As a senior prison officer, you’ll use your excellent organisational skills to manage a team and plan and deliver operational activities. Learn more about a career in a senior position in the prison service, find out what it involves and what you’ll need to study and do to get a role.
With experience, a senior prison officer might progress to become a prison governor or work in a higher security facility. There are also opportunities to work in the national headquarters.
Within the prison service, you might decide to move into the probation service or become a prison inspector by joining Her Majesty’s inspectorate of prisons.
Professional organisations you might join include The Prison Officer Association (POA) and UNISON.
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