LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE AUTHORITY JOB DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CUSTODY VISITOR (ICV)
DEPARTMENT: Police Authority
ACCOUNTABLE TO: ICV Scheme Administrator
DATE: December 2003
Key Result Areas
- To arrange custody visits with fellow custody visitors, in line with agreed rosters.
- To keep the co-ordinator and fellow custody visitors informed of any problems with rostered custody visits.
- To carry out custody visits to designated police stations in line with the scheme guidelines and training.
- Undertake late night visits to designated police stations where indicated on the visiting programme.
- To check on the conditions in which a detainee is kept, their health and wellbeing and their legal rights and entitlements, with reference to PACE Code C.
- Where appropriate, consult the detainee's custody record to clarify and check concerns raised by the detainee.
- To discuss with the custody officer any concerns and requests arising from the custody visit and bring to the custody officer's attention any issue that needs to be dealt with.
- To complete the Independent Custody Visitor Report Form, ensuring that all relevant information is recorded correctly, clearly and concisely.
- To complete and submit expense claims in line with the scheme guidelines.
- To attend continuous training sessions as appropriate (minimum of one each year).
- To attend as appropriate panel meetings of Independent Custody Visitors.
- To carry out the duties of an Independent Custody Visitor with regard to the Health and Safety requirements of the Custody Visiting Scheme.
- To carry out the duties of an independent Custody Visitor as set out in the Scheme's guidelines.
Person Specification
| APPEARANCE |
Portray a positive image of self and Authority
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| QUALITIES SOUGHT |
Communicate orally and in writing
Communicate effectively with people from a diversity of backgrounds in line with equal opportunities
Maintain confidentiality and impartiality in relation to all parties involved in the ICV process
Make informed judgements in which the community can have confidence
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PERSONAL
CHARACTERISTICS |
High standards of personal conduct and integrity
Reliable
Discreet
Adaptable
Observant
Co-operative
Diplomatic manner
Sympathetic
Able to work as part of a team
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WORK RELATED
CIRCUMSTANCES |
At least 18 years of age
Resident within the Lincolnshire Police Authority area
Sufficiently mobile to meet the visiting programme
Able to provide sufficient time and flexibility to meet the visiting programme
Not been an officer/employee or member of the Police Authority/Police Force or a Justice of the Peace for the past 5 years.
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Applicants should note that it is our long term aim as an organisation to prohibit smoking in the workplace.
Related Pages
Independent Custody Visiting
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