Quick facts (Back to top)
- A category A long term high security prison near Evesham in Worcestershire
- You will need Counter Terrorism Check clearance
- Earn between £33,746 and £38,003* a year
About HMP Long Lartin (Back to top)
Six miles outside the market town of Evesham in Worcestershire, HMP Long Lartin is a category A long term high-security prison.
With a capacity of up to 609, it accommodates men who have been sentenced and those who are on remand awaiting trial.
Eligibility to work in a category A high security prison (Back to top)
To work as a prison officer at HMP Long Lartin, you must:
- Have Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) security clearance. For this, you must have been resident in the UK for the last 3 years.
- Complete enhanced pre-employment checks.
What’s it like working in a long term high security prison? (Back to top)
You don’t need specific experience to be a prison officer. The armed forces, healthcare and a call centre, are just some of the places that our officers have worked in previously.
If you can see the person behind their crime and can build rapport with a wide range of people, you sound like a prison officer. Watch this short video to find out from some of our current staff what they have to say about their work and see if it’s for you.
To work with prisoners who are serving long sentences, you will need great communication skills and the ability to build rapport with a wide range of people over a long time.
Inside HMP Long Lartin (Back to top)
With a focus on supporting men to make positive changes to lead law-abiding lives in custody and after their release, HMP Long Lartin provides a range of educational, vocational training and work opportunities.
The education department offers a wide range of learning opportunities, from basic skills to Open University courses.
With the aim of enhancing prisoners’ chances of employment upon release from custody, accredited vocational training is available in woodcraft, bricklaying, barbering, industrial cleaning, laundry and painting and decorating. Contract work for commercial companies is also available in onsite plumbing and recycling industrial workshops.
How to get to Long Lartin Prison (Back to top)
HMP Long Lartin is easily accessible from the M5, M40 and M6. With plenty of onsite parking for staff, it’s a 45-minute drive from Cheltenham, Coventry and Worcester.
A regular train service runs into Evesham which is 6 miles from the prison, and a bus runs directly to the prison from outside the station. Please bear in mind that, as a prison officer, you will need to work shifts plus some unsocial hours and public holidays when public transport may not be running.
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Pay and benefits (Back to top)
As a prison officer, you will start on a 37 hour a week contract until you have completed your initial training. You can then choose to increase your hours to 39 or 41 hours. This means you can earn between £33,746 and £38,003 as a prison officer at HMP Long Lartin.
Take a look at the full starting salary information for HMPPS prisons.
As an employee of HMP Long Lartin, you’ll have access to a range of facilities and employee benefits including:
- use of a free onsite gym
- free onsite parking
- excellent training and career progression
This is in addition to the great benefits you get from being a part of HM Prison and Probation Service.