Custodial officers strengthening correctional reform
- 109 Custodial Correctional Officers start new careers across southeast Queensland
- Opportunities available throughout the state to join the frontline of community safety
Queensland Corrective Services welcomed 109 new Custodial Correctional Officers to the frontline today in a graduation ceremony held in Brisbane.
The new recruits will start their careers working to reform and rehabilitate offenders at correctional centres across southeast Queensland and play a central role in delivering safety for Queensland communities.
Coming from a variety of careers and backgrounds, the new officers have completed 10-weeks of paid training to equip them with skills in conflict management and tactical operations as they step into their new roles.
More than 200 new officers have graduated from QCS' Custodial Officer Entry Program training recently and deployed around the state including Lotus Glen and Townsville in north Queensland and Queensland's newest prison, the Lockyer Valley Correctional Centre in Gatton.
Minister for Corrective Services Laura Gerber congratulated the graduating officers for completing their training.
"Corrective Services officers play a critical role protecting our communities and supporting the rehabilitation of offenders to make Queensland safer," Minister Gerber said.
"Congratulations to the new graduates, I wish them the best as they embark on this exciting step in their careers."
QCS Commissioner Paul Stewart APM thanked the new officers for their commitment to community safety and welcomed them to QCS.
"Our officers are our greatest asset and we are strengthening numbers to deliver reform and rehabilitation that will mean less crime, fewer victims and safer communities," Commissioner Stewart said.
"We welcome our newest officers and wish them the best as they embark on this exciting step in their careers.
"Working in corrections can be challenging but also extremely rewarding, and I encourage anyone looking for a career that supports community safety to take a look at the opportunities available with QCS."
There is a wide range of career paths and opportunities with Queensland Corrective Services working in custodial environments and in the community.
QCS is actively recruiting for positions across Queensland, including custodial officers, programs and education officers, case managers, occupational therapists, psychologists and counsellors working in correctional mental health.
