HMYOI Feltham

[FlyingGirl2020]

Hi Everyone.

I was wondering if anyone can give me a brief insight into Feltham...

E.g. How long were you on the waitlist for before being offered a conditional place?
How do you find working there?
Anything else worth knowing!

The reason I ask is because at both my ARC and fitness when I was asked where I'd applied for, I would always get a negative response when I said Feltham. Of course, I am very much aware that everyone has different experiences and views!

I can't seem to find much on this site about Feltham life so I thought it would be worth an ask!

Thanks very much

[girlisace]

Hey

I was in the same position as you. Really, really wanted to work there as a youth justice worker as I thought the role looked great but I started doing digging and in the 2019/2020 reports Feltham is marked as 1 / of serious concern. It could be different now. YOI also are notoriously violent so that could be another reason you’re getting those type of responses.

Sorry I can’t help first hand just thought it was worth letting you know that.

[FlyingGirl2020]

Hey.

Thank you for your response. That's very interesting to know. Where did you find these reports?

[girlisace]

Here you go

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... lletin.pdf

[FlyingGirl2020]

Thanks very much. I shall have a read!

[JCOX4]

When were feltham recruiting? I’ve been keeping an eye on them and checking once or twice a week and it just keeps saying no vacancy’s for YJW..
J

[FlyingGirl2020]

I applied November I think? They were recruiting for about a month. They seem to have closed apps now through

[JCOX4]

Feltham are now recruiting for a YJW for the 15-18 year old estate.. Better money than a prison officer at 33.5k a year once you sign up to a 41hr contract.
Very tempted to apply and begin the process again but it’s an hour travel each way, which in turn means more fuel.. hmmm...

[Bearguy]

Oh man JCOX......good wages like pal, I think you will have to earn every penny like !!

[JCOX4]

Oh yes. I have read up a lot on yois and am under no impression they are a challenge.
I love the idea of working in a prison and helping people through a crappy time in there life (albeit self inflicted) but the idea of helping youngsters while they can still make a change to there lives appeals to me even more and I would absolutely love it.. Bloody distance.. don’t know if I would be still better off waiting a few years when my kids are all older and I can give the job 100% of my attention and not worrying about school runs, etc etc
J

[Luissuper02]

I've applied for it but it's merit based, I messed up the documents during my online assessment so I had to upload again. They sent me an email that said I had "successfully completed but we need an upload of a document to continue to the next phase" , I don't know if that means I just completed or if that's a pass. Any thoughts?