We’re an award winning Australian workplace rehabilitation service

At IPAR we deliver outstanding outcomes. It’s why we regularly rank in the top quartile of Return to Work providers and why we’ve won a number of awards that recognise our great work.

But what are we most proud of?  Client outcomes.

Helping a person recover and return to wellbeing and work. Because we know how much of a positive impact it can have on the individual, their family, the workplace, as well as the broader community.

Due to privacy, we can’t talk too much about our clients, so here’s the public achievements we can tell you about.

Awards and Achievements

  • 2023

    ARPA Victoria Innovation in RTW Award – Re-thinking Recovery

    ARPA Victoria Outstanding Achievement in RTW (Psychological Claim) – Mia Groenewald

    ARPA Victoria President’s Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Individual – Jarrod Stonham

    ARPA NSW Outstanding Student Award – Taylia Reedy

    ARPA ACT Outstanding Achievement in RTW (Physical Claim) – Laurence James

    IMB Bank Illawarra Business Awards: Excellence in Workplace Culture – IPAR Wollongong

    IMB Bank Illawarra Business Awards: Outstanding Young Business Leader (Highly Commended) – Rachelle Crilly

  • 2022

    PIEF Excellence in Injury and Disability Management (Lived Experience) Award – Peta Siggers

    ARPA Victoria Best New Starter OES Award – Kate Terrell

    ARPA Victoria President’s Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Individual – Ben O’Neill

    ARPA ACT President’s Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Individual – Liz Bleasdale

    Goulburn Valley Safety Group Awards – Recognised Safety or Wellness Person of the Year – Ashlee Clowes

  • 2021

    ANZIIF Allianz Donna Walker Award for Insurance Leadership – Jo Broomhall

    NSW SafeWork Awards 2021 for Outstanding Solution to a high-risk work health and safety issue

    ARPA National Outstanding Achievement in RTW Award (Psychological Claim) – Alissa Bernardi

    ARPA Queensland Innovation in Return to Work Award

    ARPA Queensland Exceptional Leadership Award – Drew Schultz

    ARPA Victoria Exceptional Leadership – Sarah Gomizel

    ARPA Victoria Innovation in RTW – Chris Issa

    ARPA Victoria Outstanding Achievement in RTW (Psychological Claim) – Sandrea Cocker

    ARPA Victoria Outstanding Achievement in RTW (Physical Claim) – Vanessa Piorek

    ARPA ACT Outstanding Achievement in RTW Award (Psychological Claim) Nicola Gordon

    PIEF Excellence in Injury and Disability Management (RTW / Community) Award – Employment Colab Pathway Project – in conjunction with TAC and Monash University

  • 2020

    Rachael Crick winner of the ANZIIF Making a Difference Award

    Jarrod Stonham winner of the ARPA Victoria Exceptional Leadership Award

    Jake Turvey winner of the icare Industry Champion Awards Young Professional of the Year Award

  • 2019

    Tarryn Botha for Outstanding Leadership at the National Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association (ARPA) Excellence in Workplace Rehabilitation Awards.

    Tarryn Botha for Outstanding Leadership at the Queensland Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association (ARPA) Excellence in Workplace Rehabilitation Awards.

    Rebecca Cowen for Best New Starter at the Victorian Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association (ARPA) Excellence in Workplace Rehabilitation Awards.

    Georgia Williams for Outstanding Consultant, Same Employer at the West Australian Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association (ARPA) Excellence in Workplace Rehabilitation Awards.

    Finalist: in the ALUCA Awards for Innovation Team of the Year 2019.

  • 2018

    Winner of the Excellence and Innovation in Injury Management Award at the 2018 icare CASE Awards

    Finalist: ALUCA Life Insurance Awards 2018 in the category of Life Insurance Team of the Year – Innovation

  • 2017

    Elke Gjergja, General Manager – Organisational Excellence, Work Health Group, awarded President’s Award for Contribution to the Industry

    Suzanne Gibson, NSW State Manager, awarded Australian Rehabilitation Provider Association (ARPA) Exceptional Leadership Award for NSW

    Kate Johnson, SAWANT State Manager, awarded ARPA Exceptional Leadership Award for SA

    Rebecca Jones, Darwin Branch Manager, awarded ARPA Exceptional Leadership Award for NT

    Georgina Lamb, National Manager Business Development, awarded co-recipient of the HBGW Australian SSG Chair Award for Contribution to the HBGW Initiative

    Finalist: ‘Service Provider to the Insurance Industry of the Year’ at the Australian Insurance Industry Awards, co-hosted by the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) and Asia Insurance Review

  • 2016

    Dorothy Frost, Manager – Research and Innovation, awarded Outstanding Contribution by an Individual at the PIEF Excellence in Personal Injury and Disability Management Awards

    Elke Gjergja, General Manager – Corporate Services, awarded Exceptional Leadership award at the ARPA Victoria, in conjunction with TAC, Excellence in Rehabilitation Awards

    Highly commended: Our work in the Life Insurance sector was acknowledged at the SwissRe & ALUCA Excellence & Innovation in Return to Work Awards, for our Optimising Rehabilitation within Life Claims Management Program

  • 2015

    David Sagar, Managing Director, awarded the Victorian ARPA award for Exceptional Leadership

    Finalist: ARPA Awards for Best New Starter, Outstanding Return to Work Achievement and Outstanding Consultant categories

  • 2014

    Thi Tran, Best New Starter – New Employer Services Team at ARPA Victoria Awards

    Finalist: BRW GE Capital Momentum Awards (best Mid-Market Business category)

  • 2011-2013

    Ben O’Neill, State Manager, Exceptional Leadership at ARPA Victoria Awards 2012

    Rowan Schirmer, Best New Starter – New Employer Services Team at ARPA Victoria Awards 2012

    Listed: BRW Fast 100 List three years consecutively, 2011, 2012, 2013