Vacancy Information
Division / Department - Forcewide Grade - Grade E Status - Full Time Contract Type - Permanent Salary Grade Range - £22,394 - £25,963 Working Hours - 40.0 Hours per Week The starting salary for this role will usually be at the bottom of the salary range and will be pro-rata if the working hours are less than full time.
The Role
Surrey Police are seeking applicants for the position of Designated Detention Officer.
Detention Officers perform an essential role in the smooth running of the custody suite, ensuring the safety and comfort of the detainees, visitors and contractors who may be present
You will receive training in relevant aspects of the law, conflict management, food preparation, first aid as well as also being trained to take fingerprints, footwear impressions and DNA samples. You will already be comfortable using computers and will receive further IT training enabling you to enter detainee data into our secure systems. These positions will appeal to applicants who are reliable, enthusiastic and self-disciplined with good people skills and a cool head
You will be based at one of our Custody Centre's (Guildford, Staines or Salfords) but may occasionally be required to work elsewhere for which travelling costs will be met.
Key Responsibilities
Upon completion of training you will be responsible, as part of a well-drilled team, for all aspects of detainee care including security, supervising exercise, facilitating legal visits and providing food, medication and other entitlements as required under legislation.
Skills & Experience
First and foremost you will be a good communicator and team player. Working in a close knit team under the supervison of a police Sgt and Inspector, you will have dealings with persons from all walks of life. Being firm but fair, compassionate, a sense of humor, a problem solver and self starter.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The unsocial hours allowance for this role is £4077 per annum.
Due to the sensitivity involved within the role a high level of integrity will be needed, therefore successful applicants will be subject to security vetting.
All successful applicants will need to undertake a written health assessment, and where appropriate, participate in a health interview and/or medical assessment as deemed necessary by Occupational Health Department. This will apply to new recruits and all internal transfers to the role.
All successful applicants will need to have successfully completed a physical assessment by the Force fitness advisor, (5.4 on the bleep test - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNsVzKt5lPQ), as a measure of their ability for assistance in the handling of violent or uncooperative detained persons.
If successful you will be required to work at different locations across the force and will need to be prepared to travel to these various locations for which travelling expenses will be paid.
Please note, that although over the course of 12 months your average working weekly hours equates to 40 per week, in reality you will be working 12hr shifts, which is 2 early shifts 0600-1800hrs, followed by 2 night shifts 1800 -0600 and then 4 days off. approx. once every 8 weeks, you will accrue 2 extra days in effect giving you 6 days off
As part of the recruitment process you will be required to demonstrate team working in a number of scenarios, observation skills and group discussions
Contact Details
Police Sergeant 1774 Rick Scholey - rick.scholey@surrey.pnn.police.uk
Additional Information
Following submission of your application you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your application attached. Occasionally emails from this address can fall into spam/junk folders so please ensure this is checked regularly. You may wish to consider adding noreply@surreysussexpolice.as.recruitmail.com to your address/contact list to ensure you receive all communications. This post is being advertised in parallel with Force redeployment processes. Any redeployees who are identified will be given preference. This may result in the post being withdrawn at any point during the recruitment process. If you are an internal candidate looking to apply for this role, please ensure that you discuss your application with your line manager before submitting an application. If you are conditionally offered the role your attendance record and any reasonable adjustments already in place will be discussed with yourself and your current line manager. Please note that not all jobs are available for internal candidates across both Forces, the current agreed recruitment principles are; - vacancies in collaborated units are available to all officers and staff across both Forces - vacancies in non-collaborated units are only available to officers and staff within the Force with the vacancy unless it is advertised externally. If the vacancy is advertised externally and an officer or member of staff from the other Force is success it will result in a transfer of employment. Surrey Police and Sussex Police Special Constables, Volunteers and Agency Staff (excluding self employed workers) covered under the Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) are eligible to apply for internal advertised posts. Applications will only be accepted by clicking the 'Apply Now' button. CVs are not accepted as part of our recruitment process.
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