Detention Custody Officer – Campsfield IRCLocation: Langford Lane, OxfordSalary: £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).
Job Overview
This is a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same. As you gain experience you will be supported to grow and develop, with opportunities to gain qualifications and progress your career.
Responsibilities
- 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 shift audits, administration, counts and searches of residents and report accurately and timely on our systems.
- Ensure the safe accommodation and detention of residents so they do not come to harm.
- Pro-actively identify and support any resident suffering a deterioration in physical or mental health and wellbeing.
What we are looking for
Being a Detention Custody Officer demands emotional intelligence, patience, resilience and professionalism. Good communication skills are required to work effectively as part of a team. You may 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 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.
Other Conditions
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. This includes any THC-based prescriptions. You may discuss any medication affecting safety-critical tasks with us; reasonable adjustments are possible in line with the Equality Act 2010.
A random drug and alcohol testing programme is operated. By applying you acknowledge that participation in this testing is a condition of employment.
Benefits
- Virtual GP available for you and your household via video or phone.
- Financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme – access 50% of earned pay before payday for a small fee or take competitive loans.
- Choice of flexible lifestyle benefits platform choices – purchase up to five extra days’ holiday, critical illness insurance, dental treatment or technology products at affordable cost.
- High street discounts from thousands of retailers and gyms via MiDeals platform.
- Cycle-to-work scheme.
- Life cover up to four times salary, enhanced pension contributions, save-as-you-earn scheme, and Mitie Matching Share Plan (free shares may be awarded).
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