About The Job
Job summary
Job Description
Please see Job Description.
Prison officer – HMP Risley HMP Prison Futures
HMP Risley – HMP Risley, Warrington Rd, Risley, Croft, Warrington WA3 6BP
Starting salary: £32,851 (for a 39 hour week inc 20% unsocial)
City/Town: Warrington/Manchester
Region: Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire
Vacancy type: Merit
HMP Risley Prison Futures
Applying for your first prison officer role and happy to work away from home? Get your career off to a great start, gaining valuable experience working at another prison for twenty-three months before returning to HMP Risley permanently.
We are recruiting not just for officers who are needed today, but for prison officers to fill vacancies at HMP Risley in years to come. We need officers now to fill vacancies at other prisons and that is why we are recruiting to this special futures scheme that guarantees you a prison officer role at HMP Risley permanently but for the first 23 months of your service you will be working at HMP Stocken.
It’s a great opportunity. You will benefit from a greater variety of experience, you will also get your accommodation costs paid for up to 23 months, receive a recruitment and retention payment paid at 12 months and 23 months and a paid monthly trip home. You won’t be on your own and you will be with other new officers who, like you will be returning to HMP Risley at the end of their 23 month deployment.
You may also be able to transfer to your deployed prison permanently if you wish.
You are only eligible for this scheme if you are applying for your first prison officer position – not if you’re looking to move from one prison to another.
What’s on offer?
An extraordinary job. Done by someone like you.
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. No two shifts or situations are ever the same. And, as you gain experience, you’ll find a range of opportunities to grow and develop into.
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, prisoners and everyone who works here safe.
You will be required to work various shifts and some weekends.
An extraordinary job
In this unique career, you’ll have the opportunity to carry out many different roles in any one day. One minute you’re a peacekeeper, the next you’re a counsellor or a teacher. You’ll work directly with prisoners in a unique environment, helping to protect the public and make a positive impact.
Find out more about this varied role and day-to-day life as a prison officer .
Job details
Eligibility
To become a prison officer, you will need to:
To work in a high security prison ( category A ) you must have been a resident in the UK for the last 3 years.
Nationality Requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
Successful applicants must ensure they have and maintain the legal right to live and work in the Civil Service and in the United Kingdom.
Essential Skills
You don’t need qualifications to become a prison officer.Personal qualities are more important. You need to show:
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. All salary figures quoted include any additional allowances which are payable.
Starting salary at HMP Stocken
You will also get:
Salary when returning to HMP Risley
Opportunities, once trained to earn Payment Plus. (Payment Plus is paid at £22 per hour)
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). Most prisons work with a changing shift pattern of 39 hours a week.
Benefits
Read More About Prison Officer Benefits.
The rewards aren’t all you’ll gain from a role in the Prison Service. There’s the sense of achievement you feel when you’ve helped a prisoner to get their life back on track – the kind of experience you simply won’t find anywhere else.
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:
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 Test
You will be invited to complete the online test, to see if you have the basic judgement and numerical skills expected of a prison officer.
The online assessment centre (OAC)
If you pass the online test, 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.
Read more about the application process .
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/Interview 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.
Operational Support Grade Role
Our Online Assessment Centre (OAC), will not only assess you against the key criteria to become a prison officer but will also determine your suitability for appointment as an operational support grade OSG If following attendance at your OAC, you are unsuccessful in your application to become a prison officer, we may instead offer you an alternative role as an OSG. Operational support grade – Ministry of Justice at HMP Risley. Please note an OSG role does not include the relocation scheme benefits / allowances. Further information will be provided to you if you offered an alternative OSG role.
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of Civil Servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles . If you feel the recruitment process has breached the recruitment principles you can raise a formal complaint in the following order:
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging.
Disability support
As a Disability Confident employer, the Ministry of Justice is committed to providing everyone with the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and abilities, by making adjustments throughout all elements of the recruitment process and in the workplace. You will be able to request reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process within the application form. We can offer reasonable adjustments to help with the online tests and online assessment centre.
Person specification
If you require any assistance, please call 0345 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8am-6pm) or e-mail [email protected] . Please quote the job reference 80059.
The jobholder must be able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English or (when specified in Wales) Welsh.
Closing Date: 23rd November 2023
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £30,902, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £8,374 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
For more information about the recruitment process, benefits and allowances and answers to general queries, please click the below link which will direct you to our Candidate Information Page.
Link: https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/candidate/cms/About%20the%20MOJ
Things you need to know
Selection process details
Please See Job Description.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Medical
Successful candidates will be expected to have a medical.
Nationality Requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission’s recruitment principles (opens in a new window) .
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Apply and further information
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
Recruitment team
Further information
Appointment to the Civil Service is governed by the Civil Service Commission’s Recruitment Principles. I you feel a department has breached the requirement of the Recruitment Principles and would like to raise this, please contact SSCL ([email protected]) in the first instance. If the role has been advertised externally (outside of the Civil Service) and you are not satisfied with the response, you may bring your complaint to the Commission. For further information on bringing a complaint to the Civil Service Commission please visit their web pages: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/civil-service-recruitment/complaints
https://justicejobs.tal.net/vx/appcentre-1/brand-13/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/3/opp/80059-202310-Prison-Officer-HMP-Risley-Futures/en-GB
Joining Countdown The Palms is more than just taking on a new job! Being a part of our Longlife team...
Apply For This JobCompany Description Housing and Urban Development is an architectural firm based in Iran. We are dedicated to providing innovative architectural...
Apply For This JobThe Category Finance Analyst is assists across all the tasks the Category Finance Manager of Ready Meals. The role owns...
Apply For This Jobbr{display:none;}.css-58vpdc ul > li{margin-left:0;}.css-58vpdc li{padding:0;}]]> We are looking for cleaning superstars to join our incredible team of cleaners at our...
Apply For This JobReference: L8596673 IMPORTANT NOTE: This IS NOT an opportunity for somone seeking an accredited employer. Although we welcome applications from...
Apply For This JobCHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, FISHSERVE Define and lead technology roadmap Technology led organisation Significant sector impact. Protecting natural resources has never...
Apply For This Job