Salary: £31,500 + free Mitie shares, with potential to earn more via overtime. 40hrs per week (rolling shift pattern with a mixture of short and long days, including a set of night shifts). Are you passionate about making a difference to people’s lives? Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre is due to open its doors, providing custody services, welfare, regime and recreational activity. We’re looking for respectful, diligent and caring people to join our team of Detention Custody Officers (DCO).
Main Duties
- To care for residents entrusted to us at the centre, ensuring exceptional standards of safety, security, dignified care, and respect.
- Support and encourage residents to engage in recreational activities, arts, crafts and other opportunities for cultural expression.
- Carry out any necessary shift audits, administration, counts and searches of residents, reporting accurately as required in a timely manner on our systems.
- Ensure the safe accommodation and detention of residents at the centre so they do not come to harm.
- Pro‑actively identify and support any resident suffering a deterioration in physical or mental health and wellbeing.
Being a Detention Custody Officer demands emotional intelligence, patience, resilience and professionalism. You will need good communication skills to work together as part of a team. There may be occasions where you need to resolve conflict or prevent residents from harming themselves or others. Part‑time applications are also welcomed and can be considered.
Specific Requirements
- You must be a British Citizen, EU citizen with settled status, or have an ILR (Indefinite Leave to Remain).
- Bankruptcy history, CCJs, social media activity and criminal convictions will be checked.
- You must have lived in the UK for the past three years with no significant footprint outside of the UK other than for normal holidays.
- You will also be required to pass a basic Maths and English test, and a mobility test.
Due to the safety‑critical nature of this role, employees must not be under the influence of any substance, including prescribed medication, that may impair their ability to perform their duties safely. We operate a random drug and alcohol testing programme; participation is a condition of employment.
We are committed to making reasonable adjustments where appropriate and are an equal opportunity employer.
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