Detainee Escort Officer

Job Reference: G1696
Job Expiry Date: 12 Apr 2017
Salary: £9.00 per hour

We require a team of six temporary Detainee Escort Officers to assist in the secure transportation, care and welfare of detained persons and their property, in association with Police Forces. These are annualised hours and seasonal jobs as we are currently recruiting for various intakes throughout 2017.

The role requires the ability to deal with vulnerable and sometimes difficult people, whilst maintaining high standards of security and service delivery so it is essential that you have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You must also possess a full and valid UK Driving Licence C1.

The positions are based in York and Scarborough areas and you will be required to work flexibly across various sites/locations within each of these areas. Also although you will be assigned to either York or Scarborough areas as your base location, you will be expected to cover the other area should there be a business need to do this. In these circumstances you will be paid travel expenses.

The hours of work are across weekends and will cover evening/night shifts. There may be opportunities to work additional hour’s dependent on operational needs.

Please note that if you are invited to attend an interview, you will also be required to undertake and pass a driving assessment as part of the selection process and for this you will be required to bring your driving licence on the day of your assessment. As part of the recruitment process you will also be required to complete satisfactory security checks.

Courses are held throughout each year and the next course is due to start in June 2017. However please note, depending on the number of successful applications received and number of positions available at that time, there is no guarantee of being allocated a place on this particular course. However all successful applicants will be held in a candidate pool for recruitment courses throughout 2017.

Please note the closing time for applications to be received by is 12th April 2017.

To apply for this position and for further information, please click the ‘Apply’ button. Please note that we do not accept CV applications.