Northern Ireland prison service (now recruiting))

HighburyLad

its completely messed up, like the merit number i was given over the phone is pretty high, as in a low merit place, which is awesome, but because the only role i applied for is the custody officer role, i have to wait until that role comes up, so there is going to be definitely people who are lower down the list than me in terms of merit who probably have forms to fill in for vetting and medicals, its not exactly well thought out this process, but if it means i have to wait then so be it, to get the role i want, but saying that the psni is coming up very soon, and i have no doubt there will be people in my position who will apply hoping for that, as well as current serving prison officers who will apply for the police when it arrives, of that im sure of

sharon1986

Ted777 wrote: »

My partner is a PO and he doesn't understand this why advertise for the both and being made to wait no one can hang around in limbo when we have other jobs etc

I ticked both but would prefer CO rather than PCO. Let me know what they say when u call up ted

Ted777

sharon1986 wrote: »

I ticked both but would prefer CO rather than PCO. Let me know what they say when u call up ted

Ok will let yous know I ticked both too but would prefer co

HighburyLad

Ted777 wrote: »

My partner is a PO and he doesn't understand this why advertise for the both and being made to wait no one can hang around in limbo when we have other jobs etc

My uncle was a PO there and took the retirement package, and is doing the training down at millisle sorta part time, just off the phone to him, he just said they usually do everything so awkward and backwards lol, and told me to hang in there, apparently they need PCO's real bad so hes not surprised

Ted777

HighburyLad wrote: »

My uncle was a PO there and took the retirement package, and is doing the training down at millisle sorta part time, just off the phone to him, he just said they usually do everything so awkward and backwards lol, and told me to hang in there, apparently they need PCO's real bad so hes not surprised

My partner does training down there too but in a specialised field can't say too much on this hopefully one day we will all be working together lol

sharon1986

Ted777 wrote: »

My partner does training down there too but in a specialised field can't say too much on this hopefully one day we will all be working together lol

Haha if and when we all get in at least we will all know what we all went through together! I'm taking hope from the fact if u look thru this thread to last year everyone has same questions and concerns as us!

Ted777

sharon1986 wrote: »

Haha if and when we all get in at least we will all know what we all went through together! I'm taking hope from the fact if u look thru this thread to last year everyone has same questions and concerns as us!

But they didn't have the added worry of PCO positions lol

Cubacuba

Well from the sounds of my conversation with recruitment they are only looking at pco positions at the moment in merit order. CPo posts will be done once this is completed. I got a low merit number so was told they would definitely be in touch.

But in the meantime............. More waiting!

craydon

The merit numbers I've heard seriously aren't that bad at all, I knew there must have been a reason and we couldn't have all done rubbish lol. Hope to god we aren't waiting long

sharon1986

craydon wrote: »

The merit numbers I've heard seriously aren't that bad at all, I knew there must have been a reason and we couldn't have all done rubbish lol. Hope to god we aren't waiting long

Mine was bad compared to the rest of u but she told me not to worry I'd b called probably just later

craydon

sharon1986 wrote: »

Mine was bad compared to the rest of u but she told me not to worry I'd b called probably just later

Reading back through the thread though there's ones with lower numbers (down the list) than you who were called! If you hadnt applied for all posts you prob would have got the same letter as me, we prob only have a difference of a few marks if even! I don't think merit placing takes into consideration the initial test as i ran out of time in it and was shocked I'd even passed it lol

Ted777

They are filling the pcos first I had applied for both so will prob just take the PCO position then they said I may be able to come across to co I'd rather get my foot in the door sooner than later I'm too impatient to wait and wait and wait tbh

chris777

hey all,
I have been following this thread for a while now and have recieved the same letter today as the rest have. I also got my merit number and would really appreciate it if someone could tell me if its good or bad or even my chances of getting a post, i hope some one can help me out thanks :-)

craydon

chris777 wrote: »

hey all,
I have been following this thread for a while now and have recieved the same letter today as the rest have. I also got my merit number and would really appreciate it if someone could tell me if its good or bad or even my chances of getting a post, i hope some one can help me out thanks :-)

I've pm'd you

kitty88

hi only joined now but been following for a while. would anyone be able to tell me what their no. is so I know how to judge based on mine? going nuts here

Ted777

If you want could you pm let me know what date you did your AC on ? Cheers

sharon1986

Ted777 wrote: »

If you want could you pm let me know what date you did your AC on ? Cheers

I did mine on 26th june

chris777

Ted777 wrote: »

If you want could you pm let me know what date you did your AC on ? Cheers

27th for me

ShaneW1986

Hey folks just for reference I was part of the recruitment last year and got offered a place all in all it took almost 9-10 months from when I applied to when I got an offer!

Unfortunately by that stage I had got myself into college and declined the job only to have them ring me back a month later and offer me another job, So don't be holding your breath if your just beyond the cutting point because them seem to offer you a second job if you decline the first giving you time to mull it over I suppose.

Best of luck anyway to all who have applied! Also it turns out as well that the tests for the prison service are exactly the same as the ones for the PSNI if anyone is interested, according to a friend of mine who went through that process!

craydon

I think the postie will miss me stalking him today

Ted777

Thought I'd received a date for medical today only to open it to find my returned original certificates !! Lol I think we are all going slightly mad at the moment !!! Lol

chantelle101

If anyone finds out how many co's they still need after last yrs recruit plz share!!!

neoruss

Sod all this f#*#ing about.
Got a job offer there and start on Tuesday.
If I ever get the call from the prison service then I will reevaluate..

craydon

neoruss wrote: »

Sod all this f#*#ing about.
Got a job offer there and start on Tuesday.
If I ever get the call from the prison service then I will reevaluate..

Congrats on the job, I dare say you will be well settled in before any of us hear anything lol. Would love to know how many positions are available though.

Cubacuba

The lady in recruitment told me co numbers had not yet been decided.

HighburyLad

Cubacuba wrote: »

The lady in recruitment told me co numbers had not yet been decided.

Yeah same here, I asked will they definitely be looking numbers and she said yeah, and it'll be sooner rather than later so whether or not that happens is another thing but I'm going on the confidence that they will sooner rather than later lol

craydon

Some wee person sitting somewhere within the service MUST know of numbers needed even roughly! Would just be nice to know as guidance and simply because I'm impatient lol. If I hear nothing in the next few weeks I might give them a call and ask again. And then I'm away on hol for a while so knowing my luck ill get something in the post when away! Would be typical lol

Cubacuba

craydon wrote: »

Some wee person sitting somewhere within the service MUST know of numbers needed even roughly! Would just be nice to know as guidance and simply because I'm impatient lol. If I hear nothing in the next few weeks I might give them a call and ask again. And then I'm away on hol for a while so knowing my luck ill get something in the post when away! Would be typical lol

Yes I'm away in October so with my luck you can be guaranteed things will hear up nicely then!

chantelle101

Sooooo.....just watched 'screwed'..... think ive had a change of heart lol!!!

Ted777

chantelle101 wrote: »

Sooooo.....just watched 'screwed'..... think ive had a change of heart lol!!!

Must watch it lol