Detention Officer - Strathaven

Deekay Technical Recruitment; Gilmourton; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Home Office in Scotland is seeking an in-office role for an initial 6-month contract at Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre, Strathaven. You will conduct inductions, assessments, and strive for compliance visibility while maintaining casework updates and reporting duties.

The position requires solid communication, leadership potential, and strong MS Office skills. Expect a full-time, office-based schedule with shift flexibility as described.

Qualifications

• Solid verbal and written communication skills.
• Leadership potential and the ability to manage testing situations.
• Flexibility, adaptability, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Conduct face-to-face engagements, inductions and assessments.
• Discuss options and consequences of non-compliance with residents.
• Identify and manage vulnerability indicators per policy.
• Engage regularly with IRC suppliers and stakeholders.
• Provide case updates and manage a portfolio of residents.
• Record interactions accurately on IT systems and brief caseworkers.
• Contribute to management reports and handle office admin tasks.
• Flag issues promptly to management or other departments.

Skills

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Leadership

Problem Solving

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Outlook

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Client: Home Office

Contract: Initial 6 months

Rate: £254 per day

Working Pattern: 100% in office Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre - Strathaven

Key Responsibilities

• Conducting face-to-face engagements, including inductions and assessments
• Discussing options and the consequences of non-compliance with residents
• Identifying and managing vulnerability indicators, ensuring that they are recorded and managed in-line with policy
• Engaging regularly with IRC suppliers and stakeholders
• Giving case updates and managing a portfolio of residents
• Recording interactions accurately on IT systems in a timely manner and provide feedback to caseworkers
• Contributing to management reports and undertaking office administration duties such as inbox management and taking phone calls
• Flagging issues appropriately and in a timely manner to management or other appropriate departments

Essential Criteria

• Solid verbal and written communication skills
• Leadership potential and the ability to manage testing situations
• Flexibility, adaptability, and problem-solving skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel

Non-negotiable

• These roles are 100% office based and are full time only.
• Personal safety trained to level 2, spear training.
• Security Clearance: CTC must be active or above.
• Disclosure Scotland Enhanced non barred or DBS Enhanced non barred.

Working Pattern

This role requires you to be flexible. Successful candidates will need to attend early and late shifts. On weekdays, the early shifts are 08.00 to 15.24 and late shifts are 13.36 to 21.00. On weekends and public holidays (excluding Christmas Day and New Years Day), the early shifts are 09.00 to 16.24 and late shifts are 09.36 to 17.00. Candidates are required to be available for all scheduled shifts and will not have the option to select specific shifts. Shift pattern is 7.4 hours. Shifts are on a pattern between 7am and 8pm Monday to Friday, and 9am and 5pm Saturdays and Sundays. 1 in 3 weekend working both Saturday and Sunday expected.