What’s in it foryou?
Your starting salary will be £27,300 pa.increasing to £28,350 after 12 months and increasing again to£32,288 when you reach 3 years’ service. We are fully committed toprogressing you through your PCO Portfolio or PCO Apprenticeshipwhich would increase your salary to £32,288 as soon as either ofthese is successfully completed which can realistically be achievedwithin 12 to 18 months of joining us. We alsooffer:- Opportunity to earn approximately £37,800including overtime (Whilst we cannot guarantee overtime will alwaysbe available, this is based on an average of 4 hrs perweek)Clear career development pathways for youto transition quickly into operational management positions withsalaries ranging from £36,000 to£42,000.Working 4 days out of 7 days with everyother weekend off.Free parking onsite.Free use of thegym.Free food whilst onshiftPensionscheme.Health & WellbeingBenefits.Reward & Recognitionscheme.Serco discounts which include cinema,online shopping discounts, leisure centre memberships and you canapply for a Blue Light discountcard.
Is this the right career foryou?
Our Prison Officers come with alldifferent work & life experiences, what you’ve done beforedoesn’t matter, what matters is that you’re committed to making adifference to the lives of others. We’re focused on transferrableskills and behaviours such as communication, teamwork, resilience,and patience to help people - the rest you’ll learn during your10-week training course and through our experiencedcolleagues. As a Prison Officer, you’ll be at theforefront of ensuring the health, safety, and wellbeing of everyonearound you. It’s a job where your contribution really counts as youwork to give prisoners structure within their lives, encouragepositive choices, and support them on their journey torehabilitation. Day to day you’ll be involvedin:- Supervising prisoners in all aspects ofprison wingactivity.Overseeing work and education programmes,encouraging prisoners toparticipate.Operational matters such as prisonerheadcounts, prison cell searching, security, and administrativeprocesses.Managing prisoners who are at risk ofself-harm.
Preparing for your recruitmentjourney:
You’ll be invited you to complete anonline assessment. If you pass theinitial online assessment, we will invite you to attend a virtualcompetency-based interview. Once you passed this assessment, wewill invite you to the Prison for a visit and to complete a basicMaths and Englishassessment. Once you’ve passed assessment, we’llinvite you to attend a 10-week Initial Training Course (ITC) at thePrison, which requires 100% attendance. This consists of 8 weeksclassroom-based training and 2 weeks shadowing to give you a realtaste of life on the job. The ITC provides high quality training,you’ll complete a Diploma in Custodial Care, First Aid and undergoControl and Restraint training. WhySerco?- Meaningful and vitalwork: Prison Officers are key to ensuring thehealth, safety and wellbeing of prisoners, staff, and visitors intheir prisons. More importantly they play a vital role in reducingreoffending rates amongstprisoners.A world ofopportunity: Our prisons hold a huge amount of varietyand opportunity, with Officers being able to progress into OpsManagement or specialist services such as Psychology, Education,Health, or the Animal unit.Greatpeople: Due to the investment in safeguarding andrehabilitation, our prisons are calmer and may be very different towhat you might imagine, but you’ll receive all the training andadvice you need from friendly and supportivecolleagues.
AboutSerco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the workwe do important, everyone has an important role to play, fromcaring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for deliveringessential public services around the world in areas includingdefence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizenservices. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improvingpublic services for the benefit ofeveryone.
By joining Serco you will have unlimitedaccess to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender),SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) andIn@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led bycolleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion andbelonging.
Apply
Please click on the apply button to completeyour application. Occasionally we receive a large volume ofapplications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bringthe closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoiddisappointment.
At Serco, we see people first and foremostfor their performance and potential. We are committed to building adiverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all.As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through toemployment for our candidates and strongly encourage applicationsfrom a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions aroundflexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid workstructure in many of our business areas. We are proudly DisabilityConfident Leader employers and holder of the Silver InclusiveEmployer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimumcriteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstratetheir abilities at an interview. For help withyour application please contact 0345 0104000.
At Serco we support fair access toemployment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature ofthe role and the security clearance required). Please contact ourrecruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 todiscuss.
