Dog Handler

**Job Title**: Dog Handler

**Salary**: starting at £26,000 per annum, plus an additional payment of £3,048 per annum, plus Serco benefits

**Location**: HMP Dovegate, Uttoxeter

**Working hours**: Full-time, 40 hours per week, rotational shift work

Here at Serco we are looking for Dog Handler to join our team at HMP Dovegate a category B male establishment prison based on the Staffordshire/Derbyshire border near Uttoxeter. The operational capacity is for 1160 prisoners and it takes a whole team of people to keep the facility safe, secure and in proper working order.

The primary role of the Dog Handler and the Dual-Purpose Drug Detection Dog will be to assist in the detection of illicit substances and mobile phones in all areas of the prison. The effectiveness of the Establishment’s dogs, as a commodity, will require this resource to be dynamic and responsive to local intelligence, security strategies and priorities.

The job holder will be required to carry out some of the following responsibilities, activities and duties:
Maintaining responsibility for the dog inside and outside working hours including kenneling, hygiene, exercise, health and welfare, informing the Custodial Manager of any incidents or issues involving the dog. Asserting and co-ordinating adequate training requirements for the dog. Maintain day to day obedience and skills of the dog, upholding standards in line with the requirements of national guidelines. Identify reasons for the dog underperforming and take corrective action. Carry out patrols internally and externally. Participate in the delivery of dog handling training to others as required. Conduct monthly searches of all prisoner and non-prisoner areas. Conduct target searches as directed by the Operation Managers. Record, collate and maintain statistical information based on the agreed search schedule, to include: Area Searches, Vehicle searches, Target Led Searches, Staff Searches/Screening and Visitor Searches/Screening.

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Why Serco

**Meaningful and vital work**: As part of a highly collaborative team, you’ll be able to strongly influence hiring managers efforts that help us deliver vital services.

**A world of opportunity**: Working for a globally operating business delivering essential services across 5 vital sectors, your next opportunity and challenge won’t be hard to find.

**Great people**: You’ll become an integral member of a well-defined and supportive team, who believe passionately in the value of our work.

What we offer

25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Pension - 6%
Employee Assistance Programme
Chance to contribute to innovation in the public services
Serco Benefits package - discounts include cinema, merlin entertainment and online shopping discounts, discounts on mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships
A safe and supportive culture
A company passionate about diversity and inclusion

About Serco

At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

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