Prison Officer - Residential - HMP Grampian - Location Peterhead, Aberdeenshire

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26.04.2025

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10.06.2025

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Job Description:

Job Purpose

The Scottish Prison Service is recruiting Residential Officers throughout 2024/25 for HMP Grampian in Peterhead, Scotland. Future recruitment for other areas will be announced on the SPS Careers website.

Applicants please note: The Scottish Prison Service is not a licensed Sponsor and Visa Sponsorship is not available for this role.

Right to Work: Candidates must have the right to work in the UK. The Immigration Act 2014 requires employers to verify eligibility before employment. Successful candidates must provide proof upon request.

The SPS, established in 1993, is an agency of the Scottish Government dedicated to making Scotland safer by protecting the public and reducing reoffending. It ensures secure custody, safe and orderly prisons, high standards of care, and opportunities for reintegration into the community.

Prison Officers play a key role in delivering SPS's vision of Unlocking Potential and Transforming Lives. They are the primary contact for those in custody, ensuring safety, security, and personal development. They adopt a positive, caring approach and foster effective relationships to support desistance and life transformation.

The role requires embracing SPS's values: Belief in change, Respect for individuals, Integrity in standards, Openness in collaboration, Courage to care, and Humility to learn.

Newly appointed Residential Officers will undergo training as part of a professional development pathway, requiring ongoing commitment. The role involves working in the residential area, with physical demands such as walking and standing, and emotional demands from interactions with individuals and their families.

Note: The position involves working on a rostered shift pattern.

For more information about locations, visit our website. Please refer to attached documents for recruitment guidance. For questions, contact the recruitment team.

Responsibilities

• Encouraging positive behaviors through supportive, inclusive approaches, respecting equality, diversity, and human rights.
• Managing challenging behaviors and building positive relationships.
• Handling casework and exercising professional judgment in responding to individual needs, including health considerations.
• Completing administrative tasks, reports, and maintaining records in line with policies and legislation.
• Ensuring operational risk management by supervising those in custody and meeting their needs and entitlements according to rules and policies.
• Managing conflict through de-escalation and contributing to incident management using approved techniques.

Person Specification

Assessment based on SPS's Behavioural Competency Framework, focusing on key behaviors relevant to the role.

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• Commitment to professional development and ongoing learning.
• Experience supporting others, providing guidance, and making a positive impact.
• Experience managing challenging circumstances and behaviors with emotional intelligence.

Knowledge & Skills

• Ability to build and maintain relationships, work collaboratively, and influence outcomes.
• Proactive problem-solving and decision-making skills, considering risks and evidence.
• Effective communication skills for managing situations, relationships, and conflict.
• Competence in using digital tools to process information, produce reports, and maintain records.

Selection Methods

1. Situational Judgement Test
2. Cognitive Ability Test
3. Group Exercise
4. Written Exercise
5. Interview