• Generous salary
• Five weeks annual leave
• Ongoing employment security
• Flexible work – permanent full-time and part-time with rosters to support work life balance.
• Choice of location across the State
• Meals and uniforms provided
• Paid 10-week training course
• Ongoing career development opportunities

What skills and experience do I need?
You don’t need any prior experience or qualifications to be a CCO. We are looking for people who are committed to making a difference in other people’s lives.
To thrive in this job you need energy, empathy and resilience.
We encourage people from all different backgrounds so if you are a tradesperson, an accountant, a hairdresser, a teacher, we welcome your application and we are a workplace that supports diversity and inclusion. We want CCOs with life skills who communicate well and can find common ground with anyone.
What type of work will I do in the CCO role?
Custodial Correctional Officers (CCO) play a vital role in the operations of Correctional Centres across Queensland. The role of a CCO is dynamic and varied. You can be managing prisoner movements one day to assisting them through their rehabilitation pathway the next. There are also opportunities to work in different specialist areas within our centres.
Below are some of the role’s responsibilities. If you were successful, these are some of the activities that would do:

• Induction of prisoners into the centre
• Staffing prisoner accommodation units
• Supporting and overseeing prisoner attendance at vocational training, education & employment
• Supporting engagement in cultural programs
• Creating file notes and reports for case management.
• Operating control rooms
• Undertaking perimeter surveillance and searches
• External escorts