GC171: Detention Engagement Officer Location: Strathhaven IR35: In Scope Salary: Competitive day rate Security Clearance: Active CTC or above. Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Detention Engagement Officer on behalf of one of our clients. Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration. This role requires you to be flexible. Successful candidates will need to be able to attend for early and late shifts as follows: On weekdays, the early shifts are 0800 to 1524 and late shifts are 1336 to 2100. On weekends and public holidays (excluding Christmas Day and New Years Day), the early shifts are 0900 to 1624 and late shifts are 0936 to 1700. Candidates are required to be available for all scheduled shifts and will not have the option to select specific shifts. You are expected to work 1 in 3 weekends. Duties and 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 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. Skills and Qualifications: Personal safety trained to level 2, spear training. Disclosure Scotland Enhanced non barred or DBS Enhanced non barred. 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. These roles are 100% office based and are full time only. Driving licence is essential.
Sep 18, 2026
Contractor
GC171: Detention Engagement Officer Location: Strathhaven IR35: In Scope Salary: Competitive day rate Security Clearance: Active CTC or above. Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Detention Engagement Officer on behalf of one of our clients. Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration. This role requires you to be flexible. Successful candidates will need to be able to attend for early and late shifts as follows: On weekdays, the early shifts are 0800 to 1524 and late shifts are 1336 to 2100. On weekends and public holidays (excluding Christmas Day and New Years Day), the early shifts are 0900 to 1624 and late shifts are 0936 to 1700. Candidates are required to be available for all scheduled shifts and will not have the option to select specific shifts. You are expected to work 1 in 3 weekends. Duties and 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 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. Skills and Qualifications: Personal safety trained to level 2, spear training. Disclosure Scotland Enhanced non barred or DBS Enhanced non barred. 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. These roles are 100% office based and are full time only. Driving licence is essential.
Client: Home Office Contract: Initial 6 months Rate: £254 per day Working Pattern: 100% in office Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre - Strathaven Key Responsibilities You will also be accountable for a variety of tasks to ensure effective communication and engagement with residents, as below: - 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: ü These roles are 100% office based and are full time only. ü Personal safety trained to level 2, spear training. ü Security Clearance: CTC must be active or above ü Disclosure Scotland Enhanced non barred or DBS Enhanced non barred Working Pattern This role requires you to be flexible. Successful candidates will need to be able to attend for 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 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
Sep 18, 2026
Contractor
Client: Home Office Contract: Initial 6 months Rate: £254 per day Working Pattern: 100% in office Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre - Strathaven Key Responsibilities You will also be accountable for a variety of tasks to ensure effective communication and engagement with residents, as below: - 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: ü These roles are 100% office based and are full time only. ü Personal safety trained to level 2, spear training. ü Security Clearance: CTC must be active or above ü Disclosure Scotland Enhanced non barred or DBS Enhanced non barred Working Pattern This role requires you to be flexible. Successful candidates will need to be able to attend for 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 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
Client: Home Office Contract: Initial 6 months Rate: £254 per day Working Pattern: 100% in office Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre - Kidlington Key Responsibilities You will also be accountable for a variety of tasks to ensure effective communication and engagement with residents, as below: - 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: ü These roles are 100% office based and are full time only. ü Personal safety trained to level 2, spear training. ü Security Clearance: CTC must be active or above ü Disclosure Scotland Enhanced non barred or DBS Enhanced non barred Working Pattern This role requires you to be flexible. Successful candidates will need to be able to attend for 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 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
Sep 11, 2026
Contractor
Client: Home Office Contract: Initial 6 months Rate: £254 per day Working Pattern: 100% in office Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre - Kidlington Key Responsibilities You will also be accountable for a variety of tasks to ensure effective communication and engagement with residents, as below: - 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: ü These roles are 100% office based and are full time only. ü Personal safety trained to level 2, spear training. ü Security Clearance: CTC must be active or above ü Disclosure Scotland Enhanced non barred or DBS Enhanced non barred Working Pattern This role requires you to be flexible. Successful candidates will need to be able to attend for 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 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
Red Snapper Recruitment Limited
Bletchley, Buckinghamshire
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 contract issues appropriately and in a timely manner to line manager or Compliance team. Actively contribute towards the compiling of management reports. Undertake general office administration duties as part of your role and to assist in the successful running of the Detention Engagement Team within the Centre. This includes managing resident arrival and departure lists, allocating all new arrivals to Engagement Officers, monitoring the inbox and e-faxes and dealing with telephone, personal and email queries, escalating as appropriate. Other ad hoc administrative duties as required. Due to the high volume of applications received, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, I am afraid your application has been unsuccessful. RSR is a public safety & enterprise security recruitment specialist. We assist public safety employers find the right talent. We assist all employers when they want to source public safety and enterprise security skills and experience. Red Snapper Recruitment is a member of the Red Snapper Group. The Red Snapper Group acts as an employment agency (permanent) and as an employment business (temporary) - a free and confidential service to candidates. The Red Snapper Recruitment Group is an equal opportunities employer.
Oct 03, 2025
Contractor
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 contract issues appropriately and in a timely manner to line manager or Compliance team. Actively contribute towards the compiling of management reports. Undertake general office administration duties as part of your role and to assist in the successful running of the Detention Engagement Team within the Centre. This includes managing resident arrival and departure lists, allocating all new arrivals to Engagement Officers, monitoring the inbox and e-faxes and dealing with telephone, personal and email queries, escalating as appropriate. Other ad hoc administrative duties as required. Due to the high volume of applications received, if you do not hear from us within 7 working days, I am afraid your application has been unsuccessful. RSR is a public safety & enterprise security recruitment specialist. We assist public safety employers find the right talent. We assist all employers when they want to source public safety and enterprise security skills and experience. Red Snapper Recruitment is a member of the Red Snapper Group. The Red Snapper Group acts as an employment agency (permanent) and as an employment business (temporary) - a free and confidential service to candidates. The Red Snapper Recruitment Group is an equal opportunities employer.