Day Two
Wednesday 18 May 2022
0900
Welcome
Dr Boris Fedoric - National President, ASORC
0905
Meet the Directors
0910
Mentally Healthy Workplaces are good for people and good for business
Lucinda Brogden AM, Chair, Mentally Healthy Workplace Alliance
0940
The Psychiatric Impairment Rating Scale: A review and evaluation
Dr James Athanasou - Associate Professor [Honorary], University of Sydney
0945
Top Tips in Ten on supporting neurodiversity in the workplace
Olivia Gibson - Practice Leader, Autism Spectrum Australia
1000
Managing Workplace Psychological Injury
Alexa Locke - National Operations Manager (Recovery and Return to Work), Resilia
1100
Morning Tea
1120
Vocational assessing in life insurance: how Rehabilitation Counsellors can shine across Income Protection (IP) and Total and Permanent Disablement (TPD)
Jessica Cucchiaro - Director & Consultant Psychologist, Assessability and
Alicia Gibbs - Wellness and Rehabilitation Counsellor, Zurich Insurance
1220
Outcomes of Trauma Informed Practice and Care (TIPC) in the vocational setting of rehabilitation counselling
Kate Oosthuizen - Private Practitioner/Student, Griffith University
1225
Top Tips in Ten on sexuality diverse clients
Claire Allen - National Program Manager (Pride in Health + Wellbeing), ACON
1235
Lunch
1330
Does work disability increase risk of suicide and self-harm? A global evidence review
Professor Alex Collie - Director, Healthy Working Lives Research Group
1430
WHS overview, hazard management and risk control for Rehabilitation Counsellor’s, with particular emphasis on controlling psychosocial hazards in the workplace
Danielle Mik - CEO, Beneficent PL
1500
Afternoon tea
1520
Top Tips in Ten on ADHD in the workplace
Dr Michele Toner OAM - ADHD Consultant and Coach
1530
Beyond Advocacy: Promotion and support for self-advocacy in consumers experiencing mental illness and unemployment
Georgia Hiscock - Strategic Injury Management Advisor, Allianz Australia
1600
Inspiring Meaning in Life: A New Direction for Rehabilitation Counselling
Aisham Ali - Researcher & Rehabilitation Consultant, Counselling Appraisal Consultants
1605
Rehabilitation Counselling in Australia
Erin Fearn Smith, Associate Lecturer University of Sydney
1615
Final Remarks
