Youth Justice Worker Returners’ Scheme

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

- 368836**Salary**:

- £31,984- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%**Job grade**:

- Administrative Assistant**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Operational Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 20Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Wetherby, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS22 5ED : Werrington, West Midlands (England), ST9 0DX : Feltham, London (region), TW13 4NDAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- Please see Job Description.**Job description**:
Address

HMP Werrington, Ash Bank Rd, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent ST9 0DX,

HMP Wetherby, York Rd, Wetherby LS22 5ED,

HMP/YOI Feltham, Bedfont Rd, Feltham TW13 4NP

Salary

£31,904 - £40,207

City / Town

Stoke-on-Trent, Wetherby, Feltham

Region

London, North East and Midlands

Vacancy Type

Merit

You will need a DBS check.

**Eligibility**

To be eligible for the Youth Justice Worker Returners’ Scheme, you must be a former youth justice worker who left HMPPS through resignation or retirement within the last 5 years and who, before leaving, had successfully completed training and the probationary year.

If your probation was completed in another HMPPS role, then you must have worked as a youth justice worker for more than 12 months before leaving.

The scheme is also open to former youth justice workers who are currently working within the MoJ (excluding HMPPS) or other government departments.
HMPPS reserves the right to refuse reappointment to former youth justice workers on grounds of previous poor attendance or performance.

To be a youth justice worker you must:

- be at least 18 years old at the point you commence employment
- meet the Civil Service Nationality requirements (see nationality requirements section below)
- meet the required eyesight standard 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)
- Whilst tattoos are permitted, including those that are visible, they must not be deemed as offensive, discriminatory, violent, or intimidating in any way. Facial tattoos are generally not acceptable, except where this is for cultural, religious, or medical reasons.

**Application process**

You will be asked to provide up to two YOIs where you would be willing to return to the youth justice worker role.

When you have been allocated to a vacancy, you will then need to attend the medical and fitness assessment and pre-employment checks (which includes occupational health) will be completed.

You will return to full-time hours unless you request other hours when you apply. The availability of part-time and work-life balance arrangements depends on local staffing needs therefore cannot be guaranteed. Your request will need to be agreed with the YOI you will be returning to once you have been allocated and before being given a provisional offer.

**Travel to Work**

Some YOIs are situated in rural locations with limited public transport options; therefore, a driving licence and own transport is beneficial but is not an essential requirement of the role (unless specified). Please note that shift start, and finish times are fixed, and it is your responsibility to get to and from your place of work on time for the start of your shift. Please carefully consider the location of this vacancy and your transport options before applying.

**Pay**

Successful Band 3 applicants will be re-appointed as a Band 3 on pay point 2. Successful Band 4 applicants will be re-appointed on the Band 4 salary.

If returning full-time, you will be given a contract for 37 hours a week. Once in post you can choose to increase to 39 or 41 hours a week as a Band 3. You can only work 37 hours a week as a Band 4. Your annual salary will reflect your weekly hours.

Werrington and Wetherby - Band 3:

- 37 hours a week (pay point 2) = £31,984 a year
- 39 hours a week (pay point 2) = £34,001 a year
- 41 hours a week (pay point 2) = £36,018 a year

Feltham - Band 3:

- 37 hours a week (pay point 2) = £35,564 a year
- 39 hours a week (pay point 2) = £37,807 a year
- 41 hours a week (pay point 2) = £40,050 a year

Werrington and Wetherby - Band 4:

- 37 hours a week = £36,565 a year

Feltham - Band 4:

- 37 hours a week = £40,207 a year

All salary figures quoted are for 2023/24 and include the 20% unsocial hours allowance. News on the 2024/25 pay award is expected later in September and you can ask about this when your eligibility for the scheme has been confirmed.

Prisons operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This means you will have to cover various shift patterns that will include evenings, some nights, weekends and public holidays (these days are added to your holiday allowance). The standard working week of a youth justice worker is based on a 39