Working in workers compensation
The problem:The system has its own language, forms, timeframes and stakeholders, and none of it was covered in our university training. You are serving the client while reporting to a third party who pays the invoice, and there can appear to be pressure for the client’s recovery to progress faster than is realistic.
Supervision focus:
How WorkCover WA claims run, who the parties are and what each one needs, boundaries and dual relationships, pacing trauma-focused work inside a claim, work capacity conversations with clients and IMCs, writing psychological reports that get approved and address the system, return to work planning that holds, and how diagnosis, treatment, recovery and work capacity fit within the legislation.
Improving your private practice
The problem:A full diary and a thin margin. Cancellations, unbilled hours and underpriced work quietly erode what should be a sustainable practice.
Supervision focus:
Fee setting, mixing funding streams, reducing missed appointments and admin, building referral relationships with IMCs, insurers and GPs, writing well-grounded reports that help all parties support the client’s progress, and considering additional income streams.
Using AI within your workflow
The problem:Hours each week go into reports, plans and letters, and you are unsure what is safe, ethical and actually useful.
Supervision focus:
Where AI fits in a clinical workflow and where it does not, privacy and AHPRA obligations, getting reliable drafts from your notes, and using tools like Virtuosa AI to give time back to clients.
