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Do you like sitting down all day in a noisey open-plan office trying to focus on extremely stressful tedious 
and emotional work on the screen and a constant barrage of urgent emails and angry abusive phone calls? 

Then look no further. 

I worked here as a graduate and was very grateful to have the opportunity.  

After 6 months I had to leave as I was burnt out and felt terrible every day. I hated going to work. A year later and the experience still gives me chills. 

 The staff turn over around me was outrageous with a distinct lack of experienced coworkers and people to be guided by. Or even a positive example to follow. The work follows you home and the stress is constantly on your mind. 

The department runs on cortisol and crisis.  Everything is a nightmare from the IT systems to the overwhelming inefficient and suffocating paper work. Plus the outrageous work load they expect CSOs to fulfill and god help you if something goes wrong, which you cant control. It's all about not getting caught out by the lawyers and 'climbing the ladder' career wise. 

In the end, child safety has created a system that dispite its best intentions, does more harm than good to all involved;  the children,  the families AND the workers. 

Chronic health problems and personal vendettas are what keep people working there. If you want to be a healthy and happy person,  this is a place to avoid unfortunately.  

I would strongly recommend not working here but you may have to find out for yourself. The attitude I would recommend you adopt is not focusing on outcomes for vulberable people and get in there instead to further your career and then don't care if you have to step on a few toes to get ahead of the pack. Its all about the numbers. Ruthless aggressive self interest will get you a long way and the bragging rights are huge. However the HR process means you have to get good at saying one thing and believing the opposite.  This is true for all government jobs I believe. It's ultimately about doing the dirty work and making the minister look good. 

Case management (what QCS calls Community Corrections Officers) at Community Corrections has positives such as pay (for Senior Case Manager) but work culture does not promote a positive, nontoxic work culture, Policies for offender management are vague and confusing and applied differently between offices and regions. Management does not support staff and creates risk to the community when managing offenders.  Entry level training does not adequately prepare staff for the role and there is minimal staff diversity to reflect the offender/client population. Promotion and transfer are limited and not based on a merit. Most entry level positions are fixed term contract and it is very difficult to get a permanent position. I would not take a position with Community Corrections unless you are looking for short term employment and can tolerate high stress with little positive management support.

At Disability services I  worked a six week rotating line involving 12 hour and 8 hour shifts, including both day and night shifts, some with extra staff support dependent upon client needs. The constantly changing client base in a respite setting meant that the working day was often full of suprises. In recent years, due to a change in the disability services client intake procedures, many new clients have  high support needs with both complex health and behavioural management requirements. Good team work and communication facilitated the consistent provision of care to the individuals concerned and their families, whilst providing many new learning opportunities for staff.  The hardest part of the job was the first 5 years there, as I learned about disabilities and struggled to form my own opinions about the nature of disability and the impact of disability in the community. The most enjoyable part of the job has been the joy of meeting a diverse array of people and joining with them on life's journey.

After trying to secure a permanent position with the Department of Education I resigned from the department after 6 years . All I was ever given was one month occassionally 2 month contracts never any offer of longer term work no matter where I applied and what school I worked at. Despite working long hard hours and trying very hard to do my best with very limited support from any member of the staff, very poor induction and training in the work place and distant management with little hands on assistance. Dealing with difficult behavioural problems and learning disabilities but given very little support, no opportunity to teach all time spent on behaviour management with children that should not be in mainstream schooling. Very discouraging. I do not recommend this employer. I am glad I am no longer teaching in this toxic environment. The dedicated teachers that put up with this deserve medals.

There is a bad workplace culture at Child Safety and a mismatch of qualifications required to undertake all roles. 

Specialist roles need to be filled with relevant core qualifications as a minimum e.g. Social workers, Social Welfare graduates, who possess as a minimum, a Bachelor Degree. 

There also needs to be specialist training in OHS, Safety & Security of children so that staff are able to identify risks e.g. perpetrators, carers, partners, and physical and environmental risks etc. 

This could be facilitated by collaboration with police in investigation etc. and Crime Prevention. 

When OHS was raised at Team Meetings all staff would laugh, yet staff experience burn out and the organisation, the associated  Workers Compensation costs.

Morale is low. 

External Supervision should occur and not be as a group process to cut time. 
The time for External Supervision should be allocated as work time and occur at least fortnightly and be undertaken off site.

I started out really enjoying my work, feeling I was a small but important part of the team that contributes to the health needs of patients. 
It's very busy on the wards, especially in the mornings. Doctors are very demanding, wanting pathology results ASAP and multiple urgent collects done at once.
We were always short staffed, management response was palmed off with  "head office won't budget for more staff". 
The current supervisor has been with Path QLD over 20 yrs, she is set in her ways uninterested in change, unsupportive to staff concerns, uncaring toward staff personal needs,  and has created a toxic, negative working environment. The whole department wrote and signed a group letter to HR regarding her behaviour. Head office replied with a warning to staff to cease our bullying behaviour or we would face discipline reaction. 8 long term staff have resigned in as many months since.

Qld Health offers good pay rates and salary sacrificing benefits.
Excellent opportunity to develop your phlebotomy skills.

I learned a lot about the Queensland Government funding process and about the way government departments work in general. The team I worked with was pretty amazing and that includes the management.  

My co-workers were among the most collaborative people I have ever had the pleasure of working with. 

The hardest part of the job was when we would get a request from a Minister because it meant that we would have to stop the business as usual and frantically run around to get the information to the Minister's office - usually within a very short timeframe.

The most enjoyable part of this job was by far the people I worked with - the work was the work - but the people made the work fun and interesting.

TAFE management at the marine college is performing very poorly. The main issues are poor communication, a lack of leadership, and no clear direction for staff or students. Those in management positions have no marine industry experience, no teaching background, and little understanding of WHS requirements, which is highly concerning in a safety-critical environment. Decisions are often made without consultation or practical knowledge, resulting in confusion and inefficiency across the college. There is a growing sense that the college is being mismanaged and steadily run into the ground, with morale and standards declining as a result. Staff are left without proper guidance or support, and the gap between management and frontline operations continues to widen.

The department delivers a youth justice system in Queensland with fair, safe & just practice processes to manage children & young people who have committed, or allegedly committed, an offence. It deals primarily with young people aged 10–17 at the time of the offence. The foundation of the Youth justice system addresses four key principles: reduce offending & reoffending behaviours through the delivery of evidence-based interventions; action early intervention measures to prevent criminogenic risk factors; minimise court appearances through sourcing alternative diversion processes and; reducing remand by exploring bail merit & supporting stable accommodation.

Expected to work in a high stress environment and cover for staff sickness on going and then management blame you for hitting burn out and needing sick leave as a result from the working conditions. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Safety officer 39 salaries reported	$71,980 per year
Manager 4 salaries reported	$151,094 per year
Teacher 5 salaries reported	$100,400 per year
Project officer 4 salaries reported	$115,000 per year
Project manager 6 salaries reported	$139,667 per year

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