Resettlement and Benefits

To support your resettlement, you will be offered one of the following:

home-to-work travel expenses for up to two years, if you live within 75 minutes of the prison you’ll be working at
up to £12,000 relocation costs if you live more than 75 minutes away.

* Relocation costs over £8,000 are usually taxable, however we will be covering the tax burden for pay the additional £4,000.

Pay

Your pay depends on where you work in England and Wales, and your weekly shift hours.

You will start on a 37 hour contract until your initial training is complete. After this you can choose to increase your hours to 39 or 41 hours a week.

You can also earn more if overtime is available in your prison.

Example starting salary for a 39 hour week (including 20% unsocial hours allowance)
Inner London	£35,931
Outer London	£34,140 to £36,140*
South and South East	£32,702 to £34,202*
Other locations	£30,702

Figures based on new pay award from September 2022.

*includes market supplements.

Full Salary Information

Inner London

HMP Brixton, Pentonville, Wandsworth, Wormwood Scrubs
37 hours	£33,799
39 hours	£35,931
41 hours	£38,062

Outer London

HMP Downview, Feltham, High Down
37 hours	£34,114*
39 hours	£36,140*
41 hours	£38,165*

* includes a market supplement of £2,000

HMP Belmarsh, Isis
37 hours	£32,114
39 hours	£34,140
41 hours	£36,165

South and South East

HMP Aylesbury, Bullingdon, Woodhill
37 hours	£32,380*
39 hours	£34,202*
41 hours	£36,023*

* includes a market supplement of £3,500

HMP Bedford, Coldingley, Cookham Wood, Elmley, Grendon, Highpoint, Huntercombe, Medway, Send, Stanford Hill, Swaleside, The Mount, Winchester
37 hours	£30,880*
39 hours	£32,702*
41 hours	£34,523*

* includes a market supplement of £2,000

Other Locations

All other government-run prisons in England and Wales
37 hours	£28,880
39 hours	£30,702
41 hours	£32,523

Benefits

25 days annual holiday (rising to 30 days after 10 years service)
Civil service pension with employer contributions of over 25%
paid time off for public holidays and 1 extra privilege day*
generous maternity leave cover
cycle to work scheme and travel loans
property rental deposit loans
access to local keyworker housing schemes
employee assistance programmes
paid special leave for Reservists to participate in the continuous mandatory period of training.

*As prisons operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, you will be expected to work on some public and bank holidays. Any that you do work will be added to your annual leave entitlement.