Impairment assessor news and resources
The following resources are designed to assist Accredited Whole Person Impairment Assessors to deliver services consistent with the Impairment Assessment Guidelines, the Accreditation scheme and the Return to Work Act 2014.
Impairment Assessment Guidelines
Impairment Assessment Guidelines, First Edition- external site
Impairment Assessment Guidelines, Second Edition (revoked 1 August 2022)- external site
Templates
- Whole person impairment physical assessment report template (DOCX, 73 KB)- external site
- Whole person impairment psychiatric assessment report template
(DOCX, 74 KB)- external site - Whole person impairment psychiatric assessment - GEPIC Worksheet- external site
- Whole person impairment noise induced hearing loss assessment report template- external site
Impairment Insider news
- Issue 13 - June 2024
- Issue 12 - December 2023 (PDF, 1380 KB)- external site
- Issue 11 - July 2023 (PDF, 1313 KB)- external site
- Issue 10 - February 2023
(PDF, 249 KB)- external site - Issue 9 - September 2022 (PDF, 304 KB)- external site
- Issue 8 - June 2021 (PDF, 327 KB)- external site
- Issue 7 - February 2020 (PDF, 579 KB)- external site
- Issue 6 - November 2018 (PDF, 376 KB)- external site
- Issue 5 - April 2018 (PDF, 855 KB)- external site
- Issue 4 - October 2017 (PDF, 429 KB)- external site
- Issue 3 - March 2017 (PDF, 558 KB)- external site
- Issue 2 - November 2016 (PDF, 833 KB)- external site
- Issue 1 - January 2016- external site
Assessor notices
- COVID-19 Notice for Impairment Assessors- external site
- Effect of the Martin decision on injuries and subsequent surgeries- external site
- Further impairment using the WorkCover Guidelines- external site
- Assessment of injuries which occurred before 1 July 2015- external site
- Reminder: Do not advise outcome of the assessment- external site
Impairment assessor accreditation and performance monitoring
ReturnToWorkSA will monitor the performance of accredited assessors in accordance with the Impairment Assessor Performance Monitoring Framework- external site.
Assessor resources
Assessor discussion forum
ReturnToWorkSA holds Impairment Assessor Forums, to provide information around the completion of assessments and for accredited impairment assessors to share their issues and ideas so that we can work together to ensure the provision of consistent, compliant and equitable assessments for everyone in the scheme. For information on the next forum please email wpi@rtwsa.com - external siteor contact Impairment Assessment Services on 08 8238 5960.
Further information
Further information about impairment assessments is detailed in section 22 of the Return to Work Act 2014- external site.
The Impairment Assessment team is available to help you with any questions or issues you may have relating to impairment assessment by emailing wpi@rtwsa.com - external siteor contact Impairment Assessment Services on 08 8238 5960.
Date printed: 16 Jul 2024
