Service NSW members’ bulletin – January 2021

COVID-19 update Unfortunately, 2021 continues as 2020 ended, with us having to remain ever vigilant to the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. Service NSW is confident in the measures it has implemented to ensure your safety including extra cleaning, screens, social distancing and masks. However, the PSA is appreciative that this is still a rather unsettling time, particularly when known contacts within centres have occurred.…

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Time is running out to apply for the PSA/CPSU NSW scholarship

Members have only a few weeks remaining to apply for the PSA/CPSU NSW scholarship. The scholarship is available at any Australian university or TAFE in any course. It is restricted to students entering the first year of a full-time course and who sat their Higher School Certificate the previous year. Members of the PSA or CPSU NSW, who have been continuous financial members for the…

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National Corrections Day awards

National Corrections Day is where we celebrate and recognise the extraordinary work Corrections Staff do. We ensure inmates are securely and humanely incarcerated for their crimes and contribute to rehabilitation with our daily interaction within the Correctional environment. We should be proud to celebrate the work we do as Prison Officers. It is a challenging and often a difficult job, dealing with criminals who may…

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SEAG: National Corrections Day

Every year National Corrections Day recognises the work our members in SEAG do in our prisons. In the past 12 months, the professionalism of our members has helped keep COVID-19 out of the state’s prisons. Our members’ exemplary work has been done during a benchmarking and bed reform process that is adding stress to a difficult and challenging working environment. This year the PSA and…

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Non Custodial: National Corrections Day

Every year National Corrections Day recognises the tough work Non-Custodial staff do in our prisons. The current pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for members working in non-custodial roles with Corrective Services NSW and your professionalism has helped keep COVID-19 out of the state’s prisons. Our members’ exemplary work has been done against a bed reform process that is adding stress to an already difficult working…

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