Melissa Elliott

• Co-lead the Psychosocial Risk Assessment Project alongside the Senior Risk Officer incorporating consultation with department leaders and supervisors to identify risks and barriers across a complex work environment. Consult with Diversity and Inclusion team to progress the employee consultation phase of the project with a view to deepen learnings and empower individuals, teams and leaders
• Develop 2024 Safety Week Schedule and lead communications with National Safety Operations Manager and internal communications team.
• Develop a working committee for the new wellbeing strategy project to align to the 2024 to 2026 strategic goals and psychosocial risk profile to drive engagement, work design and impact
• Engage leaders and departments to support injured or unwell team members to remain engaged with work through manager coaching and strategies to build safe, respectful and positive environments
• Work with the onsite Health Centre to implement health promotion initiatives and awareness campaigns to prevent illness and health conditions and for prevention and monitoring of injuries.
• Wellness and Psychological Safety Subject Matter Expert for the development of a new reporting and response platform for whistle blowing and anonymous reporting of psychosocial hazards
• Manage Vendors (EAP, Wellness, Rehab and Physio)
• Develop Peer Support Mental Health program
• Develop wellbeing and safety communications strategy
• Consult with Jean Hailes organisation to drive awareness of women’s health conditions to progress support at work and improve health and wellbeing for women
• Meet periodically with Human Resources team to review non work and work injuries and potential hazards to support early intervention and evolution of risk register
• Review complex claims with insurer and with departments to identify barriers, progress wellness and early intervention opportunities
• Consult with safety team and review incidents and hazards in reporting system to improve safety, recommend leader training and prevent injury
• Monthly reporting on Lost Time Injuries (LTI), claims and engagement with wellbeing initiatives
• Work with safety, HSR and Leaders to drive reporting of psychological hazards to promote learning and intervention.

Resilia are leaders in the management of psychological prevention, early intervention and psychological injury and complex mental health claims under NSW Workers Compensation, Comcare schemes and organisations.

• Early intervention and workplace support collaborating with treating teams, leaders and stakeholders to optimise recovery and meet commercial demands
• Provide medical management support for complex mental health claims including inpatient discharge transition, outpatient treatment engagement and connection
• Provide education and mental health tools to clients alongside their psychologist to support recovery
• Coaching managers to support facilitated discussions and to optimise workplace support for safe RTW
• Experienced in working with First Responders including NSW Police and NSW Ambulance
• Assessments and report writing
• Support change through stages of change continuum using motivational interviewing, vocational counselling, motivation for work and job seeking skills
• Provide Resilience Training to clients (1:1) under the five pillars of Positive Psychology PERMA model
• Develop team members with strategic case file reviews

• Commenced as a university placement in Sep 2017 and was offered a permanent position as a Rehab Consultant in Feb 2018, later promoted to a Senior Rehab Consultant role in Jul 2019
• Selected to work on a secondment project to EML throughout 2020 to review physical claims and support Case Managers alongside Injury Management Advisors, Technical Specialists and Team Leaders
• Provide job seeking support, career coaching, transferable skills, job match, RPL and ADF Veteran transition to community
• Conduct Initial Needs Assessments; Vocational Assessments; Labour Market Analysis; and Earning Capacity Reports (NSW Workers Comp, Comcare, DVA, CTP)
• Conduct mental health and wellness training and education for Government Job Seeker participant groups.