202206: Prison Officer

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

- 218399**Salary**:

- £23,144**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 posts**:

- 20Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Bristol, South West England, BS7 8PSAbout the job

**Summary**:

- Please see job description**Job description**:

- Prison officer - HMP Bristol
- HMP Bristol, Address - 19 Cambridge Road, Bishopston, Bristol, BS7 8PS
- Starting salary: £24,427 (for a 39-hour week inc 17% unsocial)
- City/Town: Bristol
- Region: South West
- Vacancy type: PassOne 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, 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 3 years.
- Essential skills
- You don’t need qualifications to become a prison officer. Personal qualities are more important. You need to show:
- 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 = £23,144 a year
- 39 hours a week = £24,427 a year
- 41 hours a week = £25,710 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 1 extra privilege day
- Civil Service pension of up to 20% of your salary
- cycle to work scheme, travel loans and other benefits

Read more about prison officer benefits.
- Training and career progression
- You will start your prison officer career by completing a paid Custody and Detention Professional Apprenticeship. Taking 12 to 18 months to complete, this professional qualification will give you the specialist skills you need to become expert at your job.
- You will learn and practise all the key skills and behaviours that are vital to the prison officer role, including:
- how to look after people in custody
- search and security procedures
- de-escalation techniques

Read more about the Custody and Detention Professional Apprenticeship.
- Job offers: pass vacancy
- This is a pass job vacancy. If you are successful at the online assess