202604: Prison Officer - HMP Wymott Futures

In this unique career, you'll have the opportunity to carry out many different roles in any one day. One minute you're a peacekeeper, the next you're a counsellor or a teacher. You'll work directly with prisoners in a unique environment, helping to protect the public and make a positive impact. During the recruitment process you will be assessed on the behaviours, strengths and abilities you need to become an effective prison officer. These include: communicating and influencing

meet the required eyesight standard in both eyes for safety reasons, meet a suitable standard of hearing. Whilst tattoos are permitted, including those that are visible, they must not be deemed as offensive, discriminatory, violent, or intimidating in any way. Facial tattoos are generally not acceptable, except where this is for cultural, religious, or medical reasons.

Applying for your first prison officer role and happy to relocate? Get your career off to a great start, gaining valuable experience working at HMP Stocken for 23 months before returning to HMP Wymott Permanently. We are recruiting not just for officers who are needed today, but for prison officers to fill vacancies at HMP Wymott in years to come. We need officers now to fill vacancies at other prisons and that is why we are recruiting to this special futures scheme that guarantees you a prison officer role at HMP Wymott permanently but for the first 23 months of your service you will be working at HMP Stocken. It's a great opportunity. You will benefit from a greater variety of experience, you will also get help towards your accommodation costs paid for up to 23 months, receive a recruitment and retention payment paid at 12 months and 23 months and a paid monthly trip home. You won't be on your own and you will be with other new officers who, like you will be returning to HMP Wymott at the end of their 23 month deployment. What's on offer? We will pay your accommodation costs (up to £750 per month) for up to 23 months You will be able to reclaim the cost of a monthly trip from between HMP Stocken and HMP Wymott You will also be paid a recruitment and retention bonus of £1500 after the first 12 month and 23-month period An extraordinary job, You will then be invited to complete stage 1 of the online tests, to see if you have the basic judgement and numerical skills expected of a prison officer. If you are successful, we will invite you to the stage 2 online test (values-based assessment). If you pass the online tests, we will invite you to an online assessment centre (OAC). Pay Starting Salary - £35,746 - HMP Stocken

• If you transfer to another prison after your first 23 months, your pay will change to match the salary paid at that prison. The initial training is 37 hours a week. After training, you can choose to work 37, 39 or 41 hours a week. Your annual salary will reflect your weekly hours. Benefits Read more about prison officer benefits Job offers: Merit vacancy This is a merit job vacancy. If you are successful at the online assessment centre, you will be added to a merit list based on your score. When all applicants have completed the assessment centre, the prison will make job offers to individuals with the highest scores first when positions become available.