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Independent Custody Visiting We are recruiting for Independent Custody Visitors Could this be you? Are you interested in people? This is an opportunity to make a real difference to the welfare of vulnerable people in custody. Do you care about the wellbeing and rights of all people? This is a great opportunity for those who wish to gain an insight into the criminal justice system. If you are interested in applying email: lincolnshire-pcc@lincs.police.uk
What is independent custody visiting? Every PCC has a legal duty to run an Independent Custody Visiting scheme, in which local members of the public who volunteer to serve as Independent Custody Visitors (ICVs) making regular, unannounced visits to police custody to check on the rights, entitlements and wellbeing of detainees as well as the conditions they are held in. Visits are made by pairs of volunteers where they speak to detainees, review custody records and check custody suite conditions and essential stocks such as food, clothing and religious items. ICVs ask custody staff to resolve any immediate issues and complete visit reports, alerting the PCC to their findings. After training, custody visitors will know what to ask, what to look for and what may be done. They must be impartial and favour neither the police nor the detainee. On completion of their visit a report form is completed and passed to all stakeholders involved in the Scheme. Through the work of ICVs, PCCs are able to give assurance to the public that people detained by the police in their force area are being treated in a lawful, ethical and transparent way.
Impact Of Custody Visiting ICVs’ reports regularly result in improvements throughout custody. Working together with partners throughout the police service, ICVA has used information gathered by ICVs and OPCC staff to impact meaningful changes such as a reduction in lighting levels to ensure detainees are able to get their legally entitled uninterrupted periods of rest, and the establishment of a new referral pathway for those who may be experiencing symptoms of the perimenopause/menopause in police custody.
Where will I be based? We have vacancies within all four of our local visiting panels, namely, the South East Panel (serving Boston custody suite), West Panel (serving Lincoln custody suite), East Panel (serving Skegness custody suite) and South West Panel (serving Grantham custody suite).
If you are interested in applying for one of the above-mentioned vacancies, then you can contact the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner and request an application pack be emailed or posted out to you. Do I need to have qualifications?
There are a few criteria for applicants, ICVs must be over 18 and live or work in Lincolnshire. Applicants must be able to attain police vetting but a criminal record is not necessarily a ban, please do get in touch to talk this through with us if you want to apply but think this might be a problem for you. Contact details are as follows: Email: lincolnshire-pcc@lincs.police.uk Telephone: 01522 212351 or 07876 476057 Address: OPCC for Lincolnshire, Deepdale Lane, Nettleham LN2 2LT
We are really keen to have applications from all members of the community so please do get in touch! Let us know if you need any assistance with the application process, we are happy to help. Quotes from people who have done it: | ||||
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