202605: Prison Officer - HMP Drake Hall

• HMP Drake Hall HMP Drake Hall, Eccleshall, Stafford ST21 6LQ Starting salary: £35,875 (for a 39 hour week inc 20% unsocial) City/Town: Stafford Region: Midlands Vacancy type: Merit Skilled Worker visa sponsorship may be available for this role, subject to eligibility and in accordance with the UK Immigration Rules in force at the time of application.

Sponsorship is not guaranteed, and applicants are responsible for ensuring they have, and can maintain, the appropriate Right to Work in the UK for the duration of their employment.

The Department 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.

During the recruitment process you will be assessed on: communicating and influencing managing a quality service making effective decisions caring How to apply Once you have completed your initial application form.

You will then be invited to complete stage 1 of the online tests, 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 (values-based assessment). If you pass the online tests, we will invite you to an online assessment centre (OAC). You will then be invited to provide a written response to three behaviour-based questions.

We will explore your understanding of the prison officer role in a women's prisons and why you are interested in the role.

Once you've successfully completed the online assessment centre and written responses and we've offered you a role, 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.

To become a prison officer, you will need to: 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.

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Facial tattoos are generally not acceptable, except where this is for cultural, religious, or medical reasons.

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 £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 that are applicable to the role/location.

The standard working week of a prison officer 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 one extra privilege day Civil Service pension with employer contributions of
28.97% cycle to work scheme, travel loans and other benefits Read more about prison officer benefits 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.

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

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