Description:
Queensland Education and Training Centres (QETC) in South-East Queensland is seeking passionate Primary and Secondary trained teachers to join our team at the Wacol Youth Remand Education Support Hub (WYRESH) youth detention centre. If you're committed to fostering equity and excellence in education, you'll play a vital role in empowering young people on remand, helping them build skills for a positive future. We offer a collaborative environment, flexible work arrangements, and generous professional development opportunities.
Job details
Position status Fixed Term Temporary Position type Full-time Occupational group Education & Training Classification Teacher Workplace Location Brisbane - South Job ad reference QLD/MSR627378/25 Closing date 02-Apr-2025 Yearly salary $74146 - $116729 Fortnightly salary $2842 - $4474 Job duration 22/04/25 -21/01/26 Contact person Emily MACAULAY Contact details (07) 3021 0771Access the National Relay Service
The Queensland Government is committed to reforming the youth justice system to strengthen the prevention, early intervention and rehabilitation responses to youth crime in Queensland and make communities safer.
QETC is a multi-campus Department of Education school operating within South-East Queensland's Youth Detention Centres at Wacol. QETC is a school that caters to male and female students from across the state who are either on remand or have been sentenced for criminal offences. The school plays an important role in the community by providing young people in detention with the opportunity to gain knowledge, skills, and values that can enhance their capacity to pursue positive choices in the future.
WYRESH will be a co-educational school delivering educational programs to up 76 remanded young people at the Youth Justice operated Wacol Youth Remand Centre located at Wacol. It is intended that young people will only be held on remand at this centre for short periods. The curriculum will focus on individualised literacy and numeracy learning and, through the social development of students utilising restorative practice principles, will aim to prepare students for a successful transition to school, employment or further training.
WYRESH will operate under a separate operating model, which will be collaboratively developed in consultation with Youth Justice and key stakeholders over the coming months. The hub will be run as an interim facility until the end of 2026 with the possibility of extension.
In order to maintain engagement of students across the year, Queensland youth detention centre schools' education delivery model runs over a 48-week school year. The employment entitlements for staff are the same as other State Schools however this model provides an exciting opportunity to access other flexible work agreements. Through negotiation with the Head of Campus, the successful applicant will determine whether a regular or alternative school holiday model is accessed.
About the role:
Teachers will work collaboratively with the Head of Campus, staff across QETC campuses and key stakeholders from interdepartmental agencies to implement an improvement agenda underpinned by QETC's vision statement of "unlocking learning."
Due to the interim nature of the hub, permanent Queensland State School teachers should discuss a relieving at level opportunity with their current principal.
For further information about the school, click here to visit the school's website.
Multiple opportunities are available on a Temporary basis.
What is in it for you?
• Sub-campus structure combines the advantages of individual contextualised operating campus whilst working as part of a collective, collaborative functioning larger organisation (QETC) with extensive experience, expertise and resourcing.
• Flexible rotational leave arrangements
• Generous professional development opportunities
Job Duration: 22/04/25 - 21/01/26 with possibility of extension
For further information about the incentives and benefits of working with the Department of Education please Click here.
Applicants for these positions must possess:
- A relevant teaching qualification. Click here for further information on teaching qualifications.
- Current full registration or current provisional registration with eligibility for full registration, as a teacher in Queensland. Pre-service/graduate teachers must have been granted provisional registration prior to commencing employment as a teacher. For more information regarding registration requirements, please Click Here .
- Employment for pre-service/graduate teachers will be subject to the successful completion of a relevant teaching qualification and meeting the minimum requirements as a teacher with the department.
- Working rights in Australia, which means you have, or you are eligible to obtain a valid Australian Visa with work rights (if you're not already an Australian Citizen or resident).
How to apply:
- Click the Green 'Apply online' button below
- Enter your personal details
- Attach your current resume including contact details of two professional referees
Pre-service teachers and graduates are encouraged to include completed practicum reports, mentor/referee statements, unofficial academic transcript for current course of study
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity .
Applicants are encouraged to commence and submit their application as early as possible as the Department of Education reserves the right to reduce the application period and/or remove the job advertisement early should a suitable applicant be found.