Recruit Prison Officer 2020

Anyone receive invitation for the PCT or medical report after submitting their recent security clearance application?

Nothing yet as only submitted my security clearance last Friday but hoping we will receive some update from HR in IPS soon.

Mac554 wrote: »

Anyone know what to expect with the role play

The Role Play Exercise- did that not conclude about 2 or 3 months ago?

Hi, just a quick question on qualifications.. I wouldn't have done the best in LC, but over the years have completed level 5 and 6 qualifications. Should this suffice or am I wasting my time?

NeillOJane wrote: »

Hey guys, just signed up to boards today to find a few in the same boat as myself, I’m through to stage 3 OOM is terrible I’m like 509 😂 what did you guys place?

Which part of stage three interview or roleplay?

Is their any sign yet of a new recruiment starting soon for new prision officers just matter of waiting just wanna no so l can study the pratice exams on career services 3rd time applying next time around starting to give up hope l am trying to get in that this point

Dean it has all changed since covid so not sure how relevant career services will be. There was a role play exercise on zoom this year. The interview was on zoom. There was also a written exercise on some other online platform. They only thing that was regular was the Tests up in Dublin( english comprehension and mathematics)...

If you dont know why a prison officer needs to be good at maths you definitly should not be one.

Just hoping it won't be long for new recruitment to start back up again looking foward to applying again for the 3rd time trying and get back to studying practices tests on career services

Dean2020 wrote: »

am failing the maths l am dont see why maths are in his exams dont see why would ya need maths in the prision serivce really dont to become a prision officer

Numeracy skills would be somewhat important within a prison environment, But do not dwell too much on it, some practice and you are going to be grand, This is coming from someone that did alright in the test with very little numeracy skills .
Try to ignore the negative comments and focus on the positive ones, The prison service will be recruiting again, and within the next year so get ready now and best of luck.

Hemmingsway wrote: »

if you can count I think you will be fine . For me it was the timer that puts the extra pressure on you when doing the numerical test, but the more I practiced the quicker I solved each question.

For me, it was all down to the percentages I had a 25% chance of getting the question right, that day I was lucky

Dean2020 wrote: »

Thank u very much to some people nó need for the negative comments am sure they wouldn't be like that in a prison environment being cheeky and acting the hard manðŸ˜get ready for the next one l will l be well Pepered

Dean, you say you've gone for the job a few times and haven't got it. What have you done to improve yourself in the meantime?

I don't know if you have something along the lines of dyslexia but your spelling and grammar is atrocious. If it's not a recognised condition I would suggest enrolling in an adult learning course for writing and a basic maths course. You won't need a huge amount of maths but you'll have to be able to keep track of where prisoners are if they aren't in cell during breaks (44 cell + 8 kitchen +2 mess + 1 tuckshop = 55) etc. You'll also be required to write legible breakfast, dinner and teaguard reports as well as the occasional halfsheet.

Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results and all that.

Good luck going for the job either way.

Dean2020 wrote: »

Being honest l have done noting that the meantime since failed stage 2 their few months in assignment centre after Christmas l am looking to do a few classes l am on maths and English to improve myself for the next campaign.

Good idea. It can only help when going for the prison service again. I'd suggest contacting your local Education and Training Board as they run free adult literacy classes. It could be the difference you need to get the job. Follow the link to find details for your local office and best of luck.


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Steyr 556 wrote: »

Does anyone know which documents are needed for Stage 4? I can't lay my hands on the docs they gave me at Stage 2, poor form I know. Was it long form birth cert, passport, secondary/third level documentation? Do I need a police cert done for them or do they sort out that themselves with background check?

Ther should be a list of required documents in your public jobs message board cos that's how they sent them to us I'm sure

Hi Folks, just wondering if anyone from the 2020 competition irrespective of OOM has got there security clearance back at this point?

You sent you clearance away in late october and had it back in December ? 🤔

In light of the current ongoing national Covid-19 restrictions that involve working remotely from home I would find it hard to believe that anyone has received back security clearance at this point..

Dionrix15 wrote: »

Ive been told by a guard the security clearance should only take a maximum of 2 months so if its taking any longer he advised just to ring the guard station your clearance has went to and ask for an update, My uncle is 3 years in the Prison service now and he was waiting 2 months for his clearance forms back and he rang his local Garda station to see why it was taking so long and they said no one had got around to checking it.

Isn’t that Garda vetting? The security clearance and the Garda vetting are completely separate according to the IPS person I emailed.

Yes they are completely separate , Did anyone get clearance recently or a start date ?