Northern Ireland prison service (now recruiting))

gigity gigity

No I told them I didn't fancy it pretty early on when they sent the vetting link. there was no point to take the job (potentially letting someone else miss out) then quit it when I was offered CO position.

BIGD85

Received my enhanced disclosure certificate in the post this morning, did anyone else receive theirs? Thats everything now completed including my CTC clearance so i suppose its only a matter of waiting for a job offer.

holly1984

Got the call today people, offer of a position & got my start date for training so at long last the waiting is over fingers crossed for u all - keep ur phones handy

BIGD85

When did you do your medical etc, have you been waiting long?

Aoine

Congrats Holly, wishing you all the best in your training and career :-) Fingers crossed many of us from this forum,will be joining you soon x

sharon1986

I see ur in the high 100s Holly and u got offered a 35 hour post. I am now worried that il not even get a look in as I'm mid 200s and if there are only 100 positions and the 35 hours are being filled already iv no hope

HighburyLad

sharon1986 wrote: »

I see ur in the high 100s Holly and u got offered a 35 hour post. I am now worried that il not even get a look in as I'm mid 200s and if there are only 100 positions and the 35 hours are being filled already iv no hope

Is that how many they've quoted Sharon? 100 PCO's, and don't worry, if you've done a medical and what not, I think your in on a home straight, don't forget they're gonna be taking on CO's too hopefully sooner than later lol

sharon1986

Yeh it's been mentioned about 100. I'm not sure though. Anyone else know?

chantelle101

sharon1986 wrote: »

Yeh it's been mentioned about 100. I'm not sure though. Anyone else know?

Sharon I honestly ccan't see them putting u thru everything not to use u. I wud not b worrying !

sharon1986

chantelle101 wrote: »

Sharon I honestly ccan't see them putting u thru everything not to use u. I wud not b worrying !

I wonder was there anyone last time around that had a medical and didn't get a job offer? I looked thru this last night but couldn't find it mentioned. And I wonder how many people this time around only applied for the CO as hopefully this will mean every with my mid 200 merit placing I might get a PCO role?

BIGD85

Apparently there will be 4 intakes in Jan for CO's.

BIGD85

I'm mid 200's on the waiting list and have completed everything, i called on friday and was told to be patient and that i should be offered a start date in the not to distant future, you are in the same boat as me Sharon1986 so nothing to worry about :-)

sharon1986

BIGD85 wrote: »

I'm mid 200's on the waiting list and have completed everything, i called on friday and was told to be patient and that i should be offered a start date in the not to distant future, you are in the same boat as me Sharon1986 so nothing to worry about :-)

I assume it's the 35 hour one u r hoping for? Will u keep me up to date?!

BIGD85

35 hour but preferably CO

sharon1986

BIGD85 wrote: »

35 hour but preferably CO

Cool. Can u PM me ur merit number? So iv basically been told u will get a job?

sharon1986

Just rang up and they told me usual, just that iv to wait. And I said well what about a medical being done is that not a positive sign and he said not necessarily.

BIGD85

Have you received your enhanced disclosure certificate in the post yet?

sharon1986

BIGD85 wrote: »

Have you received your enhanced disclosure certificate in the post yet?

Is that the access ni one? Yeh got it weeks ago. I didn't need a CTC as I am already cleared until 2018 in my current job.

BIGD85

Yeah thats the one and again that cost them money so why would they pay for and send us the certificate if they weren't eventually going to offer us a job? We are both at the same stage, I'm going to give it 3 or 4 weeks and if i here nothing ill give them another call, give me a shout if and when you hear anything.

sharon1986

BIGD85 wrote: »

Yeah thats the one and again that cost them money so why would they pay for and send us the certificate if they weren't eventually going to offer us a job? We are both at the same stage, I'm going to give it 3 or 4 weeks and if i here nothing ill give them another call, give me a shout if and when you hear anything.

Yeh il do same. Gonna call first week if December.

HighburyLad

BigD when you've been in contact with recruitment branch did they say anything about CO's?

sharon1986

HighburyLad wrote: »

BigD when you've been in contact with recruitment branch did they say anything about CO's?

They told me nothing.

BIGD85

They said nothing to me neither, just heard there will be an intake 2 weeks before Christmas for PCO.

gman12

BIGD85 wrote: »

They said nothing to me neither, just heard there will be an intake 2 weeks before Christmas for PCO.

That gives me some hope at least! That's if they are anywhere near the 160 mark when they get round to starting that group.

sharon1986

gman12 wrote: »

That gives me some hope at least! That's if they are anywhere near the 160 mark when they get round to starting that group.

Wonder how many intakes there has been already? And how many PCO still to go through?

HighburyLad

alright cheers guys, let us know if you's hear anything, this sucks big time, I will be so p'ed off if nothing comes of this campaign, merit in the bottom 60 and foolishly not knowing didn't tick the PCO box lol aw well hopefully the new year will bring something on CO numbers

holly1984

Still no movement on the CO roles. I was speaking to recruitment y'day & they r waiting on the go ahead from senior management. They said hopefully there will be some movement in the New Year. They also told me that when the roles become available they will start back at no 1 on the merit list & everyone who applied for CO will get a chance at the role, regardless of whether they are already in a PCO role or not. PCO's who get offered the job will be eligible to transfer over to CO. If this makes sense lol

chantelle101

holly1984 wrote: »

Still no movement on the CO roles. I was speaking to recruitment y'day & they r waiting on the go ahead from senior management. They said hopefully there will be some movement in the New Year. They also told me that when the roles become available they will start back at no 1 on the merit list & everyone who applied for CO will get a chance at the role, regardless of whether they are already in a PCO role or not. PCO's who get offered the job will be eligible to transfer over to CO. If this makes sense lol

Thanks for the info holly. That's not good news for me if alot of pcos transfer over then they may not reach me on the list as I only ticked co and thot I wud b bumped up the list once pcos got positions. Surely this may mean having to go back and get more pcos if the current ones change their mind. Theyl b going back on themselves!!!

HighburyLad

So even those who have taken the PCO roles and are maybe only out of Millisle get a chance at the custody officer role? wonderful, lol, so those that just ticked custody officer could be screwed? pardon the pun, saying that I do hope many will decline for both roles because of the wait, they may have moved on, but if I had known all this I would've ticked both, I don't understand why it wasn't advertised, saying that I am only interested in the custody officer role, my fear is placing high enough on the merit list was in vain

holly1984

HighburyLad wrote: »

So even those who have taken the PCO roles and are maybe only out of Millisle get a chance at the custody officer role? wonderful, lol, so those that just ticked custody officer could be screwed? pardon the pun, saying that I do hope many will decline for both roles because of the wait, they may have moved on, but if I had known all this I would've ticked both, I don't understand why it wasn't advertised, saying that I am only interested in the custody officer role, my fear is placing high enough on the merit list was in vain

Yeah I think they really should have made people aware the way it would go but they say PCOs were filled first because they were needed urgently. Although I do think its fair that everyone who has shown an interest in the CO role gets a chance based on your merit number. There will be a lot of people high in the merit list who may have failed medicals, lost interest or be happy enough in the PCO role so hopefully the numbers will be narrowed down a bit