Sick leave entitlements - PSA Win!

We have recently been made aware of rules for managing sick leave in the EdConnect Contact Centre that do not comply with the Award and are overly punitive. Your PSA representatives raised this with Department of Education (DOE) Employee Relations which resulted in the rules being retracted. We have sought formal consultation with the Department to ensure that the processes and the messaging sent out…

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POVB Bulletin General Information

PPE The POVB Executive have been meeting with CSNSW yesterday (22nd September), and will have an update on this issue as soon as possible. Body Scanners in Centres There have been a total of 58 full body x-ray scanners installed in 23 Correctional Centres. The scanning of male and female inmates has now commenced. Over 644 CSNSW staff hold the required IA42 Radiation User Licence.…

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Safework – People Matter Survey

The PSA has received concerns that last year’s People Matter Survey may not have been fully interpreted. The PSA is seeking information from members in relation to this. Please follow the link below, complete by Tuesday 28/09/21, and provide us with further information in relation to your responses to the 2020 People Matter Survey (PMS). Link to Survey If you know someone who should have…

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Bulletin: COVID PPE

Direction from the POVB Executive Today, the POVB Executive raised with CSNSW that staff working in high-risk COVID locations are using PPE Face Masks-KN95. These masks are not Australian or New Zealand approved masks for wearing in high risk areas or in dealing with COVID-19 inmates/patients. We stated we require P2/N95 masks when working in high risk areas. The high risk areas are: Centres –…

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School Psychologists: PSA consultation on the Vacation Counselling Service

Your delegates advised PSA staff about the Department’s last minute communication to School Psychologists working during the school holidays, that they could be required to attend to ‘critical incidents’ that may arise during the break. The PSA wrote to Employee Relations and requested an urgent meeting with the Director, Child and Mental Health Services to discuss the expectation of School Psychologists doing this work during…

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