Come and Join Queensland Corrective Services as a Principal Adviser Practice and Governance and work with a dynamic and professional team.

Job details

QCS provides safe, modern, and responsive correctional services which rehabilitate prisoners and offenders and prevent crime making Queensland safer. QCS staff come from all walks of life and are united by the rewarding, exciting and dynamic lifestyle of working in corrective services.

In this role you will oversee the governance processes for psychological and counselling services and interventions in correctional centres and regions including in relation to vulnerable prisoners and those identified as being at risk of suicide or self-harm.

The primary accountabilities of the Principal Adviser Practice and Governance include:

• Manage the provision of advice, support and training to correctional centre and probation and parole staff involved in psychological/counselling services.
• Develop processes for supporting the professional development needs of intervention and psychological and counselling staff.
• Exploration of innovative ways for delivery of psychological services and retention of skilled workforce.
• Development and ongoing monitoring of a sustainable training framework for offender development staff.
• Identify continuing professional development opportunities for staff to fulfil the requirements of professional registration and achievement of mandatory qualifications as psychologists and counsellors. 
• Identify and develop strategies to effectively respond to any emerging risks to the effectiveness of Agency offender management services.
• Encourage a culture of continuous improvement in service delivery.
• Development and delivery of a quality assurance framework that supports practice development and robust decision making aimed at reducing at risk behaviour.
• Provide direction and guidance regarding the identification of prisoners at risk of suicide or self-harm as well as providing strategies for initial response.
• Provide practical support to staff in relation to the best-practice management of at-risk prisoners.
• Develop, implement and oversight strategies to manage offenders who have been identified as posing an elevated baseline risk of suicide or self-harm.
• Work with frontline staff to embed procedural changes through training and professional development
• Implement, coordinate and participate in quality monitoring processes to deliver state-wide consistency in the standard of delivery.

Further details regarding role requirements and mandatory qualifications for the role can be found in the role description attached. The role description provides the minimum requirements for the role. The incumbent may be required to undertake other duties as required outside of these primary accountabilities.

Applications to remain current for 12 months. Suitable applicants from this process may also be considered for a suitability pool for subsequent identical or similar vacancies that occur within 12 months of the closing date of this advertisement which may include vacancies within other centres.

We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. If you have a health condition, disability, or cultural or linguistic background that requires adjustments, please let our Talent Acquisition team know. We will support you to participate equitably throughout the recruitment process.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/707014/26

Closing Date: Wednesday, 25th November 2026

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Please ensure you download all attachments and follow the instructions on how to apply.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• 707014 26 - Role Description (PDF, 574KB)
  
  
  707014 26 - Applicant Information Guide (PDF, 940KB)