202307: Prison Officer

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 302921**Salary**:

- £32,380**Job grade**:

- Administrative Assistant**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**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Milton Keynes, South East England, MK4 4DAAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Please see job description**Job description**:
**Prison officer - HMP Woodhill**

**HMP Woodhill** - V2 Tattenhoe St, Milton Keynes MK4 4DA

**Starting salary**:£34,202** (for a 39 hour week inc 20% unsocial)

**City/Town**: Milton Keynes

**Region**: South East

**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.

**Don’t miss out on this limited opportunity to do all the following in one day**:

- ** Visit the prison and see what its like working at HMP Woodhill**:

- ** Speak to some of our prison officers**:

- ** Meet our friendly assessors who will test to see if you have the abilities, behaviours and strengths be to a prison officer**:

- ** Complete your medical and fitness tests**:

- ** Start your pre-employment checks if you pass your assessments**

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 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 ‘Offer in a Day’ assessment centre.

**The assessment centre**

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

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

During the day you will be asked to complete the online assessment centre which includes a role play and a written test. Followed by a face-to-face interview and a medical and fitness test. This will include an eyesight test, hearing test and basic health screening, including a blood pressure check.

**Don’t miss out on this limited opportunity to do all the following in one day**:

- ** Visit the prison and see what it’s like working at HMP Woodhill**:

- ** Speak to some of our prison officers**:

- ** Meet our friendly assessors who will test to see if you have the abilities, behaviours and strengths be to a prison officer**:

- ** Complete your medical and fitness tests**:

- ** Start your pre-employment checks if you pass your assessments**

Once successful we will support you through your onboarding forms and help you complete your pre-employment check requirements.

We will tell you what to expect and bring before the day in more.

**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 = £32,380 a year
- 39 hours a week = £34,202 a year
- 41 hours a week = £36,023 a year

All salary figures quoted inc