Disability Case Management Process. Case Assessment The Disability Case Management process will be time limited to three months, except where it is agreed by the Case Manager that specified time extensions will be useful in progressing the case to an optimal conclusion. On referral, the Case Manager will assess case status and, in particular, determine that genuine attempts have been made to rehabilitate employees to their pre injury role. This can be determined by requesting or reviewing information from: • the employee; • managers and supervisors; • workplace rehabilitation documents; • formal functional capacity assessment; • reports by treating medical practitioners; and • reports by assessors nominated by XXXXXXX. Where the rehabilitation process has not been exhausted, the Case Manager will complete the rehabilitation process before progression to disability management. • Exploring Placement Options When returning to usual duties is excluded as an option, the Case Manager will explore alternative placement opportunities, provide support and appropriate resources and document the actions taken. Alternative placement strategies may include: • reasonable modification of the employee’s usual duties; • job skills assessment, including, • vocational assessment, and/or • temporary job placement for purposes of skills or aptitude assessment; • re-skilling for other duties including retraining; • placement support including, • assistance to develop a resumé, • guidance and support through the job application, selection and interview process, and/or • distribution of resumé for consideration for suitable vacancies within ENERGEX. AND/OR • Reasonable outplacement assistance. • Separation Where position readjustment, re-skilling, redeployment and outplacement are unsuccessful and the employee is unlikely to maintain gainful employment with ENERGEX, then the Case Manager will recommend separation of the employee from ENERGEX.
