First Time Prison Officer

This role is not eligible for new Skilled Worker visas in accordance with the current immigration rules.

• 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 your deployed prison to your permanent prison
• You will also be paid a recruitment and retention bonus of £1500 after the first 12 month and 23-month period
An extraordinary job 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
• managing a quality service
• making effective decisions
• caring
To become a prison officer, you will need to:
• be at least 18 years old at the point you commence employment
• meet the Civil Service Nationality requirements (see nationality section below)
• as this is a physically active job, you will need to pass a medical and fitness assessment as part of the application process
• meet the required eyesight standard in both eyes (both with and without corrective lenses)
• For safety reasons, everyone training to be a prison officer needs a suitable standard of hearing (without the use of hearing aids), You will then be invited to complete the online test, to see if you have the basic judgement and numerical skills expected of a prison officer.
If you pass the online test, we will invite you to an online assessment centre (OAC). Prisons HMP Deerbolt HMP Norwich HMP Onley HMP Portland HMP Swinfen Hall HMP The Verne HMP Wayland HMP Highpoint HMP Stocken HMP The Mount HMP Bullingdon HMP Elmley 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. Please refer to main advert for pay scales for individual prisons. 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.