Prisoner Custody Officer

**Prisoner Custody Officer - vacancies available within the Vehicle Base and Court in Bellshill and surrounding areas.**

**Permanent positions with 35, 38 and 45-hour contracts available including backshift. Regular overtime is also available, although not guaranteed.**

**If you join us on a 45-hour contract your salary will be £29,250, and if you are a driver with a D- Licence, you will receive an hourly uplift and could earn £35,685 for a 45-hour contract.**

**Recruitment day will be taking place on 20th of April 2024 Unit B East Point 13 Melford Road Righead Ind Estate, Bellshill ML4 3LR.**
- Are you flexible, confident, and have the skills and ability to deal with people from widely differing backgrounds?
- Can you communicate effectively and deal with conflict or challenging situations calmly and with confidence?
- Are you non-judgemental and committed to engaging with people respectfully and one that upholds their dignity?

**What’s involved in this job?**
- The people in your care and custody will have a variety of different needs and it will be your role to ensure they are met, and those individuals are treated with dignity and respect whilst maintaining a safe, secure, and structured environment
- You have full responsibility for every aspect of the physical and mental well-being of adults in your care, ensuring their health, safety and well-being is a priority
- You will liaise with Prison and Police authorities, ensuring all documentation is completed and correct, carrying out risk assessments on vulnerable or at-risk prisoners

**Vehicle-based role**
- You will escort, supervise and transport prisoners from courts, police stations or prisons
- You will escort, supervise, and transport prisoners to and from hospitals or other outside visits such as to family funerals
- You’ll be responsible for your vehicle each day, carrying out external and internal checks and ensuring it has the right equipment and consumables for the day, like food and water.

**Court based role**
- You’ll work as part of a team to make sure all those in custody are safe, looked after and arrive in the court dock on time
- Carry out custodial duties within a court location
- Maintain security and order in the courtroom and custody suite
- Maintain accurate records and complete relevant documentation related to prisoner movements within the court. These records will be updated on a handheld electronic device

**Back Shift working hour**

If you join working a backshift, you will be on a 35-hour contract and operate on a 4 on 4 off shift pattern with one additional shift per month to make up your hours. Shift times are 13.00 - 22.00. You will also be eligible for mileage and travel time from your allocated base.

**What experience do I need?**

You will be provided with a 5.5 week comprehensive full-time training programme followed by a full week of job shadowing, which will ensure you are fully prepared to take on the role and responsibilities of a front-line **Prisoner Custody Officer**. Our client is looking for you to have the right behaviours to care for and help people; you’ll need empathy, patience, and the ability to remain calm and composed in stressful situations.
- A basic level of physical fitness and flexibility is required so that you can carry out the role safely.
- A full UK driving licence is required for working within the vehicle base, ideally with Cat D

**Prisoner Custody Officers** all have very different backgrounds but come together to build their own local officer community. Our client is so very proud of every one of their 2,000 officers and the job they do, often unseen but providing a vital public service for the benefit of the communities in which we live. Would you like to be part of that?

**Here are some of our benefits**
- 25 days annual leave (23 for back shift)
- Company pension
- Life assurance
- High street discounts
- Retail discounts and benefits platform
- Healthcare scheme
- Enhanced family-friendly benefits
- Opportunities for career advancement and professional development
- Comprehensive training programmes to enhance your skills and knowledge
- Meaningful work that contributes to the Criminal Justice System

Please note that the information obtained through the enhanced disclosure process will be treated with the utmost confidentiality and used solely for the purpose of assessing your suitability for the position. It will be handled in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

**Who is GEOAmey?**

GEOAmey is a 50:50 joint venture company from GEO Inc. based in the United States, one of the world’s largest correctional services providers and Amey, one of the largest infrastructure and consulting companies in the UK. GEOAmey provides all court custody and escorting services in Scotland between prisons, police stations and courts as well as supervising all visits outside of the prison system including hospital appointments.

GEOAmey has 150 vehicles,