DetentionEscort Officer
DetentionEscort Officer
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Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Criminal Justice Services department as a Detention Escort Officer working at one of our 6 custody suites within the West Midlands Police Force area.
You will be responsible for delivering a safe and secure environment for those detained in connection with a wide variety of criminal matters. The custody environment is fast paced and can be unpleasant at times so you must enjoy working at pace whilst being faced with challenging situations.
Working with the Custody Sergeant your role will be to ensure the dignity and welfare of detainees from the moment they arrive until they are released. Duties range from administration of custody IT systems taking DNA samples through to managing the welfare of the detainee whilst in their cell.
Dealing with people brings a need for excellent communication skills as well as requiring the ability to remain calm when presented with volatile situations.
Interested in seeing what its like working in Custody Take a look at the video below:
- Use of custody IT systems and equipment to complete tasks including updating PNC records booking in detainees taking fingerprints/DNA and photographs
- Carrying out searches to ascertain identity as well as same sex searches to seize and retain any items
- Check well being administer first aid where required as well as issuing medication and food whilst patrolling and monitoring security of the custody suite
- Assist a police officer to control and restrain a detained person or to prevent them from escaping from lawful custody or injuring themselves or another
- Handle store and move property and forensic samples
Essential Criteria:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to remain calm and professional when faced with volatile situations
- Be able to write in a clear concise and accurate manner
- Be helpful and compassionate
- Strong decision making skills
- Confidence dealing with confrontation
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience working within a custody environment
DEOs are required to work weekends and bank holidays where allowances are paid as appropriate. You will be working a shift pattern of 6 on 4 off including 2 earlies 2 lates and 2 night shifts.
If successful in this position you will be required to attend at training course details of this course will be sent to you once successful. The course length is between 34 weeks which will be Monday Friday business working hours.
This course will incorporate aspects of legislation policy first aid personal safety and ICT systems.
We are looking at a potential start date of January or March 2025.
About Us
West Midlands Police is Englands second largest police force. Together we serve the 2.9 million people who call the region home one of the youngest and most diverse populations in Europe.
Our vision is to be recognised as a police service that is big enough to cope with everything that is asked of us while showing we are small enough to care about the things that really matter to people.
Together we will fulfil our mission of working in partnership making communities safer.
Benefits for employees of West Midlands Police Force include:
- The opportunity to work in a wide range of policing departments
- Extensive training and development throughout your career
- Annual leave purchase scheme
- Generous pension scheme
- Family Friendly Employer Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leave and Childcare Vouchers save up to 900 a year
- Access to EAP (Employer Assistance Programme)
- Social clubs sports clubs and regional events
- Discounts on gym memberships travel and leisure homeware and tech
- Blue light card membership eligibility over 15000 discounts from large national retailers including special member events across the UK
- Police Mutual access to affordable private healthcare mortgage services and much more
Leave Entitlement 24 days annual leave rising to 31 days after five years
West Midlands Police is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race colour religion gender sexual orientation or preference gender identity national origin disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.
We are committed to delivering a fair and inclusive recruitment process and ensuring that no applicant is disadvantaged because of their disability. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the be made to our recruitment process please let us know. All information shared will be kept confidential.
Guaranteed Interview Schemes:
As a Disability Confident Leader and we operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All candidates who share with us that they are disabled and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview*.
As a proud signatory of the Armed Services Covenant and Care Leaver Covenant West Midlands Police also operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for Military Service Leavers and Care Leavers who meet the minimum role requirements.
*There may be times we cannot interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example seasonal and highpeak times. In these situations we may limit the number of interviews offered to disabled and nondisabled people. In these circumstances we will select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.
Prospective officers and staff must be held to a higher standard of behaviour and accountability than members of the public and that therefore their right to privacy can be fettered in certain circumstances. This is to ensure that members of the police are fully aware and accountable for the unique powers entrusted to them and the standards of professional behaviour they swear to uphold.
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Vetting Successful applicants will be required to pass Recruitment Vetting and Counter Terrorism Clearancescrutiny prior to commencing their role this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.
Medical Appointment to this role will be dependent upon successfully medical checks which may include a test and if required a fitness test.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
