The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, fire, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.
Immigration Enforcement is responsible for enforcing the government’s immigration laws, tackling illegal migration, removing foreign national offenders and immigration offenders from the UK. It also aims to disrupt the organised criminal groups that exploit the vulnerable for their personal gain. Learn more on our careers pages.
The role is in the operational arm of the Foreign National Offender Returns Command (FNO RC), Immigration Prison Team.
Foreign National Offender Returns Command’s (FNO RC) objective is to protect the public by deporting or removing FNOs who commit criminal offences, and to actively monitor and manage FNOs released into the community. We manage each case through the legal process, negotiating barriers such as travel documents and ensuring that the use of immigration detention is appropriate.
The Immigration Prison Teams (IPT) are based in 13 embedded hubs across the United Kingdom, with some teams carrying out mobile roles across the region. The key prisons for Scotland are HMP Barlinnie, where the team are embedded, and HMP Edinburgh, however the team visit all prisons within Scotland’s Central Belt. The successful candidate(s), although based in Scotland, will also be required to support our Northern Ireland Mobile Team deliver across the Northern Ireland Prison estate, Maghaberry (Belfast) being our key prison.
IPT officers engage with Foreign National Offenders (FNOs), and a range of stakeholders across the Prison and IRC estate. The role is about managing relationships that assist in progressing cases to removal or release. IPT officers (at all grades) are required to be able to engage empathically with an FNO, a prison governor, an immigration caseworker, the voluntary sector, law enforcement and offender managers.
Key Responsibilities
These will include (but not limited to):
* Engaging with case owners, prison staff and FNOs to progress and conclude cases. Manage these relationships, through clear and empathic communication.
* Promoting compliant returns to FNOs, including the Facilitated Removal Scheme (FRS)
* Carrying out FNO induction interviews and surgeries, working to establish nationality, identity and other relevant information that assists in progressing the deportation case.
* Serving deportation paperwork and explain the process to FNOs, manage data effectively, accurately updating systems such as ATLAS.
* Escalating concerns to prison staff and case owners, be mindful of FNO health and vulnerability issues.
* Attending and supporting HMPPS at Assessment Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) reviews when Immigration is a direct trigger to the FNO’s wellbeing.
* Carrying out FNO screening and substantive Asylum, NRM interviews in Prisons and IRCs.
* Acting as a point of contact for IPT to deal with FNO Wing Applications and deal with any queries from prison staff.
Working Pattern
Due to the business requirements of this role, it is only available on a full-time basis.
The Duty Officer role for IPT fielding enquiries from other government department and process Imminent release cases. Shift times are Early: 07:00-14:24, Late: 11:36-19:00, and weekends: 09:00-17:00.
Training
Successful candidates must undertake, and pass, Personal Safety Training at Level 2 and attend a three-week, expenses paid, induction course, which will be held in Croydon. You work as part of a team where there is always someone around for advice and support. Further information on what the training involves can be found on our website.
Travel
Regular travel to all locations across Scotland and Northern Ireland will be a mandatory requirement of the role.
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