Can I get long service leave?

Who is eligible?

Workers in Queensland’s community services industry who:

• are employed by an employer providing community services, and
• perform community services work, or
• support, supervise or manage the provision of community services.

This includes workers who:

• are engaged as a full-time, part-time or casual employee
• are engaged under a contract for service, including labour hire workers
• operate as a sole trader
• work for both for-profit and not-for-profit organisations.

See the bottom of the page for a full list of community services that are eligible for registration with QLeave.

Who is not eligible?

Some community services workers are not eligible to join QLeave.

These include:

• federal, state and local government workers
• workers engaged to perform work unrelated to the purpose of providing community services
• workers in standalone childcare and early childhood education centres, kindergartens and school-based childcare services
• workers employed in a nursing home or retirement village operated by a standalone aged care provider or service.

Register with QLeave

If you're eligible to join QLeave you will be registered by your employer when they submit an employer return to QLeave.

QLeave will confirm your registration and advise you of your registration number. Provide this number to your employer to ensure that your work is recorded on your registration.

Community services work covered by QLeave

The following community services are eligible for registration with QLeave:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community services
• Accommodation support services
• Advocacy services
• Alcohol and other drug services
• Child safety and support services
• Community development services
• Community education services
• Community legal services
• Counselling services
• Disability emergency response services
• Disability support services
• Employment services
• Family and domestic violence services
• Financial counselling services
• Foster care and out-of-home care services
• Home and community care services
• Homelessness support services
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex services
• Mental health services
• Migrant and multicultural support services
• Offenders transitioning services
• Respite services
• Seniors community support services
• Social housing services
• Violence prevention services
• Women’s services
• Youth justice services
• Youth support services