202304: Prison Officer
2 weeks ago
**Details**:
**Reference number**:
- 281888**Salary**:
- £30,880**Job grade**:
- Administrative Officer- Band 3**Contract type**:
- Permanent**Type of role**:
- Operational Delivery
- Other**Working pattern**:
- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:
- 20Contents
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About the job
**Benefits**:
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Location
- Eastchurch, South East England, ME12 4AAAbout the job
**Job summary**:
- please see job description**Job description**:
**Prison officer **HMP Standford Hill
**HMP** HMP Standford Hill, Church Road, Eastchurch, Sheerness
***ME12 4AA
**Starting salary**: £30,702 (for a 39 hour week inc 20% unsocial)
**City/Town**: Isle of Sheppey
**Region**: Kent/Surrey/Sussex
**Vacancy type**: Merit**
**One career, many roles**
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 and 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 the online tests, 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.
Once you’ve successfully completed the online assessment centre 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.
We will tell you what to expect and bring before the day.
**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**
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:
- 37 hours a week = £30,880 a year
- 39 hours a week = £32,702 a year
- 41 hours a week = £34,523 a year
All salary figures quoted include any additional allowances.
The standard working week of a prison officer is based on a 39 hours per week shift pattern.
You may also have opportunities to work additional paid hours.
**Benefits**
- 25 days’ annual holiday (rising to 30 days after 10 years’ service)
- paid time off for public holidays and one extra privilege day
- Civil Service pension with employer contributions of over 25%
- cycle to work scheme, travel loans and other benefits
Read more about prison officer benefits.
**Your training to be a prison officer**
We want to make sure you are matched to the right training scheme. Once you have passed our initial selection and as part of the pre-employment procedures, we will undertake an initial assessment with you to identify whether undertaking an _Apprenticeship in Custody & Detention_ or the _Initial Foundation Training_ will be appropriate in getting you ready for working in a custodial setting. The outcome of the assessment will determine which training pathway you take and this will be discussed with