Position: Detention Custody Officer (DCO) – Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre
Salary ranging from £27,930 – £30,555 depending on additional skills/responsibilities. 40 hours per week – Full Time. Capped overtime available. 24-hour service, 365 days a year. 4-on / 4-off rolling shift pattern covering both days, nights and weekends.
Benefits
- Free use of the on-site gym
- Free meals during the day
- Excellent benefits package including shopping discounts
- Pension
- Free on-site parking
- Full uniform, including footwear provided
Role Overview
Mitie Care & Custody are responsible for delivering the end-to-end management of all residents’ needs until the outcome of their case is decided by the Home Office. This is balanced against the competing pressures of safety, security, welfare needs and regime. We operate in a high-risk, high-profile, heavily regulated environment engaging with numerous stakeholders including the Home Office and Medical Service delivery partners. We help residents understand what happens next, provide an environment for them to engage in activities relevant to them and create an environment in which they can reach out for support while building positive staff-resident relationships. Our environment promotes positive behaviour to support the welfare of those in our care and our staff.
Responsibilities and Expectations
We’re looking for respectful, caring people to join our teams. If you’re the right one for us, your strong communication and interpersonal skills, non-judgmental approach, excellent problem-solving skills and ability to keep calm under pressure will be the foundations to develop your Care & Custody career.
Your working time will require you to be fully flexible to cover both day shifts with varying start and finish times and night 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 may be vulnerable, anxious, confused or volatile would be an advantage. You will begin your Care & Custody career completing a 7-week classroom-based initial training course (ITC), continuing your development over the next 12 months with on-the-job mentoring.
What We Are Looking For
- Be a UK citizen, Citizen of the Commonwealth with your own indefinite leave to remain (not through marriage) or an EEA citizen.
- Have a valid and in-date passport, with no restrictions on your stay in the UK.
- Provide a biometric card alongside a current in-date passport as proof of right to work in the UK.
- Have continuously resided in the UK for the past 5 years (No trips overseas longer than three months).
- 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.
- Full UK manual driving licence with no driving ban or disqualification within the previous 5 years.
- Not currently bankrupt.
Location
We are located off the B743 just 7 miles south of Strathaven, with major connections into Hamilton, approximately 14 miles north of the IRC.
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.
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