Prison and probation jobs
Prison officer
Create a safe environment where adult offenders can focus on rehabilitation.
Probation officer
Advise Courts on sentencing and supervise and support people sentenced by the Courts to community and custodial sentences to reduce reoffending.
Operational Support Grade
Play a crucial role in keeping prisons safe and running smoothly.
Community Payback
Support people on probation to make improvements to local communities while they make positive changes to get their lives back on track.
Forensic psychologist
Assess risk and treat behaviour to support the rehabilitation of offenders.
Approved premises - residential workers
Engaging with offenders to seek positive change and rehabilitating offenders back into the community.
Youth justice worker
Help 12 to 18 year olds in custody to learn skills for a crime-free life.
Probation services officer
Settle lower risk offenders into the community as a first step to being a probation officer.
Case administrator
Use your great organisational and communication skills to support probation colleagues and help people on probation turn their lives around.
First time prison officer recruitment scheme
Make a positive impact early on in your career by joining one of our busier prisons for your first 23 months.
Prison Futures
Work away from home for 23 months and gain valuable experience that will help shape your future prison officer career.
Careers with a difference
Prison and probation jobs are tough and rewarding.
Play your part in helping to turn lives around. Receive great training, benefits and career opportunities in return.
Civil Service benefits
- 25 days annual holiday
- pension schemes of up to 20% of your salary
- cycle to work scheme, travel loans and other benefits
Training and support
Probation and prison service jobs offer you support and training at every step of your career.
From initial training to on-going specialist courses, you will be able to advance and develop.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion
We welcome and encourage applications from everyone irrespective of background, identity, experience or circumstance, and particularly those underrepresented in our workforce. We strive for a workforce that is representative of our society and pride ourselves as being an employer of choice.
When people come to work for us we want them to feel safe and that they belong, are treated with empathy and respect, and have the support and solidarity of their colleagues and managers, so we can all deliver our services fairly and in response to individual needs. In joining us, you join an organisation which is committed to the values of humanity, openness, together and purpose.
Find out more about how we champion diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
