Ideas for alternative job to prison officer

[briangriffin]

My Brother is a prison officer and frankly getting fed up of the tough working conditions, lack of staff, lack of quality staff and demands of the job.

He's got over 10 years experience in the job and on around £29k a year. His GCSE results weren't great but hopes that as he's 16 years beyond them that his life experience and job experience supersedes tests he took over a decade ago.

Any ideas for jobs that pay similar money within 40 minutes of Bristol that he could apply for/look into?

[rog007]

If he's good; promotion within the prison service (may have to study and move prisons)?

Does he wish to be in or out of uniform? Knowing that may elicit some more focused responses from others.

[briangriffin]

rog007 said:

If he's good; promotion within the prison service (may have to study and move prisons)?

Does he wish to be in or out of uniform? Knowing that may elicit some more focused responses from others.

They've restuctured contracts etc so the next 2 promotions available to him aren't worth anything more to him as he'd have to sign new terms and conditions.

He wants out of the prison service as things are only going to get worse, think half the staff there's meant to be running a wing looking after loads of criminals getting spaced out on legal highs, someone had their neck
Slashed in the service recently (thankfully not killed) he's been assaulted too and not a sniff of compo or even sympathy really.

He probably wouldn't mind another uniform as long as it's not somewhere that's in the same state as the prison service

[dave_s13]

Sorry, can't help really but a pal of mine is a prison officer and pretty much at the top of where he can realistically get now. He really doesn't like it.

Sadly, there isn't an easy way to do something else without going back to school or doing some form of training and that means taking a pay cut in the medium term.

I suppose the obvious place that has transferable skills might be the police force but then would that be out of the frying pan into the fire?

What do you do, is it well cool and massively overpaid, give him a job?

[Munter]

I think some police forces now have roles for "custody officers". The idea being the front line officer checks them in and leaves them in the hands of the custody officer to take prints etc. Freeing up the front line officer to go back out on the street and find more donuts quicker. No idea what it pays in comparison though.

[Disastrous]

Could he get some cons to cut him in on a big score on the outside?

Could he set up a black market within the prison or use some contacts to distribute drugs?

[jan8p]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this yet, but..........Police Officer?

[dave_s13]

jan8p said:

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this yet, but..........Police Officer?

Apart from the two post already mentioning the five-oh I'd agree with you entirely.

WOOSH

[briangriffin]

jan8p said:

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this yet, but..........Police Officer?

Pretty sure it's the same score there as prison service in terms of pay and contracts, years ago you'd start on £24kish now it's £19k. New terms and conditions so stter terms and stter pay basically.

I'm in the oil industry, the entry level of my job would pay more than he's on now if I could get him in I would, the only way in these days is apprenticeships tho.

He needs a similar pay grade to what he's on now for obvious mortgage and child obligations. Bristol being a very expensive city to,live in or around.

[Evanivitch]

Probably have to be something with an element of danger money unless he has management skills?

[briangriffin]

Evanivitch said:

Probably have to be something with an element of danger money unless he has management skills?

Managing a couple of hundred grown up toddlers spaced out on legal highs count?

[simoid]

briangriffin said:

Managing a couple of hundred grown up toddlers spaced out on legal highs count?

Depends if you can lock up office subordinates

[Evanivitch]

briangriffin said:

Managing a couple of hundred grown up toddlers spaced out on legal highs count?

Only if you join the infantry.

[jan8p]

dave_s13 said:

Apart from the two post already mentioning the five-oh I'd agree with you entirely.

WOOSH

I'll let you have your post, but Munter's....nah he said custody officer!

[Grumpy old git]

Campus security at either UWE or Bristol uni pays a similar amount, if not more with allowances.

[Defcon5]

Munter said:

I think some police forces now have roles for "custody officers". The idea being the front line officer checks them in and leaves them in the hands of the custody officer to take prints etc. Freeing up the front line officer to go back out on the street and find more donuts quicker. No idea what it pays in comparison though.

This is probably his best option, they will work shifts too so the pay will be decent, although I'd expect it to top out at about 27k. That said there are lots of opportunities in the Police for civilian staff.