Build your capacity to support injured workers during Safe Work Month
Attend Safe Work Month events to elevate your expertise and improve rehabilitation and return to work outcomes in your workplace.
Best practice
Ensure you have the right skills and abilities to support rehabilitation and return to work (RRTW) for injured workers.
Attend professional development events during Safe Work Month and Mental Health Week this October, and show your commitment to improving RRTW outcomes in your workplace.
Why this is important
Safe Work Month and Mental Health Week events will feature industry leaders and inspirational speakers such as Theo Venter, who survived a 22,000 volt electrical shock at work, sharing his lived experience of rehabilitation and return to work.
The events aim to help you build a safe and mentally healthy workplace and improve awareness of psychological health and safety and value of early intervention.
What actions can I take now?
Register for Safe Work Month events.
Mental Health in the Agriculture industry webinar
Wednesday 8 October 2025, 1.30pm – 2.35pm, online
Join us for a free webinar during Queensland Mental Health Week, spotlighting psychosocial hazards in rural and regional industries.
Queensland Mental Health Week breakfast
Thursday 9 October 2025, 7am – 11.30am, Victoria Park, 309 Herston Road, Herston QLD 4006
Join us in person during Mental Health Week for a breakfast event featuring keynote presentations on implementing strategies for promoting positive mental health in the workplace.
Thursday 23 October 2025, 8:30am - 5:30pm, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC), Merivale Street, South Brisbane QLD 4101
The Work Well Conference is back, featuring an impressive lineup of industry leaders and experts, including Theo Venter, who will share his lived experience of rehabilitation and return to work after surviving a 22,000-volt electric shock.
Work Well Regional Breakfast, Mackay
Wednesday 29 October 2025, 7am – 10.15am, Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre, 258 Alfred Street, Mackay QLD 4740
In 2025, we’re bringing three renowned speakers from Brisbane’s Work Well Conference to share their experience and expertise in Mackay, including Theo Venter.
North Queensland Work Well Conference
Wednesday 12 November 2025, 8:30am – 5pm, The Pavilion, The Ville Resort Casino, Sir Leslie Thiess Dr, Townsville QLD 4810
The conference focuses on promoting injury prevention, improved work health and safety, rehabilitation and return to work, mentally healthy workplaces, and more. You’ll hear from James Weir, who will speak about supporting recovery after a workers’ compensation claim, Cindia Reine, speaking about cultural safety for indigenous Australian in workplace rehabilitation and Rosemary Grant who will speak about the human centred approach to positive return to work.
Your toolkit
- Contact events@oir.qld.gov.au with questions about Safe Work Month events.
- Stay up-to-date on Safe Work Month and Mental Health Week by subscribing to our eSAFE newsletters and Rehabilitation and Return to Work e-bulletin and following our Return to Work Queensland Facebook page.
- Complete a Rehabilitation and return to work coordinator training course, approved by the Workers’ Compensation Regulator.