Prison service officers (below principal officer)

Prison service officers (below principal officer)
£34,320

Average Annual Pay

Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2020

39

Average Weekly Hours

Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2019

1.24%

Unemployment Rate

Labour Force Survey 2020

Future employment projections (Working Futures UK)

Description

Prison service officers (below Principal Officer) direct, co-ordinate and participate in guarding inmates and maintaining discipline in prisons and other detention centres.

Qualifications

There are no formal academic requirements for entry but candidates must pass a pre-entry test and full medical examination. Basic training is followed by a 12 month probationary period during which further on-the-job training is provided. Background checks are required for entrants, and there are generally nationality restrictions and a lower age limit of 18 years.

Typical tasks

  • escorts prisoners to and from cells and supervises them during meals, recreation and visiting periods;
  • watches for any infringements of regulations and searches prisoners and cells for weapons, drugs and other contraband items;
  • guards entrances and perimeter walls;
  • investigates disturbances or any other unusual occurrences;
  • escorts prisoners transferred from one institution to another;
  • runs prisoner rehabilitation and support programmes;
  • provides care and support to prisoners in custody including prevention of self harm;
  • trains and supervises prison staff;
  • reports on prisoners’ conduct as necessary.

Common job titles

Officer, discipline
Officer, custody
Auxiliary, prison
Officer, borstal
Officer, auxiliary (prison service)
Officer, prison
Warder (prison service)
Officer, escort, prison
Turnkey
Officer, grade, support, operational
Officer, custodial, prison
Warden, prison
Supervisor, custody, prison
Officer, discipline (prison service)

Education background

Destination of Leavers survey, supplied by the Higher Education Statistics.

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Ranked 126th out of 355 careers for the longest hours.

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Ranked 292nd out of 355 careers for highest unemployment rate.

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Working Futures UK

Employment type

Gender breakdown


£550

Female average weekly pay

Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2020

£700

Male average weekly pay

Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2020

16/350

Gender pay gap ranking

Annual Survey of Hours and Earning 2020


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Gender Pay Gap by Career

Average weekly pay by age and gender: Prison service officers (below principal officer)

Pay change between years

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