DETAINEE CUSTODY OFFICER (MORTON HALL VEHICLE BASE DRIVER)

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Job Description

Detainee Custody Officer (DCO) – Morton Hall Vehicle Base Driver

£19,734 per annum

37.5 hours per week

24 hour service, 365 days a year.

Rolling Shift pattern covering both days and nights.

We're looking for respectful, caring people to join our teams.

If you're the right one for us, your strong communication & interpersonal skills, non-judgemental approach, excellent problem solving skills and ability to keep calm under pressure will be the foundations to develop your Care & Custody career.

Your new role as a vehicle base DCO will be to escort and transport immigration detainees within the UK.

You'll spend time both driving a small mini bus sized vehicle and escorting inside that vehicle at different times during your shift while maintaining high standards of security and safety, and promoting the welfare and decency of detainees in your care.

Your working time will require you work a rolling shift pattern that covers both day shifts with varying start and finish times, and a set of nights shifts.

No specific role experience or qualifications are required to be a DCO as full training and supported development are given. Experience of dealing sensitively with a wide variety of people who have been agitated, confused or angry would be an advantage.

You’ll begin your Care & Custody career completing a 6 week Residential initial training course in Heathrow, with 7 days in Oxfordshire, developing the skills needed to professionally deliver this rewarding, sometimes challenging role with integrity and respect.

Qualifications

Essential Criteria

• Be a UK citizen, Citizen of the Commonwealth with your own indefinite leave to remain (not through marriage) or EEA citizen.
• Have a valid and in date passport, with no restrictions on your stay in the UK. Please note Visa’s in out of date passports cannot be accepted as proof of Right to Work in the UK. A Biometric card alongside a current in- date passport must be provided.
• Have continuously resided in the UK for the previous 5 years. Applicants must not have spent more than 3 months at any one time overseas during the previous 5 years.
• This position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and Applicants must be prepared to undergo an Enhanced DBS check, complete employer referencing for the previous 5 years and vetting to the level of Counter Terrorist Checked (CTC) if offered a role.
• Specific driving compliance is attached to this role.
• Full UK manual driving licence with at least 12 months post qualifying experience.
• Fewer than 7 points on your UK Driving Licence.
• No driving ban/ disqualification within the previous 5 years.
• Not currently bankrupt.

Additional information

We will support you every step of the way, developing your skills to professionally deliver this rewarding, sometimes challenging role with integrity and respect.

Applicants are warmly invited to apply, successful candidates will be progressed and invited to attend an assessment day with interview, capability assessments and full vetting screening.

Unfortunately, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that have applied within the previous 6 months.

Qualifications

Essential Criteria

• UK citizen, Citizen of the Commonwealth with your own indefinite leave to remain (not through marriage) or EEA citizen.
• Valid and in-date passport, with no restrictions on your stay in the UK (A valid visa in an expired passport cannot be used to prove right to work in the UK, you must provide a biometric residence permit alongside an in-date passport.
• Continuously resided in the UK for the previous 5 years with no more than 3 months spent overseas at any one time.
• Specific driving compliance is attached to this role.
• Full UK manual driving licence with at least 12 months post qualifying experience.
• Fewer than 7 points on your UK Driving Licence.
• Have not been subject to a driving ban within the last 5 years (from date of ban ending)
• Not currently bankrupt
• The position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act; Successful candidates will be required to undergo Enhanced DBS and vetting to a level of Counter Terrorist Checked (CTC).

Additional Information

We will support you every step of the way, developing your skills to professionally deliver this rewarding, sometimes challenging role with integrity and respect.

Applicants are warmly invited to apply, successful candidates will be progressed and invited to attend an assessment day with interview, capability assessments and full vetting screening.

Initial Training Course Starts : 29th March 2021

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