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Employer Services
Post Hire Screening
This cost effective tool for employers, is used to enable safe work placements for new hires and consists of a job site analysis, medical history, physical examination, strength and flexibility testing and job matching.
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Disability Management Program Development
Occupational Concepts offers the services of a Certified Disability Management Professional to assist you in the development and/or strengthening of your companies Disability Management Program. Companies who have implemented a comprehensive Disability Management Program are reporting decreases in workers compensation, short term disability and long term disability costs of up to 50% in addition to witnessing improvements in workplace moral and a commitment to a healthy and safe workplace. Occupational Concepts offers you an opportunity to design, implement and evaluate an effective Disability Management Program.
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Disability Management Program Auditing
Occupational Concepts is the only facility in New Brunswick licensed to administer and interpret the Internationally supported Consensus Based Disability Management Audit. This audit tool examines the sixteen elements essential for an effective disability management program and provides companies with a detailed analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of their program. Based on audit results, companies have an opportunity to apply for International Certification of their Disability Management Program.
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Return to Work Coordination
An early intervention strategy provided to enable a safe return to work following injury or illness.
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Workplace Accommodations
This consultation service assists employers in exploring and fulfilling their responsibilities to accommodate short of undue hardship under the Human Rights legislation.
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Functional Capacity Evaluations
This intensive, short-term evaluation follows a systemized approach to objectively measure a client’s abilities related to musculoskeletal strength, endurance, speed and flexibility as well as the client’s workday tolerance. Evaluations are completed over a one or a two-day period with the aim of measuring a client’s general physical abilities or those specific to a particular job. The advantage of the two-day evaluation is that of comparison testing under distraction.
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Occupational Ergonomics
An ergonomic evaluation is an effective prevention strategy that provides a comprehensive analysis of the work environment, be it office based or an industrial setting, with recommendations on how to maximize human performance while promoting the well being of the worker. An ergonomic evaluation will survey a worker’s symptoms, identify the essential tasks, assess for risk, identify controls and provide recommendations.
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Workplace Health and Wellness
This wellness service offers employers a solution to the rising costs of treating ill and/or injured workers. These costs are manifested in absenteeism, decreased productivity, workers' compensation, medical claims, and the effects of these conditions on workers' quality of life. The majority of costs are associated with the high incidence of stress and physical injury in the workplace. These conditions can be prevented and treated by addressing occupational factors, working conditions, job dissatisfaction, and the risk status and health behaviors of workers. This service is therefore aimed at providing stressed or injured workers with self-management options and preventing those at risk from experiencing future negative health outcomes.
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Case Management
A consultation and facilitation service that enables employers to develop claims management strategies for return to work with respect to an employer's Duty to Accommodate.
Consultation services consists of:
• Onsite employer interview
• Offsite worker interview
• Telephone interview with WHSCC Case Manager
• Action planning
Facilitation service consists of:
• Implementation of action plan
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Accessibility Assessment
Guided by clinical judgment and the “CAN/CSA-B651-95 Barrier-Free Design Guidelines” from the Canadian Standards Association, an occupational therapist is able to identify accessibility barriers and recommend specific home modifications or adaptations to the environment that would eliminate these barriers and improve accessibility.
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Occupational Physiotherapy
This service, provided by a registered physiotherapist, combines musculoskeletal biomechanics, ergonomics and the injury process to provide effective onsite treatment based on the physical demands of the job relative to the clinical presentation of the worker. This service consists of assessing the worker in the workplace and providing treatment programs with an emphasis on self-management.
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Job Analysis
This evaluation is an on-site analysis that enables the completion of a comprehensive profile of an employment opportunity. This analysis will provide information on the job qualifications, work schedule, essential job functions, physical demands, environmental conditions, temperaments and risk factors.
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Accident Prevention and Safety Programming
Occupational Concepts mission is to provide high quality training that enables senior management, supervisors, union representatives and workers in the establishment of a healthy and safe workplace culture.
Occupational Concepts offers three levels of training:
• Level 1 – Program development
• Level 2 – Train the trainer
• Level 3 – Participant workshops
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
Level 1- Guidelines to Developing an Office Ergonomic Program
Healthy Workplace Implementation
Level 2- Guidelines to Completing an Office Workstation Analysis
Guidelines to completing a Job Task Analysis
Injury Prevention in the workplace
Level 3- First Aid and CPR certification
Staying Healthy on Shift work
Manual Material Handling Training
Back Education
Contact the office for our current training schedule.
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