202307: First Time Prison Officer Recruitment - London, United Kingdom - HM Prison & Probation Service

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- £28,880
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  • Administrative Assistant
  • Band 3
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
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  • Operational Delivery
  • Other
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
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Job description:


First Time Prison Officer Recruitment Scheme - Female prisons

Get your prison officer career off to a great start by working at one of our larger prisons and benefit from higher take-home pay, plus your accommodation costs paid for.


Join a women's prison that's 75 minutes or more from where you currently live and you'll also gain a greater variety of experience than you would working at a smaller prison.

Wherever possible, we will aim to find you a role at one of your choices of prison.

If they have no immediate vacancies at the time, we will offer you a position at another prison that has an immediate need for prison officers.


What's on offer?

  • You will benefit from higher takehome pay than is available via our standard prison officer recruitment process.
  • You will be able to reclaim the cost of a monthly trip home by public transport.
  • After 2 years you can decide whether to stay at the prison permanently or move to one that's nearer to your home.

How to apply

  • You'll also benefit from comprehensive paid training, plus a range of other employee benefitsand career progression opportunities, including Civil Service benefits.

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.
After this you will be invited to provide a written response to 3 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 3 years.


Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

  • UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals


Visa sponsorship


Please note we are unable to sponsor any individuals via the Skilled Worker Sponsorship / Tier 2 (General) work visa.


Successful applicants must ensure they have and maintain the legal right to live and work in the Civil Service and in the United Kingdom.


Pay


You will benefit from higher take-home pay than you would if you applied via our standard prison officer recruitment process.

You will receive an additional retention payment of £1,500 for each full year you stay at the prison - for a maximum of 3 years.

You will start on a 37 hour contract until you have completed your initial training. You can then choose to increase your hours to 39 or 41 hours a week. The standard working week of a prison officer is based on a 39 hour shift pattern.


£36,140 (includes an unsocial hours allowance and market supplement)
HMP Downview - Sutton, Surrey


Prison officer benefits

  • 25 days' annual holiday (rising to 30 days after 10 years' service)
- paid time off for public holidays and 1 extra privilege day
- one of the best pension schemes in the country
- rental deposit loans
- cycle to work scheme, travel loans and other benefits

Read more about prison officer benefits


Training


All new prison officers in England and Wales will begin their career by completing a skill's led foundation training programme.


Week 1 to 9**:

following a local induction at your 'home' prison you will go on a foundation training programme at a designated learning centre.

This will usually be close to your 'home' prison location.


Week 10**:
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