1. Barb Chittock
0448 206 698 barb_chittock15@hotmail.com
Address: 21/18 Barramul Street, Bulimba QLD 4171
Phone: 0448 206 698
Email: barb_chittock15@hotmail.com
Social Media: https://au.linkedin.com/in/barbara-chittock-244604a3
Personal Profile
I am a driven and motivated leader who has worked for ten years in the Occupational
Rehabilitation industry. I am motivated by a challenge where I know it will continue to grow
and develop me as a person but also thrive on being in a team culture where we are
working together to achieve great results and outcomes. Culture is extremely important for
me as a leader and change agent as I see it as a key to success not only as a team but as
an individual. As a leader I believe you cannot provide a great service if you don’t have a
happy team who want to go above and beyond for one another.
Current Career and Experience
KONEKT LTD September 2012 - Present
Australia’s largest private provider of workplace risk and injury management solutions and is
a publicly listed company on the Australian Stock Exchange. Konekt has over 40 offices and
over 300 Allied Health professionals located nationally.
Key Career Highlights
Area Manager – April 2015 - Present
Successful management and leadership as Area Manager for Brisbane branch
approximately 18x consultants and 1x regional support officer from April until August
2015.
Involved in the Site Structure project for the development and assisted with the trial of
the new Local Area Manager structure this extended to my role as the Area Manager
for SE QLD with the focus of re-integrating the Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast
and Toowoomba offices back to being one team again. SE QLD currently consists of
currently 32 x consultants, 1 x regional support officer, 1 x Local Area Managers and 2
x Area Managers.
Successful realignment of staff caseloads to improve staff engagement and case
quality and reduce the risk of staff burnout.
Ten successful CSO placements (New Graduate Position), six of which have
successfully progressed to consultant level and remain with the company.
Successful management, succession planning and leadership of three Local Area
Managers in SE QLD from September 2015, with two successfully being promoted to
Area Manager roles within the company in September 2016.
Asked to participate in the following four projects lead by Regional Managers - Role
Clarity Project, Document Review Project, Billing for Value Project and Site Structure
Project during April and September 2015.
Locally initiated and developed the revamp of the national Induction program
during July and August 2016 which has resulted in new starters ramping up more
efficiently since implementing from August 2016 with six new starters to date. This has
now been signed off and will be rolled out to the company by April 2017.
Asked to participate as a project team member and subject matter expert in a
Project lead by Head of People, Performance and Culture – Creating the Forest
successfully creating core competencies framework during August till October 2016
which will be rolled out to the national company in February 2017.
Supported and encouraged one team approach with recommending two
consultants to be seconded for six months to the Sydney rebuild, one consultant
seconded to DVA for six months, a managing consultant seconded to the Sales
insurer team for two months and one consultant to the Product Quality Project for 10
weeks all since August 2015.

2. Barb Chittock
0448 206 698 barb_chittock15@hotmail.com
Address: 21/18 Barramul Street, Bulimba QLD 4171
Phone: 0448 206 698
Email: barb_chittock15@hotmail.com
Social Media: https://au.linkedin.com/in/barbara-chittock-244604a3
Significant focus on continuing to maintain great culture with team growth which has
showed in reduced staff attrition and improved staff engagement and retention.
Continued to build and grow market share with a Government Contract in SE QLD.
EBITDA growth by 5% better than budgeted for current financial year for SE QLD.
Relevant Skills
Apply First Aid
Warden training – Bomb Treat Procedures and Fire Drill
Comcare training and registration – 2012 – current
Occupational Therapy Board of Australia Registration from September 2012 to 30/11/2017
Current ADF Identification Pass for SEQLD bases.
Senior Consultant and Managing Consultant - September 2012 – March 2015
I primarily worked as a rehabilitation consultant on the Australian Defence Force contract. As
a Rehabilitation consultant my role is to be the key link and communicator between the
member, unit and medical profession ensuring a members rehabilitation progresses
accordingly, the unit is updated regularly with staff in confidence information and provides
appropriate supports to the member and to ensure the member remained compliant with
treatment and adhering to their restrictions. The main focus is to try return the member to
their deployable status however if it was deemed that the member was no longer fit to
continue serving for the Defence Force my role would also assist with the process of
transitioning the member into the civilian world. I have had experience in both complex
physical and mental health cases which have usually resulted in arranging and/or attending
individual welfare boards and unit personnel review boards. Skills include prescription of
return to work plans with a graded increase of suitable duties and reduced hours, ergonomic
assessments and activities of daily living assessments with equipment prescription. Since
working with the ADF I have significantly developed by knowledge of working with the
Defence Force and understanding ranks, roles and units that make up the Defence Force. I
frequently communicated with Commanding Officers and Medical Officers on a weekly
basis and provide monthly progress reports to a great standard and in the required time
frames. Other main customers I was working with included CBA and DHS.
Career History
January 2011 – July 2012: Locum – Occupational Therapist
Worked as a Locum Occupational Therapist in a variety of different settings in London (NHS
Hammersmith & Fulham Community Rehabilitation, NHS Queens Hospital, NHS Royal London
Hospital, NHS King Georges Hospital, NHS St Georges Hospital; Occupational Therapy
Assistant/ Generic Rehabilitation Assistant (Locum role) – NHS Redbridge PCT)
December 2010 – January 2011: Retail Assistant – Kathmandu Ltd
■ Customer service
■ Till work/sales
■ Restocking
■ Merchandising
■ Providing advice on different products
July 2010 – December 2010 Travel to and around UK and Europe
February 2007 – July 2010: Occupational Therapist – EnableWorks Ltd
Full time community based vocational assessment and rehabilitation with ACC scheme, 16-
65years+. Clients I provided rehabilitation for include individuals who sustained a full range of
orthopaedic injuries, internal injuries as a result of trauma or medical misadventure, spinal

3. Barb Chittock
0448 206 698 barb_chittock15@hotmail.com
Address: 21/18 Barramul Street, Bulimba QLD 4171
Phone: 0448 206 698
Email: barb_chittock15@hotmail.com
Social Media: https://au.linkedin.com/in/barbara-chittock-244604a3
injuries, burns and amputations.
Prescription and implementation of graded return to work programmes and programmes to
prepare clients to commence a return to work; support and injury management education
to increase work hours and duties; equipment provision; adaptation of work environment;
modification of tasks and work technique; educate employers / supervisors;
communicate via face to face, phone, email and fax communication to variety of health
professionals (G.P, Specialists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists) to ensure successful
outcome, clear communication with clients and employers. Rehabilitation strategies
included use of biofeedback training and education.
Education & Qualifications
■ AIM Cert IV Applied Project Management
3 day course completed – August 2016, Assessment in progress
■ Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
Otago Polytechnic
St Hilda's Collegiate, Dunedin, New Zealand
■ Bursary University Entrance
■ Higher School Certificate
■ Elaine Hesse-Greif Award for Deputy Liaison Prefect.
■ Six Form Certificate (Diligence for all subjects)
■ School Certificate
■ Peer Support Leader
Awards and Achievement
■ Leadership Award – Konekt October 2015
■ Highest Revenue Earner for Brisbane - Konekt December 2014
■ 2nd Highest Revenue Earner for Brisbane in December 2013
■ New Zealand Women’s Rugby Team “Black Ferns” 2009 -2010
■ Captain of the Canterbury Women's NPC rugby team 2008-2009
REFERENCES
Available upon request