Archive for year: 2014

IPAR is now a signatory to the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AFOEM) of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) Consensus Statement on the Health Benefits of Work.

Realising the Health Benefits of Work presents compelling international and Australasian evidence that work is generally good for health and wellbeing, and that long term work absence, work disability and unemployment generally have a negative impact on health and wellbeing.

The purpose of the consensus statement is to bring together a wide range of stakeholder signatories, who each affirm the importance of work as a determinant of health and commit to:

• Promoting awareness of the health benefits of work;
• Offering support and encouragement to those attempting to access the health benefits of work;
• Encouraging employers’ continuing support of workers’ occupational health; and
• Advocating for continuous improvement in public policy around work and health, in line with the principles articulated in the consensus statement.

As part of our corporate social responsibility program, IPAR in the Community, IPAR has partnered with Ronald McDonald House Charities as a national volunteer partner. Our partnership with RMHC provides IPAR team members with the opportunity to volunteer at one of the 14 Ronald McDonald Houses across Australia, whether it is cooking a meal for the families, running a working bee, having a baking day or undertaking ad-hoc fundraising to raise funds for their local house.

Our first volunteering event was held at the Monash, Victoria, House last week, with eight IPAR team members ‘cooking up a storm’ for the families and children currently staying at the house. The team prepared a hearty and warming three course dinner with plenty of leftovers packed away for coming days.

Next, we head to Ronald McDonald House Tamworth for a working bee, followed by Westmead, Sydney for another cooking event in August.

IPAR is expanding our service delivery to northern NSW with the opening of a new office in Lismore. Servicing the Lismore and Northern Rivers regions, the office will be opened by new IPAR recruit, Todd Laing. Todd has extensive experience in the Occupational Rehabilitation field and will be a great addition to the IPAR team.

The office is located at Suite 9B, Conway Plaza, 21 Conway Street, Lismore 2480. To contact the Lismore office please phone 02 6766 1444 or to make a referral please complete the online referral form on this website.

Delegates from IPAR will be attending the upcoming Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association (ARPA) Conference, taking place at the Sheraton on the Park Hotel, Sydney, from the 4th to 6th May 2014.

The theme of the 2014 Biennial Conference is ‘Next Practice in the Modern Workplace’, featuring international and Australian speakers to discuss:

What’s Possible? Next practice – with best practice becoming the bench mark, next practice is the step beyond, where real innovation is found.

Inspiring Business: Innovating ways and shifting our paradigms in the way we deliver services, conduct business and communicate with customers.

Generating Change: Next practice involves creative thinking and a robust analysis of what’s possible. This stream is about inspirational thinkers and researchers at the forefront of transforming abilities.

We look forward to seeing you there!