MP Safety Management (MPSM) is a trusted workplace rehabilitation provider with nearly three decades of experience helping individuals return to safe, meaningful and sustainable work. Established with a clear commitment to exceptional customer service, MPSM has built a strong reputation for professionalism, integrity and evidence-based practice.
We work nationally across multiple workers’ compensation schemes and are accredited with Comcare Australia, iCare NSW, WorkSafe ACT, WorkCover WA and WorkCover Tasmania. Our team consists entirely of highly experienced, AHPRA-registered Occupational Therapists, many with 15–25 years of clinical and rehabilitation expertise.
To be Australia’s most trusted boutique workplace rehabilitation provider, recognised for exceptional customer service and consistently outstanding outcomes.
Melanie established MP Safety Management in 1997 with the aim of providing excellence in workplace based rehabilitation. She has worked extensively with the shipping …
industry, Disability Sector and Aged Care to develop and implement best practice injury management and return to work programs.
Melanie as a Manager, fosters relationships with employers, workers and consultants, providing a workplace that encourages innovation, commitment and evidence based injury management.
Melanie is an AS4801 Certified Safety Systems Auditor, Ergonomist and Associated Fellow of the Personal Injury Education Foundation.
Melanie specialises in Injury Management/Return to Work programs, ergonomic assessments and auditing.
Melanie has worked with psychological injury claims and has completed additional professional development in trauma, depression and anxiety.
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Felicity is a key member of the MP Safety Management team. With previous experience in OHS and injury management, she conducts case management of rehabilitation files …
(WorkCover and CTP NSW), ADL assessments and provides equipment prescriptions and referral to tertiary services. Felicity also performs ergonomic evaluation of work environments, and provides onsite education regarding posture, functional back care and injury prevention. Felicity’s key interests are injury management, ergonomic assessments and training (manual handling and ergonomics in the workplace).
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Saskia has been working in the area of occupational rehabilitation/ injury management for 26 years. She has been part of the MPSM team since 2000. Saskia is an accredited …
member of the AAOT (Australian Association of Occupational Therapists). She is also a member with AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency). Saskia is Comcare accredited and also has her
accreditation in Mental Health First Aide. Saskia is qualified to work with DVA clients.
Saskia is experienced in working with clients in the NSW Workers compensation system. She is also experienced performing rehabilitation services in the life insurance industry.
Her specialist areas of expertise include case management of both complex physical and psychological claims, performing functional assessments including on-site functional assessments, performing task analysis of worksites including job match information, worksite assessments and ergonomic assessments. She is also able to perform ADL assessments, including recommendations for equipment and services.
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Tania joined the MP Safety Management team in 2004, bringing with her a wealth of experience in injury management. She currently performs case management …
of rehabilitation files (Icare, Comcare, Income Protection, CTP and Motor Accident Claims), ADL assessments and provides equipment and service prescriptions. She also conducts ergonomic audits/evaluation of workplaces and provides onsite education regarding back care and injury prevention.
Tania’s key interests are ergonomics, health promotion and developing and implementing preventative injury programs.
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Heba is responsible for conducting case management of rehabilitation files as well as ergonomic and worksite assessments. Heba is a certified Workplace Trainer …
and facilitates Return to Work Coordinator Training for individuals and companies, manual handling training, ergonomic training. Heba has also created a 2 hour return to work seminar, educating supervisors and team leaders on workers compensation.
Heba’s interests are injury management, ergonomic assessments, workplace assessments and functional assessments and training.
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Karren joined MP Safety Management in 2005 and provides injury management programs to customers and clients. She has an extensive background in Occupational Rehabilitation …
having worked across workers compensation, CTP and personal income protection schemes.
Karren has worked as a clinician, an employer representative and Rehabilitation Manager within insurance and rehabilitation provider environments. Karren is a Workplace Occupational Therapist with skills in identifying the critical demands of work and matching this with a workers capacity to facilitate an early and durable return to work outcome. Karren manages physical and psychological claims.
Karren covers Sydney, Central Coast and the Upper Hunter.
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Nicole joined MP Safety Management team in 2013 and brings over 20 years of occupational rehabilitation experience, having worked in both Australia and in Canada. Nicole has experience …
working as an Injury Management Advisor for a large CTP insurer and has also spent several years providing injury management and case management services across NSW and ACT workers compensation, CTP and Comcare schemes (as well as WorkSafe BC and ICBC in British Columbia, Canada) and DVA clients.
Nicole’s key interests are in brain injury rehabilitation, specifically assisting with return to work, injury management, ADL
assessments and ergonomic assessments.
Nicole is based in the southern tablelands, servicing the Canberra, Goulburn and South Coast regions.
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Leanne joined the MPSM team in 2012, bringing with her almost 20 years experience in occupational rehabilitation. Leanne has worked as both an In House and External …
Rehabilitation Provider, within the WorkCover, CTP and Comcare system.
She has extensive experience working in the mail, transport and logistics industry. Leanne was the State and National Rehabilitation Manager for Australia Post for more than a decade, with a focus on best practice for case and claims management, early intervention and injury prevention.
Having worked with both large corporations and small employers, Leanne is customer focused with a strong emphasis on early and quality return to work outcomes, effective injury management strategies and managing claim costs. She has enjoyed
working within a multi-disciplined team of professionals, dealing with both simple and complex, long term claims.
Leanne is also experienced in providing vocational rehabilitation assessments and case managements services for claimants returning to suitable employment with a new employer. Leanne has developed and delivered training packages for injury management, specifically targeting managers and supervisers. She enjoys working with people and developing good working relationships and networks with all parties to achieve agreed goals.
She provides rehabilitation services for regional NSW including Orange/Mudgee areas through to Western Sydney including the Hawkesbury area, South Western Sydney including the Wollondilly area, the inner Sydney metropolitan area and Eastern suburbs.
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Ashleigh is a wonderful part of our team, joining MP Safety Management in June 2013. Ashleigh’s training and experience
background is secretarial/administration based. She was employed …
for many years as a personal assistant to the CEO of a professional sporting club. She has done some part-time secretarial work for a Workplace Occupational Therapist and also has
experience in medical administration, having most recently managed the practice of a general surgeon/medico legal consultant.
She joins us in a part time position as Personal Assistant to Melanie Parker-Doney.
Liz is a Chartered Accountant and Registered Tax Agent and has been our internal Accountant since 2009. Liz is our virtual CFO as well as running her own accountancy …
and tax practice.
Liz is responsible for all internal accounting functions at MP Safety Management.
Donna’s role as Office Manager includes development of policies and procedures, implementing insurer panel requests, project work, working on our website and intranet system …
as well as management of the office on a daily basis.
Donna’s experience comes from many years of customer liaison and business management. This allows her to streamline processes for our consultants. Donna completes our consultant inductions and procedure reviews.
Co-ordinating employment medical assessments throughout Australia and New Zealand with a developed base of suitable medical practitioners.
Simone joins the team with over 20 years’ experience in customer service, front of house and administration roles within various sporting facilities. The last few years specialising …
in customer service with an inbound call centre.
Noel joined MP Safety Management team in 2018 and brings over 20 years of workplace rehabilitation and employment service experience. Originally completing a trade …
in the Royal Australian Air Force prior to studying at university, Noel has great exposure and understanding of a wide range occupations that is highly useful when exploring new vocational options for clients. Over the past 20 years Noel has worked in a range of government funded employment programs, workplace rehabilitation, pilot programs, social enterprise initiatives, private recruitment and labour hire.
Noel specialises in job search training, workplace training, finding host placements and getting clients into new employment.
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Kelly joins the team with over 20 years’ experience in office administration. Kelly’s strong administration & customer service background with a focus in medical administration, making her …
a valuable addition to our team. Her time working in a large hospital setting across multiple roles has prepared & given her the skills to handle a fast-paced office environment and manage time-sensitive tasks.
