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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Determine level of assistance required by persons in care or custody
  2. Provide for persons in care or custody
  3. Process persons in care or custody
  4. Escort/transport persons in care or custody
  5. Protect persons in care or custody and others from harm

Required Skills

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

Required Skills

balance prescribed processes and procedures such as processes related to introductions and identification with other priorities that may occur while managing persons in care or custody

deal with a range of uncooperative persons

identify and arrange for the needs of specific categories of persons in care or custody

observe assess and classify human behaviour in terms of custodial risks

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

process persons intoout of custodial care

secure and escort persons

Required Knowledge

categories of persons and their particular needs

duty of care responsibilities

ethnicity and cultural differences

issuesproblems that can arise under police custodial care

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

police cell routines procedures and security arrangements

relevant legislation regulations and guidelines

support agenciespersonsgroups and their contact points

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria Required Skills and Knowledge the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package

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

Assessment must confirm the ability to

ensure security and physical wellbeing of persons in care or custody

Consistency in performance

Competency should be demonstrated over time and from a range of actualsimulated workplace situations involving different categories of persons

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Context of assessment

Competency should be assessed over time in a range of actual or simulated workplace environments

Specific resources for assessment

There are no specific resource requirements for this unit

Method of assessment

In a public safety environment assessment is usually conducted via direct observation in a training environment or in the workplace via subject matter supervision andor mentoring which is typically recorded in a competency workbook

Assessment is completed using appropriately qualified assessors who select the most appropriate method of assessment

Assessment may occur in an operational environment or in an industryapproved simulated work environment Forms of assessment that are typically used include

direct observation

interviewing the candidate

journals and workplace documentation

third party reports from supervisors

written or oral questions

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 being transported by police

Persons detained by police or voluntarily in police custody in connection with criminal activity or some incident requiring further police investigation

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

Providing care and/or custody in police stations/lockups, watch houses, court buildings, hospitals, vehicles/planes, in transit

Particular categories of persons may include:

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people

Aged persons

Children

Injured/ill people

Military personnel, government, diplomatic personnel and other dignitaries

People affected by drugs or alcohol

People affected by actions of police where a duty of care exists

People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds

People likely to cause injury to themselves and/or others

People suffering from dementia

People with a disability

People with a physical or intellectual impairment

People who have a mental illness/disorder

Transgender people

Women

Security of persons in care or custody may relate to:

Ensuring the personal safety, wellbeing and survival of:

each person in custody or transit

police officers and/or persons attending them

any other persons exercising lawful access to prisoners/persons in custody

public in general through the prevention of escapes/breakouts

Maintaining the security of persons through:

using appropriate restraining devices

searching persons for weapons, drugs, potentially dangerous items/substances

correctly identifying and addressing a person's special needs/circumstances

regular cell inspections

complying with documented operational practices and procedures

Special arrangements as per established guidelines, such as:

isolation from others

more constant/closer supervision

involvement of outside persons/agencies

access to specialised treatment

Processing of persons in care or custody may include:

Arranging, if needed, for appropriate support agency, medical, legal, family contact, interpreters, consular representatives

Arranging for refreshments

Classifying/categorising persons to be placed in custody

Locating persons to cells or arranging transport to another location

Personal needs if appropriate

Preparing relevant documentation

Searching persons for items/substances that are prohibited or could be used to effect injury or escape and recording and storing of items confiscated

Escorting persons may include:

Aircraft (both police service and commercially operated flights)

Correctional services vehicles

Police vehicles (marked and unmarked)

Escorting officers may include:

Officers from other policing organisations and/or agencies such as:

correctional services

community/child support services

aboriginal services

Maintaining safety and hygiene standards may include:

Using gloves

Washing hands

Hazards may include:

Bodily fluids

Traffic

Environmental hazards

Downed wires

Bystanders

Appropriate action may include:

Isolating scene, e.g. erecting barricade

Protecting scene