Police play ROLE in mentorship program
A Queensland Police Service program was recognised at the Queensland Multicultural Awards held in Logan over the weekend.
“These awards recognise some of the outstanding organisations and individuals who are such a vital part of Queensland’s multicultural success story,” she said.
Queensland Police Service Academy’s ROLE Program won in the Employment, Education and Training Innovation — Public Sector category.
The ROLE initiative is a mentoring project that pairs students from Glenala State High School with police recruits from the Oxley Police Academy. The program name, ROLE, stands for Respecting Ourselves, Leadership and Education.
Acting Assistant Commissioner Debbie Platz said that students from Glenala State High visit the Police Academy and Inala PCYC to meet recruits.
“The students and recruits work together building trust and understanding by completing leadership and team-building activities.
“By developing a personal relationship with their mentor and through shared experience, students are encouraged and motivated to complete schooling and set career goals,” A/Assistant Commissioner Platz said.
Queensland Police Service recruits also have the opportunity to get to know and better understand local students from culturally diverse backgrounds, while improving communication skills. The connections created by the ROLE initiative benefit both groups involved in this program.
The students are representative of the diverse Inala community and come from a wide variety of cultural groups, including African, Philipino, Vietnamese, Somalian, Tongan, Samoan, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Anglo-Saxon.
