Job Details
Prison officer - HMP YOI Wetherby Youth Justice Worker Futures
HMP Wetherby, York Rd, Wetherby LS22 5ED
Starting salary: £32,851 (for a 39 hour week inc 20% unsocial)
City/Town: Harrowgate
Region: Yorkshire
Vacancy type: Merit
Someone like you
Applying for your first youth justice worker role and happy to work away from home? Get your career off to a great start, gaining valuable experience working at another prison in this case HMP YOI Cookham Wood for 23 months before returning to HMP YOI Wetherby permanently.
We are recruiting not just for youth justice workers who are needed today, but for youth justice workers to fill vacancies at HMP YOI Wetherby in years to come. We need youth justice workers now to fill vacancies at other prisons and that is why we are recruiting to this special futures scheme that guarantees you a youth justice workers role at HMP YOI Wetherby permanently but for the first 23 months of your service you will be working at HMP YOI Cookham Wood, Rochester, Kent.
It's a great opportunity. You will benefit from a greater variety of experience, and you will be with other new officers who, like you, will be returning to HMP YOI Wetherby at the end of their 23 month deployment.
You are only eligible for this scheme if you are applying for your first youth justice worker position – not if you’re looking to move from one prison to another.
The Youth Custody Service is transforming its workforce and we want you to help us on this journey. The youth justice worker role is based on the prison officer role, but specific to working in youth custody. It will be a driving force for changing the way children and young people are cared for in custody.
We are looking for people who have a special talent in helping young people.
You will be responsible for ensuring the security and safety of children and supporting them day-to-day in a custodial environment. You’ll get training and development to ensure you have a clear understanding of the individual circumstances for young people in custody, and how your reactions in complex or dynamic situations are key to ensuring these children are helped to build better lives.
You will support young people who may have committed serious crimes, grown up in difficult settings or have mental health concerns. These individuals will test boundaries at every level, but also have a huge potential for change
An extraordinary job
Become part of a real teamâ and help to protect the public.
You’ll work directly with children and young people who have committed offences, helping them to develop new skills while playing multiple different roles within one day be that a peacekeeper, a teacher, a counsellor or a mentor.
You will act as a role model to children and young people in custody, providing them with the opportunities to better their future.
You will need a DBS check.
What’s on offer?
- We will pay your accommodation costs (up to £589 per month).
- You will be able to reclaim the cost of a monthly trip home by public transport.
- plus a £1500 Recruitment & Retention Premium while on deployment paid at 12 month and 23 month point.
