Current vacancies
Apply to join an IMB
If you’d like to join an IMB near you, check to see if they are currently looking for new volunteers. If so, please download and complete an application form and email it to imbrecruitment@justice.gsi.gov.uk. Please note references are no longer required.
- Application Form (DOC)
- Application guidance (PDF)
- Diversity Monitoring Form (DOC)
- Identification documents (PDF)
- IMB privacy statement (PDF)
- IMB privacy statement (Welsh)
- Useful information about the IMB (PDF)
You can also call us on 020 3334 3265 if you have any questions or would like us to post you a paper application pack.Click here for guidance if you are struggling to open the above word documents on your Mac, iphone or ipad.
If your local IMB isn’t currently recruiting, why not ask to be added to our vacancy alert list? We’ll send you an alert everytime a new recruitment campaign opens near you.
To find out more about an IMB you want to join, have a look at their annual report in our reports section.
You can also listen to a short interview one of our volunteer recently gave on BBC Radio Sheffield.
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HMP Whatton, Nottingham
HMP Lancaster Farms, Lancashire
HMP Swaleside, Kent
HMP Rochester, Kent
HMP Peterborough
HMP Wakefield,West Yorkshire
HMP Littlehey, Cambridgeshire
HMP Lindholme, Doncaster
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of HMP Manchester. Board meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month at 10:00AM, with one summer meeting held approx 18:00PM.
Time commitment per month: Approx 3-4 visits per month
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 900/Manchester/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 29/01/2019
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 30 miles of HMP Whatton. Board meeting held every second Wednesday of the month at 10am.
Time commitment per month: Approx3 - 4 visits per month
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 889/Whatton/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 27/01/2019
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 30 miles of HMP Lancaster Farms. Board meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month, with two meetings per year held in the early evening.
Time commitment per month: Approx 3-4 visits per month
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 897/Lancaster Farms/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 20/01/2019
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 30 miles of HMP Bedford. Board meetings are held at 9.30am on the third 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): 887/Bedford/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 13/01/2019
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of HMP Ranby. Board meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday each month at 11:30am
Time commitment per month: Approx 3 - 4 visits per month
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 890/Ranby/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 23/12/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within approx. 40 Miles of Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports. Board meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at Glasgow airport, starting at 10am. Meetings typically last for around 2 hours.
Time commitment per month: Rota visits will normally be undertaken once every five to six weeks although this could be more frequent depending on circumstances prevailing at the time.
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 894/Glasgow and Edinburgh/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 30/12/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 40 miles of HMP Swaleside. Board meetings are held at 10:00am 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): 893/Swaleside/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 06/01/2019
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of HMP Rochester. Board meetings are held at 1:30pm on the first Tuesday of the month.
Time commitment per month: Approx 3 visits per month.
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 892/Rochester/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 30/12/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 30 miles of HMP Peterborough. Board meetings are held on the afternoon of the third Thursday 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): 888/Peterborough/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 30/12/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 20 miles of HMP Wakefield. Board meetings are held on 4th Wednesday of each month
Time commitment per month: Approx 3 - 4 visits per month
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 884/Wakefield/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 30/12/2018
Applications are invited from candidates who live within 30 miles of HMP Littlehey. Board meetings are held at 9.30am 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): 886/Littlehey/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 30/12/2018
We are currently looking for new volunteers to join IMB Lindholme helping to ensure that proper standards of care and decency are maintained.Candidates need to be over 18 years of age and live within approx. 30 miles of the prison.
Time commitment per month: Approx. 3 to 4 visits per month during probation year which may later reduce, this can be flexible depending on the needs of the Board and the individual
Recruitment Campaign Reference (to be quoted on all correspondence and forms): 885/Lindholme/2018
Closing date for completed returned applications: 16/12/2018