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Vocational program
The TRAC Group’s highly
skilled team of registered health-care professionals and
clinicians has extensive expertise and experience in meeting
the vocational needs of those recovering from injury or illness
or those who are struggling with depression, anxiety or other
family/workplace problems.
When possible, we help clients return to their own occupation,
either fully or in a modified fashion. We work with clients
who cannot return to their former occupation assess what they
can do and how they can transfer their skills to new employment.
Through volunteers and work placements, we help clients practise
their skills and get on-the-job training and experience.
Our approach
Our goal is to help each client achieve a successful and
enduring return to work. We use a multidisciplinary approach,
meaning our clinicians work together to develop and provide
vocational programs and services tailored to meet each client’s
unique needs. We also educate clients and families about what
they can expect during the rehabilitation and recovery process.
Where and when we can help
The TRAC Group offers bilingual
vocational programs and services across all of Eastern Ontario—at
home, at school, in the workplace or in community settings.
We usually contact a new client within one day of an inquiry
or referral and services typically begin within a week. We
can begin working with the client prior to discharge from
a hospital or in-patient facility, helping to identify and
obtain the therapy and equipment needed after release. Our
programs and services begin immediately upon discharge and
continue through the rehabilitation process. We also provide
immediate services, on an interim basis, to clients who are
on waiting lists for other programs and services, allowing
clients to have uninterrupted therapy during their optimum
window of recovery.
Measurable, effective programs and services
Our vocational program team includes Vocational Rehabilitation
Counsellors, Job Coaches, Registered Nurses, Occupational
Therapists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists and Speech-Language
Pathologists. Working together, we design and deliver services
that are tailored to each client’s unique needs. Our
services include:
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Consulting, including reviewing files and task assignments
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Analyzing the client’s transferable skills |
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Analyzing a job’s physical and cognitive demands |
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Assessing the workplace environment and recommending
and implementing ergonomic improvements that will enhance
employee health, safety and productivity |
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Cognitive and work conditioning to help the client
gain and practise skills and build endurance |
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Volunteer placements to help the client gain workplace
experience |
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Return-to-work planning, implementation, monitoring
and documentation |
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Work integration programs |
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Work placements, including on-the-job training |
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Job coaching |
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Building job search and resume preparation skills |
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Analyzing the labour market, including identifying
employment and occupation trends |
We design and provide comprehensive, goal-oriented, proactive
and effective trans-disciplinary vocational rehabilitation
programs. We:
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Use objective, standardized assessment data to plan
and implement services |
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Provide flexible programming designed to meet the
individual needs of clients during the various stages
of recovery |
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Offer vocational services through expert and experienced
clinicians |
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Provide programs in efficient time frames that ensure
services are client-specific, co-ordinated and cost-effective |
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Use standardized measures to monitor clients’
progress, ensuring accountability to stakeholders |
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Work as a team to set goals for discipline-specific
treatment and for the client’s vocational and
educational pursuits |
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Use regular team conferences and bi-weekly teleconferences
to communicate effectively and identify issues in a
timely way |
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Provide monthly educational seminars to help clients,
families and caregivers better understand recovery,
rehabilitation and reintegration |
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Use quality assurance measures to make sure our vocational
plans are goal-directed and meet stakeholders’
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Every TRAC client’s file
is reviewed monthly by our Program Co-ordinator, who has 19
years’ experience in nursing and 15 years’ experience
in community rehabilitation. The Program Co-ordinator ensures
that program protocols are followed and vocational plans are
working as they should be.
Contact us
Reintegration into the workforce after injury and illness
can be challenging. The TRAC Group
can help. Contact us to make an appointment or referral.
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