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<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Home Office and its service providers comply with all
relevant employment legislation. The service provider for Yarl's Wood immigration
removal centre (IRC), Serco, is required under their contract to employ sufficient
female officers to enable appropriate searching and security arrangements for female
detainees. <br><br>Yarl's Wood IRC has 52% male detainee custody officers (DCOs) and
48% female DCOs. A new recruitment drive is underway, with a review of how flexible
and family friendly hours might be enhanced to attract more women recruits as well
as devising recruitment campaigns that target female audiences. <br><br>Assessment
Care in Detention and Teamwork (ACDT) is the system used for monitoring individuals
considered to be at risk of self harm and is operated across the detention estate.
<br><br>ACDT is a care planning system whereby staff from all areas work together
to create a safe and caring environment and provide individual care to detainees.<br><br>All
incidents of self harm are treated very seriously and every step is taken to prevent
incidents of this nature. Staff at all centres are trained to <br>identify those at
risk of self harm so that action can be taken to minimise the risk. Notices in various
languages are displayed in IRCs setting out that, where there is a concern about a
fellow detainee, this should be brought to the attention of a member of staff. Formal
risk assessments on initial detention and systems for raising concerns at any subsequent
point feed into established self harm procedures in every IRC, which are in turn underpinned
by the Home Office Operating Standard on the Prevention of Self-Harm ACDT requires
centre managers to appoint trained assessors and named case managers to provide individualised
care to detainees based on their particular needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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