201703: Prison Officer - HMYOI Warren Hill & HMP Hollesley Bay

£21,326 - £23,762
East of England
Woodbridge
HM PRISON & YOI WARREN HILL WOODBRIDGE, IP12 3BF, HM Prison Hollesley Bay, IP12 3JW
Band 3
Permanent
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working, Other
Operational Delivery, Prison Officer

Successful candidates will be based at the following location: HMYOI Warren Hill Bierton Rd, Aylesbury HP20 1EH & HMP Hollesley Bay Woodbridge
Suffolk IP12 3JW

201703: Prison Officer - HMYOI Warren Hill & HMP Hollesley Bay

Starting salary: £21,326 for 39 hours with potential to earn more

Benefits include:

-                      SFJ level 3 diploma qualification (as part of your 10 week training)

-                      25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)

-                      Civil Service Pension

-                      Work-life balance options

-                      Childcare voucher scheme

-                      Annual season ticket loan

-                      Career development

-                      Access to a range of other benefits through the Prison Service Sports Association

Working in a prison isn’t for everyone. But if you’re one of the few with the right blend of qualities, it’s a secure and very rewarding career.

Day to day, you’ll help to create a safe, secure environment where rehabilitation is supported and encouraged. In return, you’ll receive great training, excellent benefits and the chance to change lives for the better.

You’ll need great communication skills to deal with all kinds of situations, and your ability to listen well and make yourself clearly understood will be vital. Self-confidence, personal integrity and emotional intelligence are also a must, along with plenty of discipline and physical stamina too. Together, these qualities will allow you to support prisoners with their rehabilitation, while also maintaining a safe environment. At end of the day your resilience will mean you can leave work at work and bounce back from challenging events quickly.

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Responsibilities

You will be responsible for supervising and managing prisoners decently, lawfully, safely and securely, ensuring that the routines of the prison operate effectively.

Working closely with colleagues throughout the prison, you will keep the prison safe and secure for all by conducting searches and prisoners, staff and visitors and responding to and effectively managing a range of incidents as ‘first on the scene’ and back up support.

While the role of a prison officer is not your average desk job, keeping detailed records on centralised systems and completing timely reports are also an essential part of the role.

You will need to follow national and local regulations and policies, and build and maintain strong professional relationships with your colleagues and the people in your care, while supporting prisoners to achieve their rehabilitation goals.

Essential requirements

You do not need any formal qualifications to become a prison officer but you will be tested against a variety of values and criteria.

All candidates are required to pass an online application that includes a maths test and situational judgement test that assesses how you would react in scenarios you may face as an officer.

If you pass the online tests you will be invited to attend a Recruitment Assessment Day (RAD). In some establishments there may be an opportunity for you to attend a familiarisation tour before your RAD.

The RAD has three elements that you will need to pass to progress with your application:

  • Role play - you will be assessed on three 10-minute role play simulations which will be video recorded. The role-play simulations will be based on situations you could face as a Prison Officer; however you do not require prior knowledge of the Prison Officer role
  • Written test – you will complete some further prison officer selection tests which will be completed with pen and paper rather than online.
  • Fitness test and health screening – You will have an eye test and basic health screening, which includes a blood pressure check to ensure you are well enough to complete the fitness test on the day. Your fitness test will then test your strength and agility in order to assess your ability to complete the physical demands of the job.

All successful candidates will be subject to security and identity checks prior to taking up post. All staff are required to declare whether they are a member of a group or organisation that does not fit with the prison service values of diversity and inclusion.

Training

Once you have passed the RAD you will be booked into a ten-week Prison Officer Entry Level Training (POELT) programme, which is usually provided residentially. As part of this course you will gain an SFJ Level 3 Diploma in the management and care of individuals in the custodial environment, which will give you a number of transferable skills, including communication, knowledge and understanding of working in custodial care, current legislative and organisational requirements and working practices.

It is a requirement to pass the POELT course and it is designed to equip you to work as a Prison Officer, but your initial training will continue throughout your first year of service and you will be required to complete all parts of it in order to complete your 12-month probationary period.

Find out more

You can find out more about the benefits, assessment and training in the attached FAQs. There are also a number of useful resources on nomscareers.com

The maths test

The situational judgement test

The fitness test

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants, you can read more about it here [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-code/the-civil-service-code].

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

There is a guaranteed interview scheme (GIS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.


The job holder must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English or (when specified in Wales) Welsh.

02/04/2017, 23:55 hours.

If you require any assistance please call 0845 010 3508 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail hr-recruitment-enquiries@noms.gsi.gov.uk. Please quote the job reference.
Please note the successful applicant will need to undertake a medical before taking up this post.
if you feel that your application has not been treated in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance

We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.


Application form stage assessments

Interview stage assessments

There is 1 interview stage for this vacancy.

A Great Place to Work for Veterans

The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.
For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

Redeployment Interview Scheme

Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.

MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

· UK nationals

· nationals of the Republic of Ireland

· nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK

· nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families

· nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)

· individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020

· Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules

This Vacancy is closed to applications.