Security Officer - Forensic Hospital (Inner West Council)

**What G4S can offer you**
- 24/7 Rotating Roster (includes days, nights, and weekends) | 8- 12-hour shifts.
- Casual opportunity: 25-40 hours/week
- In-house training provided
- you will shadow our current officers on each post and do several formal training courses.
- Front-of-house role with a limited requirement to deal with adults and adolescents in the facility.
- Join a genuine market leader in security
- we're the largest integrated security company worldwide, operating in 90 countries globally.

**About the role and team**

Since 2008, we have supported the NSW Department of Justice Health by providing security services at the Long Bay Forensic Hospital in Malabar, NSW. This facility provides specialist health care to approximately 150 adults and adolescents, and the facility is separate from the Long Bay Prison.

We are currently searching for Security Officers to join our supportive 25-person team, reporting to our Operations Manager (Dominic) and support our client by ensuring we provide perimeter security, front-of-house security, and security escorts. We are responsible for security management of the entry and exit of the site for patients, staff, visitors, and Contracted Service Providers. In the role you will:

- Use Security Management Systems
- monitor CCTV, alarm systems, two-way radio, and our duress system.
- Screening
- screen people through an x-ray machine, with a hand wand, and metal detectors, to ensure that no unauthorised items are taken into the facility.
- Control room duties
- monitoring a large volume of cameras, which includes general and sally port access control.
- Sally port searching duties
- check all vehicles thoroughly and register each vehicle upon entry and exit.
- Facilitating patient admissions
- take photos of new arrivals and biometrically register them in our system.
- Providing security escorts in company vehicles
- driving patients to the hospital when needed, with the support of nurses.

**What we're looking for**
- A current NSW 1A Security Licence and first aid & CPR qualification.
- Have a NSW Class C driver's licence.
- Have a current working with children's check employee version, or be willing to get this before employment.
- Ability to work a 24/7 roster.
- You are up to date with all Category A vaccinations.

**The recruitment process**

G4S runs a staged recruitment process that includes:

- Shortlisted applicants will have a face-to-face interview in Malabar
- to meet the team and see the work workplace
- Background checks, including a national police check, vaccination status form, a reference check, a medical assessment, and security qualifications + ID form

**About G4S Australia and New Zealand**

G4S, An Allied Universal(R) Company is a leading security and facility services company that provides proactive security services and cutting-edge smart technology to deliver tailored, integrated security solutions. With a workforce of approximately 800,000 employees worldwide and over 2,000 across Australia and New Zealand, we leverage global best practices to help deliver our promise locally: keeping people safe so our communities can thrive. We partner with Government, industries and law enforcement agencies to deliver Integrated Security and Justice Services across a diverse range of portfolios, including Port Phillip Prison, Mount Gambier Prison, Prisoner Transport Operations, Court Security, Custody Centres, Corporate Security, Mobile Speed Cameras, our Support Offices, and more. Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3qmqav