EMPLOYEE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELLBEING WORKING PARTY PROJECT
QCS’s Employee Health, Safety and Wellbeing Working Party is conducting a review of rostering operational requirements and guidelines in consultation with staff and the union [...]
ESCORT AND SECURITY BRANCH CELEBRATES 165 YEARS OF SERVICE
On August 7, Escort and Security Branch celebrated 165 years of service from five of their officers. Cliff Patterson, Dave Batt, Andre Ceuls, Desmond Martins and Chris Gould were honoured with plaques commemorating their time working for QCS [...]
CREATING AN INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY
Staff at Maryborough Correctional Centre recently received intelligence training from Queensland Corrective Services Intelligence Group (QCSIG) officers Byron Hellmuth and Meghan Meloni. Providing intelligence training is crucial to improving the agency’s intelligence capacity. Meghan said [...]
‘SCREW LOOSE’ STEPS UP TO THE CHALLENGE
Since January 2015, staff at Townsville Correctional Centre (TCC) have been competing in the Staying Safe 10,000 Step Challenge. Twenty teams of 10 attended Centre Boot Camps and trekked [...]
ACADEMY NEWS
On 27 March the QCS Academy saw the completion of the first Practitioner Development Program in Brisbane for 2015. Twenty two participants from all over the state, including Roma, Cairns, Rockhampton, Emerald, Brisbane Region [...]
WOODFORD WINS STATE AWARD
Congratulations to Woodford Correctional Centre for winning the State Award from the Defence Reserves Support Council for the Queensland Public Sector, 2015 [...]