The Support Services Group (SSG), established in 2000, provides risk and security management services across the UK with a focus on innovative solutions such as their Rapid Deployment Service (RDS) which delivers security personnel within four hours of a client's request. Operating through a divisional and business unit structure, SSG employs around 600 staff and supports various sectors with services ranging from emergency response to managed services that include enhanced vetting and specialized training. Their commitment to quality is illustrated by numerous accreditations and a robust system for monitoring service performance and customer satisfaction.

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Rapid Deployment Service
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By David Stubbs
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Index
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................ 3
SUPPORT SERVICES GROUP ...................................................................................................................... 5
MISSION .............................................................................................................................................................. 5
HISTORY ............................................................................................................................................................. 5
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE ......................................................................................................................... 5
GUARDING DIVISION .......................................................................................................................................... 6
RAPID DEPLOYMENT SERVICE (AD HOC GUARDING) ...................................................................................... 6
SERVICE STRUCTURE ........................................................................................................................................... 6
SERVICE DEPLOYMENT TYPES ............................................................................................................................. 7
EMERGENCY SERVICE ......................................................................................................................................... 7
SPECIAL PROJECT ................................................................................................................................................ 8
MANAGED SERVICE ............................................................................................................................................. 8
WEB BASED ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM........................................................................................................ 9
24/7 TELEPHONE ORDER ESCALATION SYSTEM ................................................................................................... 9
SECTOR COMPETENCE ......................................................................................................................................... 9
SERVICE & CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT.......................................................................................................... 10
QUALITY MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................................... 10
COMPLAINT MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................................. 11
ACCREDITATIONS............................................................................................................................................. 11
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Executive Summary
Support Services Group was established in April 2000 as a supplier of risk and security management services
to the private and public sector, employing approximately 600 staff nationally and operating through its
divisional structure, the Group maintains a national office network based in Swindon, Derby and Glasgow
with the Group 24 hour control room located in Bristol.
• Risk analysis • Corporate
The Group operates the following divisional • Risk reduction • Retail
structure: • Cost reduction
• System design
• Rapid Response
• Mobile Services
 Solutions
 Guarding Solutions Guarding
 Systems
 Partners
The Groups Guarding Division operates three
Technical Partner
distinct portfolios with an Account Manager at the
helm of each. Each portfolio operates • CCTV • Biometrics
• Intruder alarms • Forensic accounting
autonomously with individual management • Fire systems • Data mining
• Remote monitoring • Specialised software
models, service features and innovations.
Additionally the company’s Rapid Deployment
Service provides internal support to the stable portfolios ensuring industry leading attendance rates.
The Rapid Deployment Service (RDS) is SSG’s answer to temporary, flexible or complex guarding supply
requirements; a national service deploying security guards within a four hour client request window. This
industry leading innovative service design delivers a 96% attendance rate with directly employed staff. This is
the only service of its type within the UK.
From its inception in 2009 the RDS has grown rapidly now delivering up to 35000 service hours per month to
blue chip businesses.
Services are deployed in three flavours:
1. Emegency service
o Short notice, short run delivery of manpower in a non complex service environment
o Examples: Alarm failures, unscheduled works,
incident response
2. Special project
o Short notice, medium run delivery of
manpower in an environment with some
complexity
o Examples: Mobilisation support, high level
crime or threat response (burglary, violence,
3 national threat level increases)
3. Managed service
o Medium notice, long run delivery of manpower
in a complex service environment
o Examples: In house corporate holiday and
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relief cover, a hoc cover for CTC, enhanced vetting or specialist training sites.
SSG have identified and successfully built guarding support packages for numerous sectors. Its service
capability includes:
 Physical intervention, first aid & CCTV training
 Counter terrorism checks, OCNS and enhanced vetting (education & health service)
 Lone worker management including geo fence technology
 Web based incident reporting
Corporate (property)
Education
•PI training support service •Robbery/incident •Pre packed equipment
•Clinical restraint training response sets
•Single site AI training •Refit – new stores •Enhanced vetting •Automated remote
•Enhanced vetting
•CTC clearance •In house support pack •Door services – student location Lone worker
•Scottish disclosure union
•BSVR (Office for Civil
Nuclear Security)
Health care Retail Utilities
Customer satisfaction and service quality information is recorded in the field by using ipad & iphone form
technology. This data is recorded in location in front of the security staff and end user and converted into a
central performance monitoring dashboard allowing management teams to view transparent meaningful
performance information.
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Support Services Group
Mission
To deliver an end to end risk and security management solution capable of protecting our Clients from a
dynamic risk environment through the expert delivery of:
 Risk and Threat Analysis
 Security Strategy Development and Management
 On Site Security Management and Supervision
 Leading edge deployment and service management of an extensive Product and Service Portfolio:
o Risk Analysis and Modeling
o Security Systems, Design Modeling and Implementation
o Security Management design and implementation
o Manned Guarding
o Emergency Response & Rapid Deployment
o Remote Monitoring
o Mobile Services and Keyholding
History
Support Services Group was established in April 2000 as a supplier of risk and security management services
to the private and public sector, employing approximately 600 staff nationally and operating through its
divisional structure, the Group maintains a national office network based in Swindon, Derby and Glasgow
with the Group 24 hour control room located in Bristol.
Support Services Group employs a divisional and business unit structure designed to ensure that each part of
the Company develops excellence in their core product or service area and focuses on the specific needs of
their target Customer, while allowing the Group as a whole to deliver a total an end to end risk and security
management solution through its Preventative Technology Management System.
Organisational Structure
The Group operates the following divisional
• Risk analysis • Corporate
structure: • Risk reduction • Retail
• Cost reduction • Rapid Response
• System design • Mobile Services
 Solutions
 Guarding
 Systems Solutions Guarding
 Partners
The solutions division is the spearhead of the
Group’s approach to service, design, delivery Technical Partner
and management. Service and product delivery
• CCTV • Biometrics
is affected through the Groups Guarding and • Intruder alarms • Forensic accounting
• Fire systems • Data mining
5 Systems Divisions with specialist products and • Remote monitoring • Specialised software
services being deployed through the Groups key
strategic partner network.
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Guarding Division
The Groups Guarding Division operates three distinct portfolios with an Account Manager at the helm. Each
portfolio operates autonomously with individual management models, service features and innovations.
Additionally the company’s Rapid Deployment Service provides internal support to the stable portfolios
ensuring industry leading attendance rates
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Rapid Deployment Service (Ad hoc guarding)
The Rapid Deployment Service (RDS) is SSG’s answer to temporary, flexible or complex guarding supply
requirements; a national service deploying security guards within a four hour client request window. This
industry leading innovative service design delivers a 96% attendance rate with directly employed staff. This is
the only service of its type within the UK.
From its inception in 2009 the RDS has grown rapidly now delivering up to 35000 service hours per month to
blue chip businesses.
Service Structure
There are three key elements to the RDS structure that ensures that the service delivery system is capable of
capturing 200+ service requests per week (including same or next day service), scheduling over 400 guards,
recruiting against the capacity requirements and ensuring that guard quality is high and the service fits the
requirements of our customers:
1. Manpower -
a. Order fulfillment team
1. 24hr helpdesk operation (order
processing)
2. Scheduling
3. Attendance monitoring
b. Recruitment team(from interview to
induction training)
2. Technology-
a. Web based order management system
b. 24hr PABX helpdesk with call
prioritisation and routing
3. Management-
6 a. Service Quality
b. Account Management
c. Account Development
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Service deployment types
Services are deployed in three flavours:
4. Emegency service
o Short notice, short run delivery of manpower in a non complex service environment
o Examples: Alarm failures, unscheduled works,
incident response
5. Special project
o Short notice, medium run delivery of
manpower in an environment with some
complexity
o Examples: Mobilisation support, high level
crime or threat response (burglary, violence,
national threat level increases)
6. Managed service
o Medium notice, long run delivery of manpower
in a complex service environment
o Examples: In house corporate holiday and
relief cover, a hoc cover for CTC, enhanced vetting or specialist training sites.
Emergency Service
When you need a guard straight away nothing else matters so we strip out all service complexity. Dealing
with such a dynamic service deployment requires fastidious capacity management. We split the country into
124 two digit postcodes and each is monitored weekly for:
1. Rapid same day service requests
a. 4hr deployment window
2. Rapid next day service requests
a. Up to 48hrs notice to deployment
3. Planned short term
a. Plus 48hrs notice
b. Less than four weeks service
4. Planned long term
a. Plus 48hrs notice
b. More than four weeks service
We recruit six weeks in advance using actual orders for long term
planned work and predicted trends to forecast the volume. Each
postcode is assigned a category and capability calculations are applied.
These are:
 High volume postcodes 25% uplift capability
 Medium volume postcodes 20% uplift capability
 Low volume postcodes 10% uplift capability
7  Frequent use postcodes = the highest point (last 12 weeks)
 Infrequent use = the highest point (last 6 weeks)
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The results speak for themselves. We cover 95% of all customer requests nationally with a four hour
deployment window.
Special Project
If you have a short to medium term ad hoc requirement, for a pre-planned event we offer a fully supervised
special project team to ensure your service requirements are met, our staff are managed autonomously and
therefore the event should not affect ‘business as
usual’ operations.
Multiple or single man teams with an ability to
manage some service complexity (the amount
depends on the deployment window) come fully
equipped with the required PPE or other equipment
levels.
These teams can be deployed to site for short or
medium run requirements be it additional ad hoc
cover for a seasonal event or the full mobilisation of
a new site for a company that self-delivers with a six month hand back to customer all manner of detail can
be managed through the formally project managed service delivery system.
Managed Service
If your ad hoc requirement is deployed within a complex service environment with none standard vetting or
specific training requirements then it’s clear that a more structure approach needs to be taken.
Our Managed Service option is being deployed
across companies that self-deliver critical services to
an end customer and need to build in contingency
that is robust and ensures service parity when
compared to the contracted service it supports. This
service is ideal for Facilities Management or high
end corporates with an in house service provision.
We have experience of delivering support services
in environments that require vetting enhancements,
examples include:
o CTC for government services
o Enhanced vetting for education &
healthcare
o OCNS for Nuclear utilities and power generation
8 Additionally we have delivered specialist training packages that include clinical restraint, physical
intervention, first aid and CCTV.
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Web based order management system
Customer orders are managed through a bespoke web based platform and clients can either direct input
orders (this suits customer with control rooms or fixed ordering processes) or by e-mail/phone. Customers
are given an individual log on and can track their orders through the stages of deployment.
24/7 telephone order escalation system
SSG’s control room operates a dedicated customer hotline through a virtual PABX system that allows calls to
be prioritised ensuring that client rapid requirements are given priority. The call management priorities are:
1. Service failures (Guard no shows)
2. Rapid guard orders (less than 48hr notice to deployment)
3. Planned guard orders (more than 48hr notice to supply)
4. Senior Management call back
As a minimum throughout the year the control staff comprises of:
 Schedulers
 Service Managers
 Duty Senior Operations Manager
This ensures that your call is handled immediately and by the right individual to resolve your issue.
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Sector competence
SSG have identified and successfully built guarding support packages for numerous sectors. Its service
capability includes:
 Physical intervention training
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 Counter terrorism checks and enhanced vetting
 Lone worker management including geo fence technology
 Web based incident reporting
Corporate (property)
Education
•PI training support service •Robbery/incident •Pre packed equipment
•Clinical restraint training response sets
•Single site AI training •Refit – new stores •Enhanced vetting •Automated remote
•Enhanced vetting
•CTC clearance •In house support pack •Door services – student location Lone worker
•Scottish disclosure union
•BSVR (Office for Civil
Nuclear Security)
Health care Retail Utilities
Service & Customer Management
Maintaining high levels of customer and staff satisfaction is essential to the continued success of the RDS
product and SSG. SSG utilise a number of systems to monitor the effectiveness of its systems. These include:
 Service monitoring dashboard
 Customer satisfaction surveys
 Staff concierge service
Customer satisfaction and service quality information is recorded in the field by using ipad & iphone form
technology. This data is recorded in location in front of the security staff and end user and converted into a
central performance monitoring dashboard allowing management teams to view transparent meaningful
performance information.
Quality Management
SSG operate a quality management system accredited to ISO 9001 and are ACS approved. Each year SSG
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ensure that it maintains a top 5% audit score using the ACS benchmarking system.
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Each account is allocated:
 Pre agreed performance measures
 Transparent reporting system
 Team based operations management
 Account manager system (ensures customer satisfaction)
 Top to bottom review schedule
The standard review schedule is as follows:
 Operations Management
o Weekly between Team Leader
 Customer satisfaction
o Account manager monthly client reviews
 Ongoing service development
o Quarterly with Divisional Director
Complaint Management
SSG have a 24hr helpdesk facility, an out of hour’s duty manager system and formal disaster management
plans for emergency response.
General Service complaints are managed/escalated as follows
Operations Manager Divisional Director
Service Manager Account Manager
Serious service issue Account failure
Minor service issues Re occuring service issues
Same day response Same day response
Response within 20mins Response within 20 mins
Corrective activity agreed Correwctive activity agreed
Corrected same day Corrected same day
within 48hrs within 48hrs
Accreditations
Support Services Group holds the following accreditations:
 Approved contractor status from the SIA
"… is a very well run company with excellent procedures in place and a
11 forward thinking management team. The introduction of modern technology
will assist the company in reaching its ambitious business plan. "
Approved Contractor Scheme Auditor
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 UKAS ISO9001 with the recognised industry British standards of BS 7499 and BS 7858.
"The company has an excellent quality management system with good
commitment at all levels. Internal Audits and Management Reviews
demonstrate the effectiveness of the system."
Certificate Number: 5423/06
ISOQAR Quality Assurance Auditor
 NACOSS - The Company holds the National Approved Council for Security Systems Certification
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