Vocational Intervention Program
The Vocational Intervention Program (VIP) is a specialised employment services for people with traumatic brain injury in NSW; delivered by vocational rehabilitation providers in partnership with the NSW Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program (BIRP) teams.
The Vocational Participation Project (2011-14) examined employment participation for people with TBI accessing 12 adult BIRPs. The first Vocational Intervention Program (VIP 1, 2014-17) was a proof of concept trial conducted at 6 of 12 BIRP sites, partnered with three vocational providers. The second program (VIP 2 2018-21) was the statewide scale-up of the VIP1 involving all 12 BIRP sites.
Location and contacts
Provider name | VIP sites | Funding stream | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|
ARMS – Advanced Rehab Management Service | South Western NSW
| LTC, NDIS, SIRA, CTP, | Address: PO Box 1575 Griffith NSW 2680 |
atWork Australia | New England, Northern | DES | Address: 2/1a Bligh St, Tamworth |
Blue File | Mid-Western NSW | LTC | Address: PO Box 1275 Bathurst NSW 2795 |
CHESS | Mid North Coast | DES, LTC, NDIS, SIRA, CTP, | Address: PO Box 1585 Coffs Harbour NSW 2450 |
Disability Trust (WorkSkills) | Southern Area, Illawarra | DES, NDIS | Address: 210 Shellharbour Rd, Warrawong NSW 2502 |
Greenlight Human Capital | Sydney, Hunter, Mid North Coast, Northern NSW | LTC, NDIS, SIRA, CTP, | Address: PO Box 182 North Ryde BC NSW 1670 |
Keystone Professionals | Sydney | LTC, SIRA, CTP, | Address: Unit 8/ 6 Chaplin Drive Lane Cove NSW 2066 |
MAX | Sydney, Hunter, Illawarra | DES | Address: Level 7, 56 Railway Pde Burwood |
Olympus Solutions | Sydney, Hunter | DES | Address: Suite 14/29-31 Lexington Dr, Bella Vista NSW 2153 |
Penelope Peadon | Dubbo | CTP, LTC | Address: PO Box 96 Trangie NSW 2823 |
Plan Rehab | Dubbo | LTC, CTP | Address: PO Box 1179 Dubbo NSW 2830 |
Prestige Health | Sydney, New England, Northern | LTC, NDIS, SIRA, CTP, | Address: PO Box 59 Padstow NSW 2211 |
RehabCo | South-Western NSW, Southern Area, Hunter, Illawarra, Mid-North Coast, Tamworth | LTC, NDIS, SIRA, CTP, | Address: PO Box 5253 Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 |
Resource Life | Sydney, Illawarra
| LTC | Address: PO Box 136 Thirroul NSW 2515 |
The Personnel Group | South-Western NSW, Southern Area, NSW | DES, NDIS | Address: Level 5, 111-113 Hume St Wodonga Vic 3690 |
Tracks to Work | Sydney, Hunter
| LTC | Address: PO Box 298 Sutherland NSW 1499 |
WorkFocus Australia | Mid-Western NSW, Dubbo | SIRA, CTP, | Address: Level 34, 31 Market Street, Sydney, 2000 |
The pathways
- Fast Track – early intervention pathway for people with opportunity to return to their pre-injury employer.
- New Track – alternate employment pathway for people seeking re-training and job seeking assistance to obtain new work.
Key elements of the VIP
- Local service partnerships between BIRP and vocational rehabilitation provider teams, to create referral channels, sharing of information and effective case coordination.
- Acquired brain injury specific resources (such as service protocols, assessment tools, report and formats, etc.) which contributed to the development of expertise.
- A client-centred and flexible approach to service delivery.
- Opportunities for knowledge sharing across health, rehabilitation, disability and injury management agencies.