Prison officers supervise inmates in prisons, remand centres and young offenders' institutions.
£20,750 Starter
to£38,000 Experienced
37 to 39 a week
evenings / weekends / bank holidays on shifts
You can get into this job through:
You could complete an intermediate or advanced apprenticeship in custodial care, or a custody and detention officer advanced apprenticeship.
To do this apprenticeship, you'll need:
You do not need qualifications to apply directly to be a prison officer. Personal qualities are more important.
You'll need to take an online test to check your judgement and your number skills. If you pass, you'll attend an assessment day where you'll:
You can find out more about how to become a prison officer from HM Prison & Probation Service.
You'll need:
You'll need to:
In this role you could be:
You could work in a prison.
Your working environment may be physically and emotionally demanding.
You may need to wear a uniform.
With experience and training you could move into specialist projects, like rehabilitation work with specific groups of prisoners and their families.
You could become a supervising officer, custodial manager, head of function, deputy governor or governor.
We can't find any apprenticeship vacancies in England for a prison officer right now.
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