management are delighted to announce that on 16th December 2011 IPAR Rehabilitation Pty Ltd acquired Active Injury Management, a leading Perth based workplace rehabilitation and injury prevention provider.

Active Injury Management (Active) has a 15 year history of providing tailored injury prevention, OHS, occupational rehabilitation, recruitment and health care services to clients in the Perth metropolitan region. You can find out more about active at http://www.activeinjmgt.com.au/

The acquisition of Active by IPAR significantly strengthens both businesses. It enhances IPAR’s national geographical footprint and suite of services, whilst also enabling Active’s capability to deliver it’s products and programs around Australia.

IPAR are particularly pleased to announce that Active’s Managing Director Kylie Forrest will take the role of WA State Manager for IPAR and Active. We believe that this appointment will significantly strengthen IPAR’s management depth and enhance and enable service provision to our national customers.

If you would like any further information, or would like to understand how Active and IPAR can help your business in the WA market, please contact IPAR managing Director David Sagar on 03 8648 0900 or at dsagar@ipar.com.au

IPAR Awarded BRW Fast 100 Status

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IPAR’s outstanding growth was recognised when it made the BRW Magazine’s Fast 100 List for 2011 – coming in at position 51. The BRW Fast 100 list ranks Australia’s fastest growing public and private, small and medium businesses, and is based on growth rates over the previous three years.

IPAR’s Managing Director, David Sagar, emphasises that the most gratifying aspect of being recognised in the BRW Fast 100 List is not so much the growth itself, but more what he believes it says about the quality of the service IPAR provides.

“It’s our belief that the single strongest contributor to growing our business is how well we deliver services  for our customers – if they like what we do they will keep coming back, and new customers will be drawn to our offering through word-of-mouth. We think our growth rates are an indicator of customer satisfaction.”

QComp RTW Award Video

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IPAR has been nominated as a finalist in the QComp RTW awards for 2011. We believe this nomination is an excellent reward for the great work our Queensland team has been performing for all our customers and the great RTW results we have been achieving.

The below made by QComp will be used to judge the award:

For more information on our services and how we can help your organisation achieve outstanding RTW results please contact us at rehab@ipar.com.au or call one of our offices.

IPAR Appointed to TAL Life Insurance – Rehabilitation Panel

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IPAR has been successful in being appointed to the the TAL (formerly Tower Australia) Life Insurance occupational rehabilitation panel.

Under this agreement IPAR will be providing a range of assessment and Return to Work services to TAL on a national basis including:

  • Vocational Assessments
  • Initial needs and work site assessments
  • RTW assessments and case management
  • Labour market assessments
  • Earning capacity assessments
  • Vocational counselling and job seeking assistance
  • Psychological case management

These services will be provided across a number of TALs life insurance products including Income Protection (Group and retail) and Total Permanent Disability (TPD).

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact IPAR at rehab@ipar.com.au

 

Employers Mutual – Treasury Managed Fund Panel

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IPAR’s wholly owned susidiary Health and Safety Solutions has been appointed to the Employers Mutual – Treasury Managed Fund Workplace Rehabilitation Panel. We are delighted with this result as it has come about after a rigorous tender process.

The Treasury Managed Fund is the Scheme in NSW under which all Government Agenies are insured for Workers Compensation and other insurance lines. Employers Mutual were recently awarded a significant contract to manage the workers compensations claims for segments of the NSW Government, including Police, Fire and Emergency Services, some Area Health Services and other agencies.

We are very much looking forward to continuing our existing relationship with Employers Mutual as part of their NSW Managed Fund Rehabilitation panel as well as working the TMF team and Government Agencies.

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

IPAR Queensland Finalist in QComp Return to Work Awards

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IPAR are delighted to announce that we have been selected as a finalist in the 2011 QComp RTW awards in the Provider – Organisation category.

This award comes on the back some fantastic outcomes our consultant team have been delivering across all forms of RTW and in particular across our new employer services.

For further information do not hesitate to contact the Brisbane office on (07) 3253 5000 or email us at rehab@ipar.com.au

IPAR Queensland Head Office Relocates

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As a result of our continued growth in the Queensland market, IPAR have relocated their Brisbane Head office to a new facility in Fortitude Valley. We are extremely excited to announce that our official office opening will be attended by the Lord Mayor of Brisbane on Wednesday 14th September.

The new office is located at 1/72 McLachlan St Fortitude Valley. Our contact phone numbers have changed and are now: Phone 07 3253 5000  and Fax 07 3112 4099. Our old numbers may still be used and will be diverted for the forseeable future.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact our Qld State Manager, Tim Elvery on the numbers above or at telvery@ipar.com.au

IPAR and Health and Safety Solutions relocate Sydney offices

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In order to accommodate the continued growth of our NSW business the Sydney and Western Sydney offices of IPAR and HSS have been relocated.

As of 1st August our Sydney CBD office will now be located at Level 9, 5 Hunter St Sydney. This central location will prove convenient and simple to access for all clients.

Our Western Sydney office has been relocated from Auburn to Level 1, 107 Phillip St Parramatta. This new office is easily accessible by public transport and has significantly more space than our Auburn office which will mean greater levels of comfort for our customers and staff.

Our new contact phone numbers for all Sydney related queries are:

Phone: 02 9689 0900
Fax: 02 9689 6444

Our old numbers will be diverted for the forseeable future.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact IPAR on the above numbers or at rehab@ipar.com.au

IPAR Appointed to TAC Vocational Services Panel

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IPAR are delighted to announce that we have been successfully appointed to the Transport Accident Commision (TAC) Recovery Vocational Services panel.

The appointment follows a rigourous tender process conducted by the TAC.

Having been successful in this process IPAR have established dedicated TAC teams in all our Victorian branches to deliver RTW same employer, and RTW New employer services to clients who have been injured as a result of a road transport accident.

If you have any queries with regard to this please do not hesitate to contact head office (03) 8648 0900 or email us at rehab@ipar.com.au

IPAR Opens New Geelong Office

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IPAR are delighted to announce the opening of a new office location in Geelong. The new office is located at Level 1, 153 Mercer St Geelong.

With the opening of this new branch we are also excited to announce the branch will be managed by Minnie Vuong. Minnie has relocated to Geelong from NSW where she has been working for the last several years in Workplace Rehabilitation both as a consultant and a branch manager.

This new office and the experience Minnie brings to our business means we are now better equipped than ever to service our Geelong and Bellarine customers.

If you would like any further information regarding our Geelong branch please contact head office (03) 8648 0900, the Geelong office direct (03) 5222 6999 or email rehab@ipar.com.au