Mareeba recruits start new QCS career
- Twenty-nine officers start new career at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre
- Graduation ceremony the biggest in the last five years
- Family links highlight generational career opportunities within QCS
- Opportunities available throughout the state to join the frontline of community safety
Lotus Glen Correctional Centre welcomed 29 new Custodial Correctional Officers to the frontline of community safety today (23 June) in one of the biggest graduation ceremonies the centre has held in the last five years.
The officers will boost frontline ranks working to deliver reform and rehabilitation. They join more than 1500 officers recruited in the past 18 months to make Queensland safer.
With backgrounds in construction, trades, hospitality and defence, the new officers are now equipped with skills in conflict management and tactical operations to play a central role in reducing reoffending so there are fewer victims of crime.
The graduating cohort included three officers who followed family members into corrections, demonstrating the generational career opportunities available within QCS.
At the ceremony, an officer with 35 years' experience was recognised with the National Medal and the Commissioner's Medallion for Retiring Officers.
Minister for Corrective Services Laura Gerber congratulated the graduating officers for their dedication and commitment to community safety.
"Corrective Service officers play a vital role in protecting our communities and rehabilitating offenders so we have fewer victims of crime," Minister Gerber said.
"I welcome the new graduates into the QCS team and wish them all the best as they embark on this exciting step in their careers."
General Manager Lotus Glen Correctional Centre, Chief Superintendent Gabrielle Payne congratulated the officers as they start their new community safety frontline role.
"We welcome our newest officers and celebrate the largest graduation we've held at Lotus Glen in the last five years," Chief Superintendent Payne said.
"Working on the frontline of community safety is a team effort and we are strengthening numbers to deliver reform and rehabilitation that will mean less crime, fewer victims and safer communities.
"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."
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.
