Detention Officer

Red Snapper Recruitment are recruiting for Detention Engagement Officers for a Government Department. Location: Yarlswood, Bedford Contract: 6 months Salary: 250 UMB / 184.19 PAYE per day Vetting: If you have SC or CTC this is beneficial. Shift: 7.4 hours shifts on a pattern between Mon - Fri 8am - 9pm, Sat/Sun 9am -5pm (1 in 3 weekend working both Saturday and Sunday expected) Responsibilities and Requirements:Conduct face-to-face engagements with those in detention as required by caseworkers and management, this includes an initial induction engagement, service of paperwork, follow up engagements, Modern Slavery and associated assessments and Asylum Screening interviews. Officers will also discuss the options that residents have, including initiating referrals to returns schemes and building return plans, as well as outlining the consequences of non-compliance. Feeding back to caseworkers providing details and insight into resident mindset and behaviour. Recording all interactions on HO IT systems in an accurate and timely manner.Identify indicators of vulnerability, ensuring that they are recorded and managed in-line with existing policy and instructions, attending case conference meetings (multi-disciplinary telecom and local strategy meetings), ACDT reviews, immigration surgeries and resident consultative committee meetings as required.Providing case updates to residents at their request and managing your own portfolio of residents and associated workflow.Flagging ..... full job details .....