Prison Service Officers (Below Principal Officer) | Career profile | UCAS

Average Salary: £30,265
Jobs: 27,396

Daily Tasks

Reports on prisoners.
Trains and supervises prison staff.
Provides care and support to prisoners in custody including prevention of self harm.
Runs prisoner rehabilitation and support programmes.
Escorts prisoners transferred from one institution to another.
Investigates disturbances or any other unusual occurrences.
Guards entrances and perimeter walls.
Watches for any infringements of regulations and searches prisoners and cells for weapons, drugs and other contraband items.
Escorts prisoners to and from cells and supervises them during meals, recreation and visiting periods.

Hard skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Voucher
Discounts And Allowances
Loans
ServiceNow
Rehabilitation

Soft skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Communications
Empathy
Teamwork
Influencing Skills
Decision Making

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

Qualification: FdSc
Duration: 2 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 48/48
Student satisfaction: 86%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £29k
UCAS Tariff: 112/112
Student satisfaction: 64%

Qualification: BA
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £20k
UCAS Tariff: 96/96
Student satisfaction: 66%

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £27k
UCAS Tariff: 112/128
Student satisfaction: 72%

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time including foundation year
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £28k
UCAS Tariff: 48/48
Student satisfaction: 78%

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £24k
UCAS Tariff: 112/112
Student satisfaction: 82%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 80/80
Student satisfaction: 85%

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £24k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 63%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: HNC
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 48/48
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 4 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 104/120
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 104/104
Student satisfaction: N/A

Qualification: HND
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £29k
UCAS Tariff: 120/120
Student satisfaction: 77%

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £25k
UCAS Tariff: 120/120
Student satisfaction: 87%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 44%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: MA (PG)
Duration: 2 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 120/136
Student satisfaction: N/A

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Sandwich
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 4 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 112/112
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Part-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 112/112
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 4 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 104/120
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: MA (PG)
Duration: 2 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 96/96
Student satisfaction: 50%

Qualification: HND
Duration: 1 Year
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 5 Years
Study mode: Part-time day
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 112/128
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £18k
UCAS Tariff: 104/104
Student satisfaction: 63%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £25k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 75%

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £21k
UCAS Tariff: 120/120
Student satisfaction: 68%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time including foundation year
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £22k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 86%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £23k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 55%

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 80/80
Student satisfaction: N/A

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 48/48
Student satisfaction: 76%
Course study options: 8 course options available

Qualification: BSc (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £27k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 92%

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