Prison Officer – HMP Brinsford & HMP Featherstone (Sponsorship Available)
HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is seeking dedicated and resilient Prison Officers to join HMP Brinsford and HMP Featherstone in Birmingham. This role requires physical fitness, the ability to handle challenging situations, and a commitment to maintaining safety and order within the prison environment.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old and meet the Civil Service Nationality requirements. A medical and fitness assessment is part of the application process. Please note that HMPPS cannot guarantee sponsorship for those requiring a Skilled Worker visa.
If you are looking for a rewarding career in criminal justice, apply today and make a difference.
Position: Prison Officer
Job Type: Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working
Location: Birmingham
About the Role
Prison officers protect the public and help make an impact on prisoners’ lives. If you have the integrity, skills and strength of character we’re looking for, this fast-paced role could be the start of a successful career.
Someone like you
There’s no such thing as a typical prison officer. Our officers come from different walks of life, just like the offenders they work with. Whether you’re a parent, a teacher, have worked in retail, the armed forces, or just feel like you’re a natural people person, you’ll have the empathy, self-confidence, great communication skills and resilience we want. No matter the challenge, you’ll take the time to build constructive, positive and professional relationships with prisoners who could be at the lowest point in their lives.
Teamwork plays a vital role in this environment, so you’ll need to be fully committed to supporting your colleagues and understand the importance of acting as one team to keep the prison, and everyone who works here safe.
You will be required to work various shifts and some weekends.
Requirements
To become a prison officer, you will need to:
* Be at least 18 years old at the point you commence employment
* Meet the Civil Service Nationality requirements
* Pass a medical and fitness assessment as part of the application process
* Meet the required eyesight standard in both eyes (both with and without corrective lenses)
* Have a suitable standard of hearing (without the use of hearing aids)
* Ensure tattoos are not offensive, discriminatory, violent, or intimidating; facial tattoos are generally not acceptable unless for cultural, religious, or medical reasons.
To work in a high security prison (category A) you must have been a resident in the UK for the last 3 years.
Travel to Work
Some prison establishments 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. Please carefully consider the location of this vacancy and your transport options before applying.
Nationality requirements
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 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
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
* 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 = £32,448 a year
39 hours a week = £34,494 a year
41 hours a week = £36,541 a year
All salary figures quoted include any additional allowances that are applicable to the role/location.
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. Most prisons work with a changing shift pattern of 39 hours a week.
You may also have opportunities to work additional paid hours.
* 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 with employer contributions of 28.97%
* Cycle to work scheme, travel loans and other benefits
Assessment Process
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
* 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.
Online Tests
Once you have completed your initial application form, you will be invited to complete stage 1 of the online test, to see if you have the basic judgement and numerical skills expected of a prison officer.
If you are successful, we will invite you to the stage 2 online test (task-based assessment) to see if you have the natural behaviours and qualities needed to be an effective prison officer.
The online assessment centre (OAC)
On successful completion of the online tests, we will invite you to an online assessment centre where we test to see if you have the abilities, behaviours and strengths to be a prison officer.
Job offers: merit vacancy
This is a merit job vacancy. If you are successful at the online assessment centre, you will be added to a merit list based on your score.
When all applicants have completed the assessment centre, the prison will make job offers to individuals with the highest scores first when positions become available.
You can stay on the merit list for 12 months. After this, you’ll need to apply again.
If your application is unsuccessful at the sift/assessment stage, a six month waiting period will be applied during which time you will not be allowed to submit any further applications for prison officer positions.
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