Overview
If you are applying to be a prison officer and you do not meet the new eligibility criteria for sponsorship, you will need to consider your options for obtaining and/or maintaining your right to work in the UK in light of these changes. HMPPS will continue to comply with UK Immigration Rules applied in the UK and Civil Service. You can read more about Skilled Worker visas and the eligibility criteria here. An extraordinary job: in this unique career, you\'ll have the opportunity to carry out many different roles in any one day.
Responsibilities and assessments
* During the recruitment process you will be assessed on: communicating and influencing, managing a quality service, and making effective decisions.
* Caring
* Pass a medical and fitness assessment, meet the required eyesight standard in both eyes, and meet a suitable standard of hearing for safety reasons.
* Whilst tattoos are permitted, they must not be offensive, discriminatory, violent, or intimidating. Facial tattoos are generally not acceptable, except where this is 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.
You will be invited to complete stage 1 of the online test to assess basic judgement and numerical skills. If you pass, you will be invited to stage 2 (a task-based online assessment). If you pass the online tests, you will be invited to an online assessment centre (OAC). After successfully completing the OAC and being allocated to a vacancy, you will be invited to complete a medical and fitness test including an eyesight test, hearing test, and basic health screening (including a blood pressure check).
Salary and working hours
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 = £39,525 a year
* 39 hours a week = £41,892 a year
* 41 hours a week = £44,258 a year
All salary figures quoted include any additional allowances. The standard working week is based on a 39 hours per week shift pattern.
Benefits
* 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
Job offers and recruitment process
Read more about prison officer benefits. This is a merit 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.
Other roles and equality
Operational Support Grade (OSG) may be offered if you are unsuccessful for the prison officer role after attendance at the OAC. The Operational Support Grade — Ministry of Justice and the Civil Service Code are described in the following sections. 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 principles you can raise a complaint by contacting Shared Services Connected Ltd: call 0845 241 5358 (Mon–Fri 8am–6pm) or email Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com.
Diversity & Inclusion: The Civil Service is committed to attracting, retaining and investing in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy. Reasonable adjustment support: Just tick \"yes\" when it asks if you think you might need a reasonable adjustment.
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