Prison officer posts under the HMP Lincoln Futures campaign, with the first 23 months spent at HMP Highpoint before a permanent move to HMP Lincoln. The work centres on keeping a prison safe while building positive relationships with prisoners, and the role shifts between keeping order, counselling and teaching. Shifts run across evenings, nights, weekends and public holidays, and the scheme includes accommodation support and a merit-based offer process. Candidates need no formal qualifications but must meet eyesight, hearing and fitness standards and clear an enhanced DBS check.
What the job involves
- Keep prisoners, staff and the prison safe through teamwork
- Build constructive, professional relationships with prisoners
- Protect the public and contribute to positive change in prisoners' lives
- Carry out varied roles in a day, from keeping order to counselling and teaching
- Work directly with prisoners in a 24-hour setting
- Cover shifts including evenings, nights, weekends and public holidays
Skills & knowledge
- Communication and influencing skills
- Commitment to quality
- Effective decision-making
- Care and understanding
- Spoken English to fully carry out the role
- Numerical and written English ability
Checks & eligibility
- Aged 18 or over at start of employment
- Civil Service nationality requirements
- Right to work in the UK, as sponsorship is not guaranteed
- Enhanced DBS check
- Medical and fitness assessment, including eyesight and hearing standards
- Vetting clearance with up-to-date documents
Other
- Willingness to work shifts, including nights and weekends
- Willingness to be deployed to HMP Highpoint for 23 months
- Empathy and resilience
Nice to have
- Driving licence and own transport, beneficial in rural locations but not essential
What’s offered
- Accommodation costs paid up to £750 per month for up to 23 months
- Monthly trip home from HMP Highpoint that can be reclaimed
- £1,500 recruitment and retention bonus at 12 and 23 months
- 25 days' annual leave, rising to 30 after 10 years' service
- Paid public holidays plus one extra privilege day
- Civil Service pension of up to 20% of salary
- Cycle to work scheme, travel loans and other benefits
- Opportunities for additional paid hours
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
