Advice Sheets

Schools: Using Recruitment Online

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Summary: Recruitment Online enables DET employees and external applicants to: View current job vacancies. Search for vacancies that match your criteria. Save job search criteria and/or job vacancies. Create or update your profile (basic contact information). Write, edit and save an online resume. Submit resumes to job seekers talent pool enabling schools to view your criteria. Submit job applications including a Word attachment for key selection criteria, references and other information.  How to access Recruitment Online (ROL) Enter via the DET…

Schools: Personal leave (sick leave)

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Summary: Personal leave, commonly referred to as 'sick leave', is available to an employee who is absent from work due to a personal illness or injury (or for caring responsibilities please see the carer’s leave advice sheet).  Full-time employees accrue 15 days (114 hours) of personal leave each year from their commencement date and unused amounts of leave are credited to the following year (this amount is credited pro-rata for part-time employees).  Members of the teaching service (education support staff, teachers, and principal class) may use up to an aggregate of five days per…

Schools: Commencement salary (teachers)

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Summary: When starting a new position with the DET, schools teachers may be eligible to have any prior service as a teacher recognised for the purposes of their commencement salary.Generally speaking, if you have worked as a classroom teacher prior to starting your employment with Department of Education and Training, you can have some or all of your experience recognised, providing that it meets the department’s criteria for approved teaching experience. Approved teaching experience includes:teaching experience gained whilst employed as a teacher, other than on a casual or sessional…

Schools: WorkCover

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Summary: If you are injured at work (either psychologically or physically), you may be able to claim WorkCover entitlements. To have a claim accepted, you must be able to establish that work has been a substantial contributing factor to your injury.  You can make a claim for weekly payments if you cannot return to work, for medical and like expenses, or for both forms of compensation. It is important to note that psychological injuries give an injured worker quick access to a form of compensation called provisional payments. Provisional Payments Provisional payments are provided…