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HMP Preston, Lancashire
HMYOI Aylesbury, Bucks
HMP High Down, Surrey
HMP Onley, Warwickshire
HMP Forest Bank, Salford
HMP Birmingham, West Midlands
HMP Maidstone, Kent
HMP & YOI Chelmsford, Essex
HMP Swinfen Hall, Staffordshire
HMP Whitemoor, Cambridgeshire
HMP Coldingley, Woking
HMP Parc, Mid Glamorgan
Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC)
HMP Styal, Cheshire
HMP Humber, East Yorkshire
HMP Hull, Humberside
HMYOI Wetherby, West Yorkshire
HMP Pentonville, London
HMP/YOI Portland, Devon.
HMP Bristol, Horfield
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 30 miles of HMP Isle of Wight. Board meetings are currently held on the 2nd Friday morning of each month.
Time commitment per month: Approx 3 to 4 visits per month during the probation year which then reduces to 2 to 3 visits
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 875/Isle of Wight/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 25/11/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of HMP Preston. Board meetings are held at 09:30AM on the first Tuesday of the month.
Time commitment per month: Approx 4 visits per month
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 876/Preston/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 11/11/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of HMYOI Aylesbury. Board meetings are currently held at 1:30 pm on last Monday of each month (other than January, April, July and October), unless bank holidays intervene, in which case the previous Monday. For those exceptional four months, board meetings will be held at 4:30 pm on the last Thursday of the month, starting in 2019
Time commitment per month: Approx 4 to 5 visits per month during the probation year which then reduces to 3 to 4 visits
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 874/Aylesbury/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 18/11/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 15 miles of HMP High Down. Board meetings are held at 10:00AM on the second Thursday of the month
Time commitment per month: Approx 3-4 visits per month
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 877/High Down/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 02/12/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of HMP Onley. Board meetings are held at last Thursday in Month at 14:00.
Time commitment per month: Approx 3 - 4 visits per month
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 873/Onley/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 28/10/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 30 miles of HMP Forest Bank. Board meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month.
Time commitment per month: Approx 3 - 4 visits per month
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 872/Forest Bank/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 04/11/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of HMP Birmingham. Board meetings are held at 13:30 on the first Wednesday of the month.
Time commitment per month: Approx 3 - 4 visits per month
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 871/Birmingham/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 04/11/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of HMP Maidstone. Board meetings are held at 9:30am on the fourth Friday of the month.
Time commitment per month: Approx 4 to 5 visits per month during the probation year which then reduces to 3 to 4 visits
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 870/Maidstone/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 18/11/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of HMP & YOI Chelmsford. Board meetings are held at 1pm on the second Thursday of the month
Time commitment per month: Approx 4-5 visits a month during the probation year which then reduces to 3-4 visits
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 864/Chelmsford/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 11/11/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 25 miles of HMP Swinfen Hall. Board meetings are held at 15:00 on the second Wednesday of the month.
Time commitment per month: Approx 3 to 4 visits per month during the probation year which then reduces to 2 to 3 visits
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 859/Swinfen Hall/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 21/10/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 35 miles of HMP Whitemoor. Board meetings are held at 10:00am on the second Tuesday of the month.
Time commitment per month: Approx 4 -5 visits per month.
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 858/Whitemoor/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 21/10/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of HMP Coldingley. Board meetings are held on 2nd Tuesday in the month at 9:30am. This is the currently agreed choice of the group. This is re-assessed from time to time.
Time commitment per month: Approx. 4 to 5 visits per month during the probation year which then reduces to 3 to 4 visits.
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 867/Coldingley /2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 21/10/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 30 miles of HMP Parc. Board meetings are held at 4pm on the third Tuesday of the month.
Time commitment per month: Approx. 3 to 4 visits per month during the probation year which then reduces to 2 to 3 visits
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 869/Parc/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 28/10/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of Campsfield House IRC. Board meetings are held on the afternoon of the second Monday of each month.
Time commitment per month: Approx. 3 to 4 visits per month during the probationary year, which then reduces to 2 to 3 visits.
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 868/Campsfield House IRC/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 11/11/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of HMP Styal. Board meetings are held at 09:30 on the second Friday of the month.
Time commitment per month: Approx 3 to 4 visits per month during the probation year which then reduces to 2 to 3 visits
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 854/Styal/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 21/10/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of HMP Humber. Board meetings are held at 2:00pm on the second Wednesday of the month.
Time commitment per month: Approx 4 to 5 visits per month during the probation year which then reduces to 3 to 4 visits
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 856/Humber/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 28/10/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of HMP Hull. Board meetings are held at 10 AM on the first Tuesday of the month.
Time commitment per month: Approx 3 - 4 visits per month
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 861/Hull/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 28/10/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 30 miles of HMYOI Wetherby. Board meetings are held on the third Monday of the month at 15:00.
Time commitment per month: Approx 4 to 5 visits per month during the probation year which then reduces to 3 to 4 visits
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 857/Wetherby/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 21/10/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of HMP Pentonville. Board meetings are held 3-5pm on the first Tuesday of the month and board training 2-3pm.
Time commitment per month: Approx. 3 to 4 visits per month during the probation year which then reduces to 2 to 3 visits
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 835/Pentonville/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 04/11/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 30 miles of HMP/YOI Portland. Monthly Board meetings - time to be arranged. We regret that we cannot reimburse expenses incurred in attending familiarisation visits or interviews.
Time commitment per month: Approx. 4 – 5 visits per month during the probation year which then may reduce to 3 - 4
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 845/Portland/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 28/10/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of HMP Bristol. Board meetings are held at 2pm on the first Wednesday of the month.
Time commitment per month: Approx. 3 to 4 visits per month during the probation year which then reduces to 2 to 3 visits
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 844/ Bristol/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 21/10/2018