Police Community Support Officer Surrey
Job description
We’re hiring more Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) and we want you to join us.
As the key link with communities across Surrey, our PCSOs play a critical and visible role in helping keep our communities’ safe, identifying and protecting the most vulnerable and preventing harm.
In return, we promise you a good starting salary, great training experiences - and the pride that comes from helping others. You will also be working towards a professional qualification - a Level 4 Diploma in Community Policing Practice.
The Role
North Division - Spelthorne and Elmbridge
West Division - Guildford, Surrey Heath, Woking and Waverley
Our PCSOs play a vital part in keeping Surrey safe.
Being a PCSO offers a challenging, yet incredibly rewarding career. Working alongside our Safer Neighbourhood Teams to prevent and tackle local issues; you’ll be out and about on the streets of Surrey, building relationships and winning the trust of the public.
You will encounter a range of situations. From dealing with anti-social behaviour, taking statements from victims of crimes to providing reassurance and helping resolve community challenges. You’ll be the face of local policing for the community, ensuring we meet our policing priorities. Some of the duties you could find yourself doing include:
- Conducting high visability patrols on foot, pedal cycle and cars.
- Reassuring the public after minor crimes or anti-social behaviour.
- Building relationships with community, religious and business leaders.
- Working with young people and local schools.
- Making house visits to gather intelligence.
- Collecting CCTV evidence.
- Carrying out missing person enquiries.
- Protecting crime scenes until police officers arrive.
- Providing crime prevention and personal safety advice.
- Offering support at large public gatherings, such as sports events and public demonstrations.
While PCSOs do not have powers of arrest and cannot interview or process prisoners, they do have the power for a wide range of situations including issuing fixed penalty notices, requiring contact details and seizing drugs.
By successfully completing the recruitment process, you will join Surrey Police as a PCSO through our 12-month apprenticeship programme. This will give you the best possible training and, upon successful completion, you will achieve a Level 4 Diploma in Community Policing Practice.
Eligibility
As the first point of contact for the community, you’ll need to be a great communicator; calm, confident and compassionate. You’ll need to be able to listen carefully, think through challenges and find solutions. Above all, you’ll simply care about the community and want to do what you can to keep it safe.
It’s a challenging role, but also incredibly rewarding.
If you want to help keep your community safe, then join us now and help make a difference, together.
To apply as a PCSO you must:
Be aged 17 at point of application. You must be 18 before you can start.
Have a full UK manual driving licence, by time of appointment.
Hold a GCSE A*-C (4-9) or Level 2 Functional Skills qualification in English and Maths, at point of application.
You must have lived in the UK for three continuous years immediately prior to application.
Have leave to enter or leave to remain and work in the UK for an indefinite period.
Not have six penalty points or more
Not be a member of the British National Party (BNP) or other relevant organisations
Not have tattoos which could cause offence
Not have served a prison sentence.
What we offer you
Starting salary of £26,109 plus an unsocial hours allowance of £1,675 per annum.*
Fully-funded professional qualification – Level 4 Diploma in Community Policing Practice.
25 days per year annual leave, rising to 29 days depending on your length of service.
A competitive benefits package including pension, flexible benefits, employee assistance programme for advice and counselling, access to discounts / savings /cash-back rewards.
A progressive approach to flexible working, enhanced maternity and paternity leave and potential for a career break (after two years’ service).
Opportunities to join various support networks, staff associations and sports clubs.
- unsocial hours allowance is paid upon successful completion of your training.
Contact Details
For any queries please contact the Recruitment Team at [email protected]
Please note, the job advert may be closed earlier than expected. We expect a high volume of applications so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible.
Additional Information
You will commence employment on a fixed-term contract for the length of your apprenticeship. On successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will be moved to a permanent contract.
In addition to standard vetting requirements, this requires the post-holder to successfully pass biometric vetting. Successful applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment for this role will be required to provide fingerprint and DNA samples by consent. A speculative search against local and national databases will take place prior to appointment and any final offer of employment will be conditional upon the results meeting the required vetting standard. Upon appointment the fingerprint and DNA profile for the post-holder will be added and retained on the respective Police Elimination Database (PEDb), to be used for elimination purposes.
Please note that all vacancies are currently across the North & West of Surrey. We do not anticipate any vacancies in the East. Please know that subject to resource and demand you may not be posted to your preferred location.
The role of PCSO is tenured for 24 months, meaning that you will not be able to start a new position within Force during this time. You may however be able to apply for roles with longer recruitment timeframes e.g. Contact Handler, Police Constable.
Diversity Statement
We are only as good as our people. It's really important that our officers and staff can be themselves in the workplace and we know that as an organisation we'll grow from the variety of thinking, approach and skills that diversity brings; all of which help us deliver a better policing service. We strive to ensure how we deliver our services, provide information and how we recruit is open and accessible to all.
We have multiple staff support groups who help to improve our understanding of minority issues and ensure they are reflected in our work. We are proud members of the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index and Disability Confident, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and aligned with the Armed Forces Covenant and the HeForShe movement.
We value the differences that people bring from all backgrounds and communities. Regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, social status or religious beliefs, we would love to hear from you.
Job Detail
Reference number
SYSX UNFM00202Date posted
01/06/2023Closing date
11/06/2023
