Leadership and management of safety
8. Safe outcomes for detainees are supported by effective leadership and management.
The following indicators describe evidence that may show this expectation being met. They do not exclude other ways of achieving it.
- Managers from all organisations and agencies working with detainees pay close personal attention to ensuring that the risks to vulnerable detainees are safely managed.
- Managers at all levels allocate sufficient resources to ensure safe removal operations during which every attempt is made to minimise psychological insecurity among detainees.
- Managers have a clear strategy for helping detainees to feel safe and address any anxieties they have.
- Managers are visible and appropriately challenge staff and, when necessary, detainees.
- Managers make effective use of data to identify and minimise detainees’ anxieties and any risks to the safety of detainees and staff.
- Managers from all organisations work in partnership to promote a multidisciplinary approach to care for vulnerable detainees.
- Managers ensure that security arrangements are effective and proportionate.