CEB Staff Newsletter #37 - 29 Oct 2021

COVID updates for CEB staff

From 6pm today, Friday 29 October, with the state at 80% fully vaccinated, regional Victoria and Melbourne come together under the same COVID rules.

Working on-site

While lockdown restrictions have eased, staff should continue to work from home if they can. The current roadmap requires: 

• Staff working on-site to be vaccinated per the Directions
• Density quotient of 1 person per 4 sqm to be observed
• Face masks to be worn
• Maximum 25% of the workforce on-site, limited to 10 people if the total workforce is 40 or less

The roadmap at 90% fully vaccinated will see the end of gathering limits, and capacity and density limits will no longer apply. The government expect to reach the 90% mark by 24 November 2021, at which point, on-site work will return to normal, per the Directions.

Working in schools

Although schools have fully returned to on-site learning, we request that staff continue to minimise school contact, supporting schools remotely where needed.

As per page 7 of the School Operations Guide, from Monday 1 November:

Visitors to school grounds must comply with vaccination requirements, density limits, face mask requirements, QR code check-ins and practise respiratory etiquette and good hand hygiene.

The density limit of one person per four square metres should be applied to any spaces and activities being attended by parent/carers and other visitors. The density limit applies to all persons in the space, including students.

School COVID updates

Please continue to refer to our Executive Director’s COVID Updates for updates pertaining to schools.

Summary of key operational requirements

Below is a snapshot of the summary of key operational requirements from the School Operations Guide. These requirements will apply from Monday 1 November.

CEB staff announcements

Kim Butler

Kim Butler has shared her decision to accept a Principal Consultant role with Catholic Education Sandhurst Limited from the 2022 school year – see further details in this afternoon’s Executive Director’s Update #112. Kim has faithfully served the Catholic Education community in the Ballarat Diocese for over 25 years, for which we are grateful. She has been a constant support to the Principals of the Central Zone and has provided significant and passionate leadership with Catholic Education Ballarat. We wish Kim every success in her continuing vocation within Catholic Education.

Michael Trainor

Manager: Human Resources, Michael Trainor, has accepted the role of Director People and Culture with a disability support organisation. Since commencing with CEB in January 2020, Michael has provided HR expertise and exceptional service for CEB and schools. We are grateful for his contributions. Michael concludes working with CEB on Friday 19 November. Recruitment will shortly commence for his replacement. We offer Michael our best wishes in his new role. Advertising for this role is in progress.

Micky Robarts

We farewell Micky Robarts and thank her for her eight years of service as an Administration Officer in the Horsham CEB service centre, working one day a week. Micky has worked alongside her husband Chris Robarts (Education Consultant: Northern Zone), whose retirement was announced in February. Micky and Chris both finished with CEB last Friday, and are looking forward to the opportunity to spend more time with their grandchildren in their retirement. We wish them both every blessing for the future.

ELMO – now available for all CEB staff

We are very excited to announce that ELMO is now live for all CEB staff. Instructions on how you can log in to ELMO are in this Quick Reference Guide which is available in Knowledge Banks under 9. CEB Staff > 4. General Information.

With integrated functions now enabled, you will be able to:

• Manage your personal details
• Access your payslips
• Apply for / Approve leave

On the ELMO dashboard you will find links to instructions for each of these functions.

From Monday 8 November, all leave requests will need to be submitted via ELMO. Paper-based forms should no longer be used.

All future dated pre-approved leave has already been entered into ELMO, so you won’t need to resubmit leave that has already been approved.

If you have any trouble accessing or using the payroll related functions within ELMO, please contact Jeanette at payroll@dobcel.catholic.edu.au or on 5337 7146.

Staff retreat update

We are very excited to share today some important information regarding the Staff Retreat that is taking place on 15 and 16 December. This google doc provides a brief overview of each of the workshops and keynote.

Included in this document is also a draft working Agenda of the Retreat. Note that this is NOT finalised, however, by sharing this with you at this stage, it gives a good picture of the ‘bones’ of what the Retreat is shaping up to look like.

Please have a read and consider which workshops you may like to participate in. These workshops will be taking place concurrently. In the next week or so there will be a google form enabling you to make a preference for which workshops you would like to participate in. 

End of year dinner reminder

As previously announced, an end of year staff dinner will be held on Friday 3 December, with partners invited. This will be an opportunity to come together to celebrate 2021 and to farewell colleagues who are moving on from CEB.

Please register your attendance and advise whether your partner will be attending, so we can ensure an appropriate space is booked. The venue will be announced once numbers are finalised.

Horsham meeting room bookings

To book the large or small meeting room at the Horsham CEB centre, please contact Susan Kern. 

Updated Directory and Organisational Chart

An updated DOBCEL Directory and CEB Organisational Chart are now available. 

Email signatures

Staff who have commenced with CEB over the last two years may or may not be aware that your Outlook email signature is auto generated after you send an email. This means that there is no need to manually add your signature at the bottom of your emails, as this will result in duplicate signatures. 

To check that your signature isn’t doubling up, send yourself an email then check the copy you receive in your inbox. Note that when you send a new email your signature will not appear in the copy in your sent items.

Staff Prayer

Staff Prayer will not take place this Monday 1 November due to the Melbourne Cup Holiday on Tuesday, however there will be a prayer available on SIMON on Monday morning.

Staff birthdays

We hope these staff enjoy their special day in November…