Prison officer - HMP Lancaster Farms HMP Prison Futures HMP Lancaster Farms -HMP Lancaster Farms, Stone Row Head, Lancaster LA1 3QZ

Starting salary: GBP32,851 (for a 39 hour week inc 20% unsocial)

City/Town: Lancaster/ Morecombe

Region: Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire

Vacancy type: Merit

HMP Lancaster Farms 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 Lancaster Farms permanently.

We are recruiting not just for officers who are needed today, but for prison officers to fill vacancies at HMP Lancaster Farms 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 Lancaster Farms permanently but for the first 23 months of your service you will be working at HMP Elmley, Isle of Sheppey.

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 Lancaster Farms 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? We will pay your accommodation costs (up to GBP589 per month). You will be able to reclaim the cost of a monthly trip home by public transport. plus a GBP1500 Recruitment & Retention Premium while on deployment paid at 12 month and 23 month point.

As a prison officer, you ll be part of a diverse team, making an impact, doing meaningful work in our prisons.

Working in a prison is fast-paced and varied, and no two days are the same. You ll work with a range of people and perform a variety of tasks from keeping the prison safe and secure, to helping vulnerable people through a difficult time in their lives. Once you ve qualified, you ll have a range of opportunities to specialise and progress your career and earning potential.

It can be a challenging job, but in return you will get good pay, training, benefits and have the support of a strong team.

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Employment type: Full-time