Detention Officer, Portsmouth

6 months ago

Portsmouth, United Kingdom Hampshire Constabulary Full time

**Job Details**:
**Job Title**:Detention Officer - HC616341
**Salary**:Scale 5, £27,789 per annum, plus 20% Shift allowance & Weekend enhancements.
**Contract**:Permanent
**Hours**:37 per week - Shift working, including weekends, early mornings, late night, & Night shifts.

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**About the role**:
As a Detention Officer you will be based in one of our state of the art Police Investigation Centres, where colleagues from many different roles are located. The custody suite, where you’ll spend the majority of your time, is at the heart of the police station.

Detention Officers are using their skills to play an increasingly important part in the way custody suites are run. You'll not only help in the smooth running of the station, but also provide support to detainees who are facing one of the most difficult times of their lives. The role is definitely challenging, but can also be incredibly rewarding and varied.

You'll need to be alert at all times, thinking on your feet and making informed decisions. A key task is assisting the Custody Officer in providing an excellent level of care to some of the most vulnerable individuals in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. You'll complete all aspects of the booking in process and when required facilitate disposal procedures for detainees. Take their fingerprints, photographs and DNA, record their possessions and make sure they're safe and secure. During their time in custody, you'll regularly monitor a detainee’s condition and behaviour, where necessary assist with investigative procedures and preservation of evidence whilst maintaining the safety and security of all personnel within the custody suite. There will be phone calls to answer, solicitors and other agencies to deal with and a whole host of other tasks to do, as well as supporting your colleagues and the custody sergeant.

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**Salary and Other Benefits**:
In addition to a highly rewarding career and a competitive base salary of £27,789 - £29.874 per annum. Once you’ve completed a training period you’ll receive an additional 20% shift allowance and weekend enhancement making your potential earnings far higher.

Our benefits are extensive too and include:
An attractive contributory pension scheme

Childcare Voucher and Cycle to Work schemes.

Access to Hampshire Police Leisure and Sport (providing a range of family and sporting activities)

Gym facilities at a number of our buildings.

**Hours of Work**:
Detention Officers work to a shift pattern, which applies across all of our 24/7 operational custody suites. This consists of working 2 day shifts, 2 late shifts and 2 night shifts followed by 4 rest days. You will be part of a team which serves the public all day, every day including weekend work.

**Essential Application Criteria**:
We are Emotionally Aware Level 1

We Take Ownership Level 1

We are collaborative Level 1

We Deliver, Support and Inspire Level 1

Applicants must have a full manual driving licence (which we require evidence of during the process) and although you’ll be posted to one of our custody centres there may on occasions be a requirement to work at other locations which could include Portsmouth, Southampton, Basingstoke or the Isle of Wight.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary is an inclusive employer and strives to have a workforce representative of the communities we police and serve. We recognise that we are not fully representative and are working to address this imbalance through a variety of initiatives.

The Disability Confident campaign aims to remove barriers, increase understanding and ensure that people have opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. We will accommodate requests for reasonable adjustments where possible throughout our recruitment and promotions processes and encourage anyone requiring reasonable adjustments to disclose this at the earliest opportunity.

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