Police Community Support Officer; PCSO - SY

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.

We really welcome your interest in joining our Police Force. It is a privilege to lead the teams in Surrey Police and Sussex Police who continuously work selflessly and tirelessly in order to keep people in our counties safe.

We are looking for talented and inspirational people who put the needs of the public at the heart of everything that they do and who want to make a difference. If you feel you are that person then we want to hear from you.

We wish you all the very best with your application.

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.
• If you are aged 18 or below you must hold a GCSE A*-C (4-9) or Level 2 Functional Skills qualification in English and Maths. If you are aged 19 or older then you will need to pass an initial skills assessment in English prior to commencing the apprenticeship.
• 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.

For PCSOs the pay and holiday benefits are as follows:

• Starting salary of £29,151 plus an unsocial hours allowance of £1,857 per annum.*
• Fully-funded professional qualification – Level 4 Diploma in Community Policing Practice.
• 25 days per year annual leave, rising to 30 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.

We are only as good as our people. It's 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 the skills that diversity brings; all of which help us to 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 Disability Confident, hold Race Equality Matters Trailblazer status, are a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and are aligned with the Armed Forces Covenant and the He For She  movement.

We are committed to being an anti-racist police service. We promise to challenge injustice, ensure fairness and to uphold anti-racist principles in both our organisation and our communities. For more information, you can read our full anti-racism statement here .

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 belief, we would love to hear from you.

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