Prison Officer - HMP Heath

Prison officer – HMP Stoke Heath

HMP Stoke Heath - HMP Stoke Heath, Market Drayton TF9 2JL

City/Town:
Market Drayton

Region:
Midlands

Vacancy type:
Merit

Starting salary: £35,875 (for a 39 hour week inc 20% unsocial)

This is an extraordinary job. In this unique career, you’ll have the opportunity to carry out many different roles in any one day.

• communicating and influencing
• managing a quality service
• making effective decisions
• caring

• be at least 18 years old at the commencement of employment
• meet the Civil Service Nationality requirements
• pass a medical and fitness assessment
• meet the required eyesight standard in both eyes
• for safety reasons, meet a suitable standard of hearing (without the use of hearing aids)
• tattoos are permitted, including visible ones, but must not be offensive, discriminatory, violent or intimidating. Facial tattoos are generally not acceptable except 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

Once you have completed your initial application form, you will be invited to complete an online test to assess basic judgement and numerical skills. If you pass the online test, we will invite you to an online assessment centre (OAC). After the OAC, you will be allocated to a vacancy and invited to a medical and fitness test covering eyesight, hearing and basic health screening, including a blood pressure check.

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 = £33,746 a year
• 39 hours a week = £35,875 a year
• 41 hours a week = £38,003 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.

• 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

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.

Our Online Assessment Centre (OAC) will determine your suitability for appointment as an operational support grade (OSG). If you are unsuccessful in applying to become a prison officer, we may offer an alternative role as an OSG.

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.

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