Youth Mentoring Prison Officer

Expression of Interest form

Deadline: 22January 2018, midday.
Email this form to with the subject line “YouthMPO application”
Worded answers have no strict word limit but we expect answers of 100-300 words.

Personal details

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Phone number – work / Click or tap here to enter text. /
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This is a two year secondment where you will remain an employee of HMPPS. As such, applications require sign-off from the governing governor (or equivalent) of your current establishment. Please confirm below that this has been agreed.Remember, Unlocked can support you in securing this agreement if you have any trouble. Just get in touch.

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Governor (or equivalent) name / Click or tap here to enter text. /
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Your experience

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We believe that prison officers can have a transformative impact on rehabilitation and reoffending. Please describe a time when you’ve made a difference working on the landings.

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Your motivations

What attracts you about Unlocked Graduates as an organisation?

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What impact do you hope to have in this role?

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Your skills

Being a new prison officer can be tough. What skills do you have that will motivate and support the prison officers you are mentoring?

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Some of your work as an MPO will be in groups with a diverse set of participants. How will you manage any personality clashes or disagreements that arise in this setting?

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As MPO, you are participants’ primary source of advice and support. Your approach makes a big difference to their progress and impact. When addressing your participants as a group, what strategies will you use to maintain their sense of possibility?

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Interview availability

Our first round phone interviews will be taking place on 25th and 26th January. Our second round interviews will be taking place in the week commencing 5th February.

Please indicate the times you will available on these days. A member of the team will be in touch to confirm the interview time if you are successful in getting a phone interview.

Availability on 25th and 26thJanuary.

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Availability during week commencing 5th February.

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