Corrections NEWS
A D E PA R T M E N T O F C O R R E C T I V E
S E R V I C E S P U B L I C AT I O N
OCTOBER 4, 2000
Marathon service ..........2
Increased resources ......3
WORC conference ..........5
Olympic dreams ............6
Farewell Janet................7
On your mark for our games
■ BY KIRSTEN
PHILLIPS
THE OLYMPICS may be over, but departmental staff are just warming up for their big
event – the Corrective Services Games.
While there is no spectacular torch relay in
the lead-up to this annual competition, the
event is still set to be a fiery affair.
More than 400 staff have already registered
to compete in 10 different sports. Events will
begin at 8am each day. The schedule of events
and venues are as follows:
Friday, October 20
Golf – Gailes course
Lawn bowls – Goodna Bowls Club
Shooting – Wacol range
A sausage sizzle will be held at the bowls
club for competitors and supporters, starting
at noon.
Saturday, October 21
Touch football –- Goodna Rugby League Club
Darts, pool, netball, soccer, cross country, and
fun run – Wacol Bowls Club
While teams battle it out on the field, the
off-field activities are set to be nothing but fun
– especially for the young ones.
A full line-up of children’s entertainment is
planned, including merry-go-round rides,
face painting, a jumping castle, Wally the
Clown shows, trackless train and mini-jeep
rides, video arcade games and more.
For the memorabilia buffs and bargain
hunters, a charity auction will start about
5:30pm on Saturday following the trophy
presentation.
Items up for grabs include a framed
In the starter’s hands – Director-General Frank Peach referees as Sir David Longland Correctional Centre General Manager Brooke Winters puts out the challenge
to Wolston Correctional Centre General Manager Greg Brown for Corrective Services Games glory
autographed Broncos jersey, an autographed
cricket bat signed by the 1948 Legends, a
framed Moreton A/Wacol decommissioning
shirt with medal and several furniture items
from Woodford Correctional Centre.
Entertainment will continue until midnight with the band kicking off at 8pm. Lucky
prize draws will also be held throughout
the evening.
A spit-roast meal will be available on
Saturday evening for $5 a person. Tickets
must be pre-purchased.
All proceeds from the event will go to the
Make-A-Wish Foundation which helps make
sick children’s lives happier.
Rehabilitation at forefront
THE DEPARTMENT has
taken a significant step to ensure rehabilitation of offenders remains at the forefront of
its goals.
Director-General Frank
Peach has taken sponsorship
of a Board of Managementapproved project to develop a
Strategic Programs Framework for the organisation. A
project plan will be developed
by next month.
Angela Musumeci has been
appointed Director, Strategic
Programs Framework.
Mr Peach said since its
inception last year the department had embraced a vision
to be a world class correctional system committed to
“community safety and crime
prevention through humane
containment, supervision and
rehabilitation of offenders”.
“The first plank in the
department’s strategy to achieve
its goals is the Integrated
Offender Management (IOM)
framework,” he said.
“Its aim is to provide a consistent integrated approach to
the management of offenders
across all areas of correctional
service delivery. One important element of this is programs for offenders.”
Mr Peach said the Strategic
Programs Framework would
operate within IOM and guide
the department in the development, collection, delivery and
maintenance of a network of
offender programs.
He stressed the project’s
output would be a comprehensive, cohesive framework
and plan for rehabilitation
programs to maintain Queensland’s pre-eminence in this
aspect of correctional services
for the next five to 15 years.
Ms Musumeci has worked
in corrections for almost 15
Angela Musumeci
years. She began as a community corrections officer in
Cairns in 1985 and then took
up successive positions of
Area Manager, Mount Isa;
Manager Programs, Woodford Correctional Centre;
User Adviser to CIS, Central
Office; Regional Manager,
Northern; Project Manager,
Young Offenders Project,
Central Office; Regional
Manager, Operations Support, Central Office; Director,
Community Operations, QCORR;
and her current substantive
position, Executive Director,
Community Corrections.
Ms Musumeci said IOM
was the department’s framework for the management
of offenders. “The Strategic
Programs Framework will
address just one aspect of
offender management – the
network of offender programs
available to them.
“The IOM processes will
identify for each offender a
number of needs which will
have to be addressed at
various times during the
offender’s sentence or order,”
she said.
“The Strategic Programs
Framework will seek to ensure
that those programs are
available to that offender
irrespective of the culture,
gender, location or any transfer. The right program must
be available at the time that is
appropriate for that individual, and in a style which
enables him or her to gain
maximum benefit from the
program.
“It must be available in a
way that takes full cognisance
of that individual’s life
circumstances so as to overcome the barriers to program
attendance that is currently
such a source of frustration to
us all.
“This is not something that
is going to happen overnight,
but if we are going to really
start impacting on recidivism,
we need to build on what
we have.”
C
From the
DirectorGeneral
State leads in
rehabilitation
IN MANY ways, Queensland leads
Australian corrections in the development and provision of rehabilitative
opportunities for offenders.
This is in no small part due to the
effort and commitment of all staff.
As I visit service sites throughout
this department I am always impressed by the energy and dedication
staff demonstrate towards achieving
our two main organisational result
areas – safety and security, and
rehabilitation and reparation. But we
all know there are always opportunities to do even better.
With the launch of the Integrated
Offender Management (IOM) framework project, now is the time to
examine our major tool for addressing offender rehabilitation – offender
programs.
For this reason I am particularly
pleased to sponsor a major new
project – the Strategic Programs
Framework. This will sit under IOM,
which is the department’s overriding
offender management framework.
Within that context, the Strategic
Programs Framework aims to set up
a framework for program development, procurement, assessment
and delivery for the next 10 years and
beyond.
I consider this project of such
importance that I have asked Angela
Musumeci, Executive Director, Community Corrections – one of the
department’s most senior executives –
to work full-time on the project for
the next 18 months. This appointment will ensure an appropriate level
of leadership throughout the project.
The framework will drive rehabilitation and reparation – a key result
area for us. In that sense this is a
really significant initiative for this
department.
Many officers have been unstintingly supportive of the Programs
Framework Project undertaken by the
Policy and Programs Services
Directorate. That project, in effect
stage one of this larger project, has
clearly identified the delivery
issues that must be addressed in
a departmental Strategic Programs
Framework. It will build on those
results to examine what programs
are most likely to reduce recidivism,
what barriers there are to offenders
successfully partaking in offender
programs and how to overcome them,
and alternative program delivery
formats.
Examples of these include technology and the means of delivery
formats to overcome the many
delivery issues facing officers in
centres, offices and remote locations.
The project will seek information
and input from staff, other jurisdictions, experts in the various
criminology professions and key
stakeholders. The end result will be a
road map which will position this
organisation to attain the rehabilitation results we want to achieve
well into the future.
I expect the framework document
will be completed by the middle of
next year. Changes to our programs
development and delivery as a result
of the project will start by the
beginning of 2002. I urge you to
communicate your ideas about better
programs arrangements for the future
to Angela Musumeci on 3227 7079.
Frank Peach
Director-General
Minister voices support
for Official Visitors
Rod Botting, left, receives congratulations from A/General
Manager Dale Gannon after being recognised for his long and
meritorious service
Long service
recognised
Corrective Services Minister Tom Barton opens the Official Visitors’ conference
CORRECTIVE
Services
Minister Tom Barton has
assured Official Visitors their
role will not be watered down
under new legislation.
Officially opening the stakeholder group’s annual conference in Brisbane late last
month, Mr Barton stressed the
Government’s strong and
continued support for the
Official Visitor scheme.
“Official Visitors play an
essential role in ensuring
prisoners are treated fairly
and consistently across the
system,” he said.
“It is the Official Visitor’s
job to investigate matters
independently of departmental staff and to work with
local centre management to
ensure quick resolution of any
grievance or complaint.
“The department, in turn,
has a responsibility to ensure
Official Visitors are properly
supported, particularly those
who are newly appointed.”
Mr Barton told delegates
changes to corrective services
legislation currently before
Parliament included:
• allowing for the abolition of
remission
• clarifying the use of force
• addressing search powers
for visitors and prisoners
• providing powers to compel
prisoners to provide breath
or urine samples
• removing restrictions on
legal telephone calls
• providing for several internal review mechanisms
• clarifying prisoner visits
entitlements
• making it an offence for a
prisoner to give false or
misleading information to
an officer, Official Visitor or
inspector
• proposing new initiatives
such as formal recognition
of prisoners’ entitlements
to be treated humanely and
with dignity.
“I stress that the new
legislation does not water
down the role of Official
Visitors – nor has the Official
Visitor scheme been made
optional,” Mr Barton said.
The Corrective Services Bill
2000 also maintained the
Government’s commitment to
ensuring that an indigenous
Official Visitor was appointed
to every facility accommodating high numbers of
Aboriginal or Torres Strait
Islander prisoners. Similarly, at
least one female Official Visitor
had to be appointed to all
women’s correctional facilities.
Mr Barton said 12 years
after the Kennedy reforms
began to be implemented, the
Government’s commitment to
openness and accountability
went far deeper than was the
case in 1988.
Official Visitors looked for
solutions which maintained the
department’s values, attended
to the rights of prisoners and
ensured the quality of service
and actions of staff were
acceptable to the community.
“The Government, the
department and I, as Minister,
are indebted to you for your
essential and frequently
unacknowledged work within
the criminal justice system
and offender management.”
Industries’
joint effort
A SHARED effort by Wolston, Woodford and Sir
David Longland correctional centres has produced
40 benches for use in the Woodford extension.
The metal frames were made at Woodford, the
wooden bench tops at SDL and the coating applied
at Wolston.
Five different designs were used in making the
benches, which are to be installed in the industries A prisoner puts the finishing touches to the frame of one of the benches that will be used
expansion currently being undertaken.
in the expanded Woodford Correctional Centre
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MORETON Correctional
Centre Supervisor Rod
Botting has received recognition for his long service to
corrections in Queensland –
a bar for his National Medal.
Rod began his career
with the former Queensland
Prisons Department at the
now closed Wacol prison 29
years ago and transferred to
Boggo Road in 1977.
When that prison was
decommissioned in 1992
Rod moved to Moreton
Correctional Centre.
During his long career
Rod was once the victim of a
serious assault by a prisoner
at Boggo Road, but according to Moreton A/General
Manager Dale Gannon that
did not change his commitment to prisoner rehabilitation.
National Medals are presented to members of disciplined services who have
served diligently for 15 years
or more. National Medal
recipients are eligible for a
bar after 25 years’ service.
DEADLINES
CORRECTIONS News is
published fortnightly by the
Queensland Department of
Corrective Services for its
staff and stakeholders.
The next issue will be
distributed on October 18,
with October 9 being the
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MTC signs up for five years
■ BY STEVEN
GRANT
MANAGEMENT and Training Corporation
(MTC) has signed a contract with the department to run Borallon Correctional Centre
for five years.
Former Wolston Correctional Centre
General Manager John McGowan has been
recruited to take the helm when the company
begins operations at Borallon on January 1
after a three-month transition period.
Transition Manager, Borallon Correctional
Centre Project Michael Airton said MTC
would be recruiting the remainder of its
management team between now and midDecember.
“All other existing full-time and part-time
staff have been guaranteed continuing
employment until at least June 30, 2001,”
Michael said.
“The contract is for five years with an
option for government to extend it for
another five years.
“This is the first contract MTC has
MTC Senior Vice-President Corrections Ron Russell, left; Director-General Frank Peach and Director, MTC (Australia) Frank Haly sign the Borallon Correctional Centre
management contract
secured outside the United States.”
MTC began operations in America 20 years
ago as a job training organisation that
provided at-risk youth with training, education
and job placement opportunities.
In 1987 it moved into corrections when it
opened one of the first private sector prisons
in America.
It is now the third largest private operator of secure correctional facilities, with
about 10,000 beds in 12 facilities across
seven states.
MTC is based in Ogden, Utah. Michael said
MTC had given a commitment to establish a
corporate office in Australia.
Resource investment benefits
staff learning and training
THE TRAINING and Development Centre Resource Centre
has taken delivery of new books, online databases, videos and
surveys acquired from a $22,500 investment of Corrective
Services learning and development funds.
The new resources were bought specifically to support staff
learning and development.
Library technician Robyn Sanders said among the new books
available are Peter Senge’s The Fifth Discipline, The Dance of
Change and The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook.
Robyn said the resource centre recently joined a consortia of
Queensland Government departmental libraries to subscribe to
the online ABI/Inform Global database, which is part of Bell &
Howell’s ProQuest search interface.
She described it as an excellent research tool which covered
business and management as well as related functional areas
including trends, corporate strategies and tactics, and
competitive and product information.
It supplied immediate access to about 1000 international
periodicals of which more than 500 had full-text articles
available. The abstract and index coverage began with 1971
material, with the full-text coverage from around 1991.
The Training and Development Centre also arranged
a subscription to the PsycLIT CD-Rom. This resource is the
American Psychological Association’s comprehensive international database which consists of more than 1.4 million
records from 1887 to the present.
It covers the academic, research and practice literature in
psychology, as well as relevant materials from related disciplines
such as medicine, psychiatry, education, social work, law,
criminology, social science and organisational behaviour.
The Resource Centre was established at Wacol almost
10 years ago to support staff training and enrollees in the
Diploma of Correctional Administration course. Robyn can be
contacted on 3406 6429 or via e-mail TDCLIB.
The facilities, which operate part-time, are open to all permanent
staff members of the department and those enrolled in the course.
Right: Training and Development Centre library technician Robyn
Sanders with some of the resources bought by the department to support
the learning and development framework
Operation Socrates – a one-off
■ BY ROGER
CARSTENS
IT WAS a September day in
1990 when 20 custodial
officer recruits faced Chief
Prison Officer Dale Gannon
over his desk at Moreton
Correctional Centre.
Mr Gannon, now A/General
Manager at Moreton, read
aloud from prepared documents ordering the newcomers
to serve 28 hours in custody
forthwith.
Within minutes, the 20
men and women were at the
reception store receiving their
prison uniforms.
So
began
Operation
Socrates, a one-off training
exercise designed to teach
officers first-hand how to
interact with prisoners and
how people in custody felt. At
the time, Moreton’s sex
offender treatment program
(SOTP) was in its infancy
and the participants in the
training exercise had been
hand picked to be part of it.
Today, seven officers who
took part in Operation
Socrates are still on staff at
Moreton. The 10th anniversary provided an opportunity for a reunion and time
to reflect on their unique
training experience.
Mr Gannon, who served
as a monitor for Operation
Socrates, said it was devised by
then Programs Manager Owen
Pershouse, a psychologist. The
recruits were required to
complete the excerise before
taking up their duties as
custodial officers.
“These staff members were
treated as prisoners from the
outset,” Mr Gannon said. “They
were assigned to 2 Yard, A Wing
and allocated cells there.
With cake and a certificate, participants in Operation Socrates
remember their experience 10 years on -– from left, John Stenzel, Irene
Parfitt, Robyn Jackwitz, Beatrice Gould, Peter Ball, Melissa
Cruikshank and Jim Emery
“Monitors included Mr
Pershouse and custodial staff
on duty at the time. The staff
went about their normal role
and treated these people as
prisoners.”
Education Officer Beatrice
Gould still has vivid memories
of her first two days at Moreton
when she was one of the recruits
on Operation Socrates.
“Uniforms were woeful and
there were none for females,”
she recalled. “It was getting
cold and we were issued with
thongs. I remember complaining about cold feet.
“Tobacco was taken away.
Some got theirs back, some
did not. We understand now
why inmates wheel and deal
for things because we did it
within three or four hours.”
Beatrice also remembers
the boredom, the “scary thing
about being locked up” and
the feeling of losing a sense
of reality.
She learnt one telling
lesson: “It is very important
for correctional people to
listen to the inmates.
“If they are going to give
instructions, give them clear
instructions so the inmates
know exactly what they’re
meant to do and what’s
expected of them.”
Beatrice found this out the
hard way. During her “imprisonment” she was ordered
to mop out her cell. When
she returned the bucket
and mop she was then quizzed
about her failure to clean
the showers, toilets and
passageway.
“I was carrying this mop
bucket thinking to myself, no
wonder they hate the bloody
screws,” she said.
Now, after completing five
years as a custodial officer and
five years as an education officer
Beatrice believes Moreton staff
have a “lot more patience, tolerance and listening skills than
they showed us”.
“(During Operation Socrates)
they played dead to the rules.
With true inmates, officers have
a lot more leeway, a lot more
understanding and a lot more
patience than they showed us.”
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Brisbane Women’s a Women in Focus
picture one year on I
Profile a priority
with Barbara Shaw
■ BY STEVEN
GRANT
IT HAS been more than a
year since Brisbane Women’s
Correctional Centre was
commissioned at Wacol.
Over the past few months
landscape staff and prisoners
involved in horticultural
courses have been busy planting gardens in an attempt to
beautify and soften the
environment.
Centre General Manager
Elizabeth Davidson said with
the difficult transition period
behind them, management,
staff and prisoners had settled
into a routine and were
working hard to create a
pleasant environment in
which to both work and live.
“All agree that the facilities
at the new centre are a
great improvement on the
old Boggo Road site,” Ms
Davidson said.
“Prisoners have improved
recreational facilities, high
standard prisoner accommodation areas and increased
opportunities to be involved
in industries, vocational training, core programs, personal
development courses and
employment.
“Staff also enjoy significant
improvements in their work
environment, including working with state-of-the-art technology at the new centre.
“Offender development
staff also find it easier to
perform their duties with
classroom facilities which
compare favourably to the old
Boggo Road chapel.”
Ms Davidson said when
people walked into the centre
one of the first things they
noticed was the space and
the gardens – quite a change
from the environment at
Dutton Park.
“Children who are accommodated in custody with their
mothers are enjoying the
recently-built children’s playground as well as playgroup
conducted in the multipurpose hall every Friday.
“Management at the centre
have a commitment to the
department’s strategic plan
which focuses on providing
THE FIRST priority for the Women’s Policy Unit has
been the development of a statistical profile of female
offenders and the conduct of a needs analysis.
The Profile of Female Offenders Under Community
and Custodial Supervision in Queensland has now been
published and is being distributed. It will also be available
on the intranet.
The needs analysis is currently being finalised. The
profile and needs analysis will provide a solid basis for the
development of effective strategies to address the needs of
female offenders.
The next step will be the development of a support
strategic plan to drive effective strategies and actions across
the department. It is intended that this will be completed
in time to assist with operational and budget planning in
the forthcoming planning cycle.
Workshops on offer
The Women’s Policy Unit has recently facilitated
workshops on working with female offenders with staff
from the Metropolitan, Southern and Central regions of
Community Corrections. The workshops aimed to increase
awareness of the needs of female offenders and develop
practical strategies for meeting those needs.
Evaluations were extremely positive. The Women’s
Policy Unit is available to run similar workshops with any
group of interested staff. Contact the unit on 3227 7106 to
discuss your needs.
W ebwise women
Prisoners put the finishing touches to one of the gardens in the centre
prisoners with increased
rehabilitation opportunities
as well as recognising the
importance of maintaining a
high level of security and
community safety,” she said.
The internet is a valuable source of information on
female offenders. Recent reports available on the web
include:
• Interim Report: Issues Relating to Women, NSW
Legislative Council Select Committee on the Increase in
Prisoner Population, go to Committees, Reports.
• Report of a Review of Principles, Policies and Procedures on
Mothers and Babies/Children in Prison in the United Kingdom,
http://www.hmprisonservice.gov.uk/pdf/motherbaby.pdf
A useful website for information on books, journals and
research about female offenders can be found at
http://www.maccac.org/women.htm
Domestic violence review
Families, Youth and Community Care Queensland
recently completed a review of the capacity of the state’s
response to meet priority needs in relation to domestic and
family violence. The review is to guide the development of
a cross-government policy and plan of action for further
responses to domestic and family violence.
It was acknowledged during this review that women in
prison had difficulty in accessing domestic violence
services. The review recommended that Families, Youth
and Community Care Queensland negotiate with funded
domestic violence services regarding the ongoing
provision of services to women in prison who are affected
by domestic and family violence.
Staff relax in the Cedric Johnson Memorial Garden
Children at the centre are able to have fun in the newly-constructed
playground
A call for staff to
enhance research
THE ANNUAL process of
reviewing and revising the
department’s strategic research agenda is under way.
As well as outlining
research that is considered
necessary for the department’s development and
corrections in general, the
agenda is a guide for
external researchers in
selecting topics relevant to
the department.
The agenda is seen as
central to the effective
management of research in
the department. It supports
the department’s research
charter and strategic plan by
providing a focus for the
management of research. It
also encourages the use of
research for policy and specification development.
This year, in an attempt to
develop an agenda that is
more broadly representative
Staff and inmates enjoy the benefits of a modern education building
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of the department, consultation has been extended by
contacting all staff directly.
The Policy and Program
Service Directorate anticipates this will provide a
balanced input from policy
and practice related issues in
community corrections, custodial corrections and Central Office.
The department is asking
staff to identify issues, topics,
and areas of concern that
could benefit from research
or further investigation.
Once these are identified
they will be collated by the
Research Branch and presented to general managers
and regional directors and
ultimately to the Board of
Management.
Further information is
available from Steve Seaton
on 3227 7463.
WORCing hard in Mitchell
■ BY KIRSTEN
PHILLIPS
MITCHELL may be one of
the closer WORC camps to
Brisbane, but it was still more
than 10 hours on the road for
many delegates who attended
this year’s WORC conference
in the outback town.
However, for those who
travelled to the 9th annual
conference it was well worth
the trip. Delegates enjoyed a
feast of activities including a
welcome barbecue on their
arrival and tour of Mitchell
and the WORC camp.
More than 80 people, from
community advisory committees, police and Central Office,
attended the conference representing each of the 11
WORC camps in the state.
During the conference,
reports from each of the
camps were presented by
delegates with the overwhelming theme being that the
WORC Program is still running effectively and successfully in rural Queensland.
Deputy Director-General
Anne Dutney and A/Executive
Director, Community Corrections Alison Hunter also made
addresses.
Ms Dutney said there were
two main challenges the
WORC Program faced. The
first was maintaining the number of prisoners on the
program and the second was
that this conference was an
opportunity to exchange
WORC award winners for 2000
The Bunny Powne Perpetual Trophy – Best Capital Works
Project – Belyando Shire for the Clermont Information Centre
Best Contribution to Any Community Event or
Community Service - Julia Creek camp for the Julia Creek
Dirt and Dust Bash
Most Effective Maintenance Project – Clermont camp for
the Hoods Lagoon Project
Best Camp – Winton
Former WORC Manager Tony Roper, left, Cr Ron McGlinchy and
Director, WORC Colin McKenzie take a look at the early days
Dressed for success – Winton Field Supervisor Joe Bansett, left, and Cr Butch
Lenton from Winton proudly display the Best Camp Award for Winton
information, share ideas and
identify best practices in
WORC Program operations.
Director, WORC Colin
McKenzie said the Work
Outreach Camps Program
continued to provide a strong
labour force to western
communities.
“Although the program is
currently experiencing a
significant drop in numbers
we have still maintained a
commitment to operate an
Mr McKenzie thanked the
respective communities for their
ongoing support and expressed
his appreciation to the officers
from the Queensland Police
Service for their help.
Following the conference a
dinner was held in Mitchell
Shire Hall and the winners of
the 2000 WORC awards were
announced.
After the awards presentation the WORC 10th anniversary book was launched and
each of the delegates was
additional three flood camps
in Longreach, Muttaburra
and Bonnie Downs,” Mr
McKenzie said.
“The change to field
supervisors’ rosters earlier
this year has resulted in all
western camps now having a
permanent officer in charge
of each camp. This will assist
local community advisory
committees in terms of continuity of work practices and
standards.”
■ PHOTOS BY
SAMANTHA JONES
Delegates enjoy the tour of Mitchell including a boat ride
Winners are grinners from Clermont – from left, Field Supervisor Dave
Martin, Cr Jim Turner, Sgt Peter Kickbusch, Denise Kickbusch and
Anne Jamieson show off their camp’s trophies. Clermont won the Best
Capital Works Project and Most Effective Maintenance Project awards
A/Manager, Helana Jones Community Corrections Centre Sue
Noordink, left, and Mary McKenzie enjoy the WORC dinner
presented with a copy.
Next year the WORC
conference will be hosted by
the Women’s Work Camp in
Warwick. Julia Creek will host
the event in 2002.
Limited
numbers
of
the WORC 10th anniversary
book are still available.
Anyone who would like a copy
should contact Lorraine
Lindfield at the WORC
Program on 3271 4433.
Locked-up – President, South-east Queensland Community Corrections
Board Leo Luton at the old Mitchell Courthouse
Celebrating 10 years of WORC – from left rear, WORC Program
A/Manager, Western Camps Chuck Galea; Cr Roly Gooding,
Longreach; Winton Field Officer Joe Bansett; front left, Cr Butch
Lenton, Winton, and Cr Tom Searles, Longreach
Reminisce at the
program’s reunion
Ray Godier from the Julia Creek advisory committee accepts an award on
behalf of the Julia Creek camp from Deputy Director-General Anne Dutney
Sgt Jeff Angel from Winton, left; A/Executive Director, Community
Corrections Alison Hunter; Helana Jones Centre CCO Jodie Rafton and
Cr Gary Birkett from Mitchell take a break with a look at bush sculpture
CATCH up with old
friends and reminisce about
the past at the first ever
WORC program reunion.
To commemorate 10 years
of WORC in Queensland,
former and current staff,
their families and friends, are
invited to the reunion to be
held on Friday, October 27 at
the Public Services Club,
Brisbane, starting at 6.30pm.
A live band will be entertaining those who attend and
various draws and raffles will
be held throughout the evening. All proceeds from the
event will be donated to the
Royal Flying Doctor Service.
Anyone who would like to
attend the reunion, or
anyone who knows former
staff who would be interested, contact Tasmin Rodgers,
Joanne Cowell or Thea
Bosgra at the WORC
Program on 3271 4433.
The Public Services Club
is in William Street (off
Stephens Lane), Brisbane.
Corrections News, October 4, 2000 – 5
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Olympics Feature
Sir David Longland hosts flag raising
Action ‘blueprint’ ceremony for indigenious athletes
ready for our IA
Information Management
with Deb Partridge
THE FIRST stage of a “blueprint for action” for
progressing the development of the department’s Integrated
Information Management Environment and new information systems is now complete.
This blueprint provides an Information Architecture (IA)
and meets the requirement of progressing an information
system strategy as identified in IM Support Strategic Plan.
The IA highlights the elements that need to be expanded
further, including the development of an agreed high level
data model and contains the development of the first stage of
the proposed systems architecture.
The blueprint was one of a number of topics discussed by
the Information Steering Committee at its September
meeting. Other issues and updates noted included:
Operating environment
To support the development of the department’s
integrated information management environment a number
of activities have been progressed. These include:
• rationalising the department’s operating environment
through the deployment of Windows NT V4 in Central Office
• the roll-out of Office 2000.
The roll-out to Central Office is scheduled for completion
by the end of this month, with a further roll-out over the next
six months to the rest of the department. A training program
is being developed as well as help cards to assist in the rollout. In the interim, WordPerfect will still be used for internal
document exchange outside Central Office.
Performance measurement
A draft Performance Measurement and Analysis
Framework is being used as an input to the design of the
strategic planning process and the development of the
Strategic Plan 2001-04. Ongoing consultation of the draft
framework continues with senior managers to assist in the
development of goals.
HR information system
An evaluation of Request For Offer (RFO) responses from
the three short-listed suppliers to provide a new Human
Resources Management System is currently underway. This
includes presentations demonstrating the functionality and
performance of the product.
Integrated system
A review of user requirements for the Integrated Offender
Management System (IOMS) will be undertaken over the
next six months, in addition to the development of
documentation to support the next phase of the process –
the release of an RFO to shortlisted suppliers. The process
will also involve the mapping of existing and enhanced
business processes to reflect the management of offenders
from admission to release.
An IOMS business development officer has been seconded
to work with the Director, Information Management to liaise
with business units and staff in the field to confirm potential
business process improvements and user requirements.
CIS
The Correctional Information System (CIS) will continue
to be supported while IOMS is developed through a
pathfinder solution and the release of the community
sentence management module and the State Penalties
Enforcement Register is targeted for the end of this month.
General maintenance to ensure data integrity will continue.
Staff and guests attend the flag raising ceremony celebrating indigenous athletes
Olympic dreams for the family
■ BY STEVEN
GRANT
MOST people have probably heard of former world
record holder for the 200m
breaststroke Rebecca Brown.
What they may not realise
is that her brother, Andrew
Brown, works as the Senior
Legal Adviser in the department’s Legal Services Unit at
Central Office.
Andrew went to Sydney to
see his sister compete in the
Olympics, where she swam
12th fastest in the heats and
14th fastest in the semis.
At the age of 16, Rebecca
broke the world record in
Brisbane in 1994 with a time
of 2min 24.76sec. She held
that record until last year.
Andrew said his sister
retired from swimming in
1998, but decided on a comeback last year as she could not
bear the thought of not
competing in the Olympics.
“Rebecca had a couple of disappointing years and decided
she’d had enough,” he said.
“But she started training
again with the goal of going to
the Olympics where she
hadn’t competed before.
“Her times became progressively faster since her
comeback and she won the US
200m breaststroke title this
year, qualified second for
Australia for her event and
is the current world short
course champion in the 200m
breaststroke set in Greece
earlier this year.”
Rebecca is currently ranked
third in the 100m and 200m
breaststroke in Australia.
She won silver in the 100m
and 200m breaststroke in the
Commonwealth Games in
Canada in 1994.
A trial is underway in Northern Region using community
corrections officers to test the telecommunication options,
including access via a CITEC connection. Extended remote
access will be considered once telecommunication costs
are understood.
Internet/intranet
An internet services officer will be appointed for 12
months to develop the department’s internet site in
collaboration with the Media and Communications Unit and
other key stakeholders. In addition, further intranet options
will be developed including Board of Management reporting
and links to strategic planning.
Replacement PCs, printers
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Senior Legal Adviser Andrew Brown with a photo of his sister Rebecca
when she won the silver medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in
Victoria, Canada
Games fever spreads
to Brisbane Women’s
Remote access
All PC and printers that have reached the end of their
lease will be replaced through an arrangement with Powerlan
Pty Ltd. Staff will not be required to replace, package or deal
in any way with the PC or printer coming out of lease. Asset
Officer Katie Curtis will contact staff about the replacement
and new equipment will arrive before the replacement date.
This arrangement will ensure that old equipment is not
left lying around and that the department optimises the
leasing arrangement with IBM.
A FLAG raising ceremony for Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Olympians has been held at Sir
David Longland Correctional Centre.
The Aboriginal flag was raised at SDL on the same
day sprinter Cathy Freeman lit the flame that burned
over Stadium Australia for the duration of Sydney
2000. At SDL the flag also flew for the two weeks of
Olympic competition.
General Manager Brooke Winters gave the opening
address and Pastor Ben Bird the opening prayer.
Ms Winters paid tribute to indigenous athletes such
as Nova Peris-Kneebone, the first Aboriginal athlete to
win a gold medal.
“It is during this Olympics in Australia that we as a
nation will be wishing our best for our great athletes such
as Cathy Freeman and Kyle Vander-Kuyp,” Ms Winters said.
“It is with great honour today that we raise the
Aboriginal flag to celebrate the rich culture of
Australia’s indigenous peoples.
“This flag will fly for the duration of the Olympics in
recognition and support by the management, staff and
prisoners of this centre of our indigenous athletes.”
Invited guests included the Brisbane Council of
Elders, Murri Aid, Ipswich Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Legal Service, Murri Chaplaincy, the
department’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Policy Unit and the Sports and Recreation
Queensland indigenous sports adviser.
Activities Officer Susie Marsden, right, umpires a game of softball
between inmates at Brisbane Women’s
OLYMPIC fever affected people all around Australia,
including staff and prisoners from Brisbane Women’s
Correctional Centre.
Staff at the centre organised a range of sporting and social
activities to coincide with events in Sydney including softball,
volleyball, tennis and fun games such as a three-legged race,
wheelbarrow race, boot throwing and shot put using tennis balls.
General Manager Elizabeth Davidson said the idea was to
provide inmates with the opportunity to remain in touch with
news and world events by providing interest in current national
and international events.
“With so much publicity and social excitement placed on the
Sydney Olympics, we were keen to involve the inmates in a similar
sense of fun and involvement by offering Brisbane Women’s an
Olympic experience,” Ms Davidson said.
Ms Davidson said the Olympic events were in addition to the
centre’s everyday activities program which included art, pottery,
leatherwork, knitting, gym activities and aerobics.
“Our activities officers also coordinate monthly events of intraprison sports, make-up classes, photos and social competitions
with external sporting teams.”
Janet calls it a day Who’s Who
SOME months ago Corrections News carried a report on
the work of the department’s
most “chronologically advanced” employee and the 60
community service projects
the 69-year-old was supervising
on the Gold Coast.
Today Janet Klacek’s title
is up for grabs. The officer
who was regarded as an
institution at Southport community corrections office for
almost 20 years has called it a
day and retired.
Friends and colleagues
came from as far as central
Queensland and Melbourne
to be part of her farewell at
the Gold Coast Arts Centre
last month.
The venue was specially
chosen as the arts centre had
provided community service
projects over many years,
including the set for the
gM
A regular series profiling staff throughout the department
Photo call – Janet, front, second from left, surrounded by some of the 75 friends and colleagues who wished
her well at a function to mark her retirement at the Arts Centre Restaurant, Gold Coast
musical Les Miserables.
Among the guests were
Rockhampton-based Regional
Director, Central Gavan Palk;
Tim and Tracey Nunan from
Caboolture; Ian and Judy
Wintle from Cleveland and
Therese Ellis-Smith, Cathy
Bietzel, Jenny Robinson and
Cathie Tarrant from Brisbane.
QSuper benefits – keep
an eye on your letterbox
YOUR QSuper annual benefit statement is
coming soon – to a letterbox near you.
This statement will provide members with details of their QSuper benefits as of June 30, 2000.
QSuper started mailing statements to
members with defined benefit accounts last
month and will begin the mail-out to members
with accumulation accounts this month.
With the statement, members will also
receive a copy of the Super Scoop magazine,
QSuper’s annual report to members.
QSuper recently introduced new choices for
members, as part of the Queensland
Government’s effort to encourage greater
equity and ensure contributors have as much
control over their future as possible.
In this year’s package members will find a
transfer guide that will provide information
about the new options available and how they
can help finance their future.
The transfer guide will help members to look
at their current type of superannuation account
and compare it to the other QSuper options
available. This will allow members to ensure
their superannuation arrangements suit their
lifestyle both now and in the future.
Further information is available from:
• the QSuper website at www.qsuper.qld.gov.au
• the QSuper hotline on 1300 360 750
• Robin Hall, Human Resource Services
Branch, Department of Corrective Services,
3239 0562 or your local HR officer.
Name:
Ian King
Janet was presented with
a framed certificate of appreciation from Director-General
Frank Peach for her service
to corrections.
Job:
Woodford Internal Security Officer - Industries
Competition
reminder
3) Where is your favourite place? At home with my family.
HOW ARE you going
with your entries in The
Beatles competition?
There’s no shortage of
Corrections News readers
with fond memories of
the “Fab Four” who have
had little trouble finding
the names of Beatles
songs in the story about
Ken Clarke in the September 20 issue.
Remember the deadline is October 13.
The first correct entry
drawn will win a double
movie pass.
A touching victory
■ BY KIRSTEN
PHILLIPS
A TOUCH football team named Wanted, made up
of staff from the Corrective Services Dog Squad
Division and Sir David Longland, Brisbane Women’s
and Wolston correctional centres, has been victorious.
The team, which has been playing in the B division
of the Premier touch competition on Brisbane’s
southside, last month took out the minor premiership
and the grand final.
Manager, Dog Squad Division Ian Eggins said most
of the team members started playing together in the
police competition.
“This year was the first season we have played in the
Premier touch competition and it has been a good
season,” Ian said.
“We took out the minor premiership and then went
on to win the semi-final 13-2 and then we won the
grand final 11-1.”
Wanted competes in the men's touch competition,
however, two female staff members also play.
The side trains at Wolston Park soccer grounds on
Friday afternoons at 3:30 and will play in the A-grade
division next season.
Anyone interested in playing in the coming season
should telephone Shane Jackwitz at the dog squad,
Wacol on 3271 1350.
Star sign: Scorpio
1) Who is your hero/heroine and why? John Wayne, because
he always has a strong moral message in his movies.
2) Where would you like to be in five years? Working as an
education officer as I have an interest in this area.
4) What is the first thing you do when you wake up in the
morning? Switch on mentally for the day.
5) If you could be any type of animal what would it be?
Probably a cheetah. I like the idea of being able to run at
60km/h plus.
6) If you could go anywhere in the world where would you
go and why? The Greek Islands. To take in the atmosphere
and Greek culture – past and present.
7) If you were stuck on a desert island what three things
would you want to have with you?
1) A companion (in this case the wife and family).
2) A great view.
3) A five star resort next door.
8) If you could have dinner with anyone you wanted who
would you choose? Margaret Fulton, because she is a
fascinating person and a real achiever.
9) When you were a child what did you want to be when
you grew up? I wanted to join the Navy to be a shipwright.
10) If you were appointed Director-General of the department what is the first thing you would do? Nothing, I’d sit
back and take it all in. Then I would tour the facilities and
get to know/meet as many staff as possible.
CAPTION COMPETITION
Dog handler Shane Jackwitz, left, and Manager, Dog Squad Division Ian Eggins
helped their touch football team to victory
PEOPLE who work in
community corrections are
really party animals at heart.
This picture first appeared
in Corrections News a few weeks
ago as part of the newspaper’s
coverage of the Southern
Region’s officer training conference on the Gold Coast.
Come up with a humorous caption and be in the
running for a double movie
pass.
Send your entries to the
Media and Communications
Unit at the addresses shown
in the panel on page 2.
Entries close on October 12.
Corrections News, October 4, 2000 – 7
Vacancies
W elcome to the Department of Corrective Services vacancy schedule.
The following Department of Corrective Services positions are vacant as of Friday, September 29. If you are interested in applying for any of the vacancies listed in this schedule please ensure that
you obtain a copy of the application form, a copy of the guide to applying for vacancies as well as a copy of the position description or expression of interest document. All required documents can
be accessed from the department’s intranet site.
The position description/expression of interest document can be downloaded electronically by clicking on the vacancy reference number (VRN) within the Vacancy Schedule. The VRN number
is electronically linked to a copy of the position description or relevant expression of interest document. The application form and a copy of the application guide can be obtained by selecting the
options boxes at the top of this schedule.
Applicants should submit the application blank with their application. All job applications should include a resume and should address any specified selection criteria. Three copies of your
application should be submitted (an original and two copies) unless otherwise specified.
APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE FILLING OF THE UNDERMENTIONED POSITIONS:
Ref No
Vacancy
Classification
Symbol
Salary Per Fortnight
Min – Max
Location
Closing Date
For Application
CS263/00
Clinical Nurse (Consultations)
NO2
1666.80 - 1783.30
Mareeba - 2 Perm
9/10/00
CS264/00
Casual Custodial Correctional Officer Trade Instructor
CO1
1170.29
Rockhampton - 1 Temp
9/10/00
(Laundry/Boilerhouse)
(P/T)
CS265/00
Health Services Co-ordinator
NO3
1855.90 - 1987.00
Wacol - 1 Perm
9/10/00
CS266/00
Temporary HR Systems Integration Officer
AO6
2082.50 - 2228.20
Brisbane - 1 Temp
9/10/00
CS267/00
Temporary Project Manager, HRIS Project
AO8
2581.90 - 2730.60
Brisbane - 1 Temp
9/10/00
CS268/00
Temporary Health Services Co-ordinator
NO3
1855.90 - 1987.00
Wacol - 1 Temp
9/10/00
CS269/00
Area Manager
AO6
2082.50 - 2228.20
Redcliffe - 1 Perm
9/10/00
CS270/00
Senior Area Manager
AO7
2330.40 - 2498.70
Cairns - 1 Perm
9/10/00
CS272/00
Assistant Adviser, Workforce Systems
AO4
1566.30 - 1722.30
Brisbane - 1 Perm
9/10/00
CS273/00
Temporary Senior Research Officer
AO7
2330.40 - 2498.70
Brisbane - 1 Temp
9/10/00
CS274E/00
Temporary Project Procurement Officer
AO6
2082.50 - 2228.20
Brisbane - 1 Temp
9/10/00
CS275/00
Temporary Principal Adviser (Workforce Practices)
AO7
2330.40 - 2498.70
Brisbane - 1 Temp
16/10/00
CS276E/00
* Temporary Project Officer, Home Detention with
AO5
1815.00 - 1972.70
Brisbane - 1 Temp
16/10/00
AO6
2082.50 - 2228.20
Brisbane - 1 Temp
16/10/00
Electronic Monitoring Trial
CS277E/00
Temporary Project Officer, Home Detention with
Electronic Monitoring Trial
NOTE: (a) Also advertised externally.(b) Subject to contract of employment.(c) Closing Date has been extended.(d) Applications are to be forwarded to Human Resources.(e) Applications are
to be forwarded to Centre/Region in which vacancy exists. (f) Closed Merit Selection Process due to an organisational restructuring process. (g) Previous applicants need not re-apply.(h) Also
advertised in Government Gazette(i) Expression of Interest for Equal Transfer Only. *Closing Date has been extended by one week. # Temporary position for a period of up to 12 months.
APPLICATIONS ARE TO ARRIVE BY NO LATER THAN 5 PM ON THE CLOSING DATE
Recurrent vacancies occurring in a particular class of position are to be filled by a merit based selection process from the pool of applicants recruited.
Where the pool of applicants from a single vacancy is to be used to fill an identical position at the same level within four months of initially advertising the original position, the order of merit
from the original vacancy can be used to make the selection recommendation, if there have been no late applications received. If late applications have been received after the first vacancy is filled,
a merit based selection process must be used.
New directory to
help students
Assistance program free
THE POLICY Research Services Branch is
preparing a directory of departmental staff who
are undertaking external study.
A/Manager, Research Services Steve Seaton
said there was an overwhelming response to his
call last month for students to be included in
the directory.
“Research Services anticipates this will be a
great help to people studying as well as other
members of staff,” he said
“It’s not uncommon for people studying
externally to feel isolated. It’s helpful to be in
contact with other students engaged in similar
work or staff who may have a special interest in
their particular studies.”
The research directory will be published on
the department’s intranet site.
DID YOU know the department has an
employee assistance program that provides
counselling to all staff and their immediate
families?
Counselling is available for a range of personal
and professional issues and concerns of the
individual. Counselling can often assist
individuals to resolve issues more quickly and
effectively so that they can get on with their lives
without the burden of these problems. The
program provider for the department is
Interlock.
Interlock counsellors are trained and
experienced in assisting people work through and
resolve a wide range of problems and concerns
which they encounter in their daily lives. These
include:
• alcohol and drug related issues
• gambling addictions
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anxiety, depression and grief
stress – personal and work related
trauma and shock reactions
family issues
relationship issues
financial problems or difficulties
legal advice
interpersonal relationships and self esteem
phobias
mid-career crises
vocational choice and job satisfaction
retirement and redundancy issues
other personal, family, relationships and work
issues.
Individuals who need to access the counselling
services (up to 10 one-hour sessions a year) incur
no charge themselves. All costs of the initial
service provision are covered by the department.
Where a referral to an external specialist is
required, the services provided by the specialist
are at the individual’s own expense.
Access to counselling services is available to all
employees and their immediate family – parents,
brothers and sisters, partner or spouse and
children of the employee.
The name of the person seeking counselling
and anything discussed with the counsellor is
strictly confidential and will not be revealed to the
employer or to any other person without the
written authority of the individual. Counsellors
are obliged, through the ethics of their profession
and through Interlock requirements, to maintain
complete confidentiality on counselling matters.
Further information on the services provided
by Interlock can be obtained by telephoning
Interlock on 3831 5355 or free call 1800 172 069
(outside the Brisbane area) or by obtaining one of
their brochures from your human resource officer.
Corrections News, October 4, 2000 – 8