Advance Into Justice- Prison Officer Women's - Falfield, United Kingdom - HM Prison & Probation Service

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Falfield, United Kingdom

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Salary:

- £30,902
Job grade:

Administrative Assistant
Contract type:
Fixed Term
Length of employment:
2 years
Type of role:
Operational Delivery
Other
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
20Contents

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Location

Foston, East Midlands (England), DE65 5

DN :
Falfield, South West England, GL12 8

DB :
Burntcommon, South East England, GU23 7

LJ :
Sturbridge, West Midlands (England), ST21 6LQAbout the job

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Job description:

Prison officer - Advance into Justice

HMP Eastwood Park - Falfield, Wotton-under-Edge GL12 8DB

HMP Foston Hall - Foston, Derby DE65 5DN

HMP Darke Hall - Eccleshall, Stafford ST21 6LQ

HMP Send - Ripley Rd, Ripley, Woking GU23 7LJ

Starting salary
:
£32,851 (for a 39 hour week inc 20% unsocial)

City/Town:
Bristol, Derby, Stafford, Woking

Region:
South West/West Midlands

Vacancy type:

Merit**This vacancy is open to female applicants only as an occupational requirement exception under Sch 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

This post is not open to male applicants

One career, many roles

Advance into Justice is a recruitment scheme targeted at supporting those who have served in the Armed Forces and their families into employment within operational roles within HMPPS._
Advance into Justice is open to Service Leavers, Veterans within 5 years of leaving the Armed Forces and their Spouses and Legal Partners. _
Successful applicants will be offered either a home to work travel or resettlement package to support their transition within their first 2 years of employment._
All provisional offers will be held for a period of 12 months from the point of offer, to allow service leavers to plan for their exit from the Armed Forces._

As a prison officer, you'll be part of a diverse team, making an impact, doing meaningful work in our prisons.

Working in a prison is fast-paced and varied, and no two days are the same.

You'll work with a range of people and perform a variety of tasks - from keeping the prison safe and secure, to helping vulnerable people through a difficult time in their lives.

Once you've qualified, you'll have a range of opportunities to specialise and progress your career and earning potential.

It can be a challenging job, but in return you will get good pay, training, benefits and have the support of a strong team.

Find out more about this varied role and day-to-day life as a prison officer.

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

Your natural strengths are assessed to find out what motivates and energises you. We will also assess your numerical, written English and spoken English abilities.

How to apply

You will then be invited to complete of the online test to see if you have the basic judgement and numerical skills expected of a prison officer.

Due to the number of positions currently available, this vacancy is only open for a short period of time and only individuals who perform highest at the online tests will be invited to our online assessment centre.

The online assessment centre
If you pass the online tests, we will invite you to an online assessment centre.

We test to see if you have the abilities, behaviours and strengths to be a prison officer.

You will then be invited to provide a written response to three behaviour-based questions.

We will explore your understanding of the prison officer role in a women's prisons and why you are interested in the role.

Once you've successfully completed the online assessment centre and written responses and we've offered you a role, we will invite you to complete a medical and fitness test.

This will cover an eyesight test, hearing test and basic health screening, including a blood pressure check.

Job details

Eligibility
To become a prison officer, you will need to:

be at least 18 years old

- have the right to work in the UK
- be reasonably fit and able to pass our fitness test
- have good eyesight 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).

To work in a high security prison (category A) you must have been a resident in the UK for the last three years.

Essential skills
You don't need qualifications to become a prison officer.
Personal qualities are more important.

You need to show:
- good communication and influencing skills
- commitment to quality
- effective decision-making
- care and understanding

Pay
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