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Elements and Performance Criteria

Provide for the persons in care or custody
Process persons in care or custody
Escort/transport persons in care or custody
Identify need for assistance
- Initial assessment is made of extent and nature of assistance required
- Initial assessment is communicated to appropriate personnel in accordance with the organisation's policies and procedures
Protect casualty and others from further harm
- Safety and hygiene standards are maintained at all times according to organisational standards, and relevant legislation, regulations and guidelines
- Hazards and risks are identified and appropriate action taken to prevent further injury
Provide assistance

Required Skills

This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit

Required Skills

dealing with a range of uncooperative persons

observing assessing and classifying human behaviour in terms of custodial risks

optimising the potential safety and security of persons in care or custody

securing and escorting persons

processing persons intoout of custodial care

identifying and arranging for the needs of specific categories of persons in care or custody

Required Knowledge

the laws policies and procedures pertaining to providing for processing and escorting persons in care or custody

duty of care responsibilities

ethnicity and cultural differences

categories of persons and their particular needs

police cell routines procedures and security arrangements

issuesproblems that can arise under police custodial care

support agenciespersonsgroups and their contact points

Evidence Required

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

It is essential for this unit that competence be demonstrated in the ability to ensure security and physical wellbeing of persons in care or custody

Consistency in performance

Evidence of competency will need to be gathered over time and from across a range of actualsimulated workplace situations involving different categories of persons

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Evidence should be gathered over a period of time in a range of actual or simulated workplace environments

Specific resources for assessment

No special requirements

Guidance information for assessment

Information that will assist or guide assessment will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA Public Safety Training Package

Information that will assist or guide assessment will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA00 Public Safety Training Package.

Range Statement


The Range Statement relates to the Unit of Competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording in the Performance Criteria is detailed below.
Persons in care or custody may include	Persons placed, either by police, themselves or some other agency, temporarily in police care, for example (lost children, persons suffering dementia, victims of rape, domestic violence or other crimes) those persons detained by police or voluntarily in police custody in connection with criminal activity or some incident requiring further police investigation persons being transported by police The provision of care and/or custody could be at Police Stations/lockups watch houses court buildings hospitals in vehicles/planes in transit Persons in care or custody are at all times to be provided with: their full rights and entitlements applicable under Commonwealth and jurisdictional laws a safe and secure environment during the full period of custodial care provisions determined by the Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Report if applicable
Particular categories of persons include	aged persons children disabled persons persons affected by drugs or alcohol women Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people persons likely to cause injury to themselves and/or others injured/ill persons people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds physically or intellectually impaired people military personnel, government, diplomatic personnel and other dignitaries mentally ill/disordered transgender
Some persons may require special arrangements, as per established guidelines, such as	isolation from others more constant/closer supervision the involvement of outside persons/agencies access to specialised treatment
Security of persons relates to ensuring the personal safety, wellbeing and survival of	each person in custody or transit the police officers and/or persons attending them any other persons exercising lawful access to prisoners/persons in custody the public in general through the prevention of escapes/breakouts
Security of persons could be maintained through	use of appropriate restraining devices searching persons for weapons drugs potentially dangerous items/substances correct identification and addressing of a person's special needs/circumstances regular cell inspections compliance with documented operational practices and procedures
Processing of persons may include	preparation of relevant documentation searching persons for items/substances that are prohibited or could be used to effect injury or escape and the recording and storing of items confiscated classification/categorisation of person(s) to be placed in custody arranging, if needed, for appropriate support agency, medical, legal, family contact, arranging for interpreters, arranging for consular representatives locating to cells or arranging transport to another location, arranging for refreshments personal needs if appropriate
Escorting officers may include	Officers from other policing organisations and/or agencies such as: Correctional Services Community/Child Support Services Aboriginal Services, etc.
Escorting officers may be by means of may include	police vehicles (marked and unmarked) aircraft (both police service and commercially operated flights) correctional services vehicles
Details of incident obtained from	casualty visual assessment of scene others at scene
Maintaining personal safety may include	washing hands using glove
Caring manner may include	personal introduction and identification consistent with other priorities
Hazards may include	bodily fluids traffic environmental hazards downed wires bystanders
Significant others may include	family friends at scene
Appropriate action may include	protecting scene isolating scene, eg. erecting barricade