PSA update: Student Support Officers

In this update SSO Survey Results PSA Consultative Meetings with DoE School Holidays – Flexible Working Arrangements Purchased Leave Recreational Leave during School Term PSA Student Support Officer survey results Thank you to our members who completed the recent PSA Student Support Officer (SSO) survey. We received a high response rate and it has greatly assisted the PSA and your PSA Delegates in understanding the…

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PSA Gender and Recruitment Survey

The PSA, in consultation with your workplace Delegates, has decided to run a survey of its female Transport for NSW members in the greater Newcastle area around recruitment practices. For an extended period of time we have been receiving anecdotal reports out of these areas of potentially fraught recruitment practices. In order to progress this issue further we want to establish exactly how widespread this…

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NSW Police saves Penrith Triple Zero operator jobs - Western Weekender 25/11/2021

NSW Police have seemingly backflipped on a plan to move around 70 Penrith based Triple Zero operators to Sydney at the start of next year. Staff members were shocked when they were notified by email on November 16 that the Radio Operations Centre (ROC) within Penrith Police Station would cease operating. The operators who often work 12 hour shifts would have to travel to Sydney Police Centre…

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PSA bans the use of the OOHC Audit

PSA Community Services members have told us of the excessive non-frontline work that is foisted on frontline workers and its impact on their already excessive workloads. This negatively impacts upon their ability to deliver best quality practice for children; and is a very real risk to the health and safety of our members. The introduction of such an onerous audit goes against all that we…

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PSA WIN!!! Penrith move cancelled after PSA campaign

Thanks to a fantastic and collective effort by our members in the Police Radio Rooms, the Penrith Radio Operations Centre will not be closed. The PSA is currently seeking full details as no official announcement has been made, but we have received initial confirmation that the move is off. After our aggressive campaign, including lots of media coverage, and support from radio broadcaster Ray Hadley…

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