Juvenile Justice – safety stoppage on 9 June 2019

Dear members, The PSA has been in lengthy discussions in respect to events surrounding the safety stoppage on 9 June 2019. Following the riot at Frank Baxter facility on 20 July 2019, the PSA has been in extensive discussions at a senior level to resolve the matter that was subject to proceedings in the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC). I can confirm that agreement has been…

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Welcome back

Welcome back after your vacation. It was good to catch up with so many of you at the conferences on the first day of term. Unfortunately, those of you working in administration have come back to a WBSIO solution which still has many problems. We have been receiving your feedback from our delegates. The PSA has advised the Department of Education that we are now…

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Safety and security in Juvenile Justice centres

The PSA has been asked to make a submission into the Independent Review of the incident at Frank Baxter Juvenile Detention Centre. The General Secretary Stewart Little and delegates met with Minister Ward and the Investigator, Lee Shearer last week to discuss safety in Juvenile Justice centres. Attached are the inquiry’s Terms of Reference, which are heavily focussed on safety and security in Juvenile Justice…

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Congratulations on your new delegate!

Recently the PSA called for nominations for the position of workplace delegate at the Health Professional Councils Authority to elect workplace delegates. The PSA wishes to congratulate Simon Milton who has been elected, unopposed, to represent you as your delegates. PSA delegates represent you with management  Your union represents your interests at meetings with management called Joint Consultative Committees (JCC). The purpose of a JCC…

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How is ChildStory going?

It is now approaching two years since ChildStory went live. The Department has reported to the PSA that all issues raised by members, delegates and your union have been resolved and that all records migrated from KIDS are easily found in ChildStory. In fact, the general belief by Senior Management is that the majority of Child Protection Workers now find the program easy to use…

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