Corrective Services benchmarking bulletin – October 2017 (PDF version)

As members would be aware, CSNSW is currently going through major “benchmarking” reform. This reform means considerable loss in positions, jobs and changes to the way business is conducted throughout centres.

Below is the proposed resource impact to date. Highlighted in red are the centres that have been signed off by the Commissioner.

DRAFT BENCHMARKS
Proposed resource impact to date

Launch Date	Centre	State	CusCor	CSI	OS&P	Total	Establishment Variation
20 Jul 16	SCCC	667	117	36	22	175	-12
25 Jul 16	MNCCC	564	117	33	15	165	-7
17 Mar 17	Wellington	701	117	35	16.5	168.5	-19
20 Mar 17	Silverwater Women’s	325	140	15	10	165	-21
22 Mar 17	Broken Hill	89	37	5	3	45	+2
23 Mar 17	Ivanhoe	50	13	3	1	17	-1
29 Mar 17	Brewarrina	30	12	6	2	20	+1
6 Jun 17	Berrima	75	24	7	5	36	-4
6 Jul 17	Kariong	99	46	2	3	51	-1
19 Jul 17	Tamworth	89	41	3	5	49	+2
31 Jul 17	St Heliers	286	37	25	5	67	Nil
4 Aug 17	Cessnock	881	179	47	33	259	-37
8 Aug 17	Cooma	200	39	11	3	53	-1
10 Aug 17	Mannus	164	19	14	4	37	-4
20 Sept 17	Dillwynia	313	93	13	24	130	-18
26 Sept 17	Emu Plains	193	49	11	11.5	71.5	-4
10 Oct 17	Grafton	272	77	7	7	91	0
11 Oct 17	Glen Innes	208	24	17	4	45	+2
19 Oct 17	MSPC 1-4	1221	267	31	59	357	-46
25 Oct 17	SPC	60	58	0	2	60	+3
26 Oct 17	Long Bay Hospital	501	191	0	8	199	-29

Benchmarking means the deletion of the Assistant Superintendent rank in Correctional Centres and considerable reduction in the Senior Correctional Officer rank.

The PSA obtained legal advice on more than one occasion in regards to the restructure and it comes under “managerial prerogative”, which limits our options in the Industrial Relations Commission.

CSNSW Reform Consultation meetings are held fortnightly and all issues that are raised by the membership are raised at these meetings. On Monday, 16 October, there was a considerable outcome which is that Assistant Superintendents who move to Case Management Clerk positions will be afforded the opportunity to move back to the limited Assistant Superintendent roles or take a redundancy at the rank of Assistant Superintendent if funding of the Clerk positions is not extended. The same applies to Senior Correctional Officers who move to the Clerk positions.

Voluntary redundancies are going to be offered to affected staff as each centre is benchmarked. The PSA advised staff to get financial advice prior to accepting a voluntary redundancy and to look at all options being offered by CSNSW.

This process is getting to the tail end and the PSA feels this section will result in the most loss. The PSA will continue to work closely with the membership and delegates to get the best possible outcomes.

There is a united approach by the State Executive of the SEAG, COVB, POVB and NCDC in regards to the Benchmarking Reform. The PSA’s position has been to look after the members’ interests collectively across the State.

Members may have been aware of some discussion around ring-fencing. CSNSW are now seeking to move away from the agreement of ring-fencing centres individually and looking to cluster or group ring fencing. The PSA is opposed to ring-fencing across complexes or groupings of centres, such as Bathurst, Lithgow and Kirkconnell, as this will have an adverse impact on the membership and impact complexes whereby some centres in the complex have been benchmarked previously.

 

Nicole Jess – Chair POVB

Craig Wunsch – Chair NCDC

Darren Wells – Chair COVB

Guy Sim – Chair SEAG