Ms. Maureen Parkinson, Vocational Rehabilitation Counsellor, M.Ed. C.C.R.C, BC Cancer
Ms. Maureen Parkinson is the province-wide vocational rehabilitation counsellor at the BC Cancer Agency. She has also been vocational rehabilitation counsellor at a public rehabilitation hospital and vocational rehabilitation consultant to insurance companies and the court system. She has instructed and facilitated Service-Canada-funded programs on job searching and career exploration. Ms. Parkinson has a Masters in Counselling Psychology, is a Canadian Certified Rehabilitation Counsellor, and completed the Certified Return to Work Coordinator Program through the National Institute for Disability Management and Research. She has developed return-to-work and job-search seminars for cancer patients and created the guidebook “Cancer and Returning to Work: A Practical Guide for Cancer Patients” as well as on-line articles about returning to work and school. She also co-authored a paper commissioned by the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology, “Cancer and Work: A Canadian Perspective”.
Dr. Christine Maheu is an Associate Professor in the Ingram School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University. Dr. Maheu is also an Affiliate Scientist at the University Health Network and the University of Toronto. At McGill University, she teaches research methods, supervises graduate students (masters, doctoral, post-doctoral), mentors practicing nurses and students in research, and conducts research in English and French. She has held research awards with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Canadian Cancer Society, and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. These awards funded her research in psychosocial oncology, which focuses on developing and testing psychosocial interventions or measurements tools for various cancer populations. Additionally, in partnership with Ipsos Canada and funded by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, she is co-leading a nationwide survey of the needs of cancer patients for transition care from the end of their treatment to three years after their diagnosis. Dr. Maheu received awards for excellence in nursing research (2013, 2015, 2016) from Ovarian Cancer Canada, the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology, and the Quebec Association of Nurses in Oncology.
Étapes à suivre par les prestataires de soins de santé pour favoriser le retour au travail
Le programme iCanWork est un programme en 10 étapes que vous pouvez utiliser pour vous guider lors de la planification de votre retour au travail. Bien que les étapes soient conçues pour faciliter le retour à un ancien lieu de travail, bon nombre d’entre elles peuvent également aider les personnes à la recherche d’un nouvel emploi. Pour plus d’informations sur la recherche d’emploi, voir Le changement de travail et la recherche d’emploi.
Notez que certaines étapes peuvent se chevaucher, d’autres peuvent être suivies simultanément ou peuvent être effectuées dans un ordre différent pour répondre à vos besoins et à votre situation uniques.
La communication est impliquée dans toutes les étapes de JeTravail. La communication sur le retour au travail commence tôt et souvent avec vos fournisseurs de soins de santé, votre employeur et votre assureur afin de s’assurer que vos préoccupations sont prises en compte et d’assurer une transition en douceur vers votre travail. Voir ci-dessous pour d’autres conseils ou voir La communication et le travail d’équipe.
