Police Constable Entry Programme (PCEP)

Overview

Join to apply for the Police Constable Entry Programme (PCEP) role at Warwickshire Police.

This is your opportunity to join our new police officer entry route and become a police officer with Warwickshire Police with a starting salary of £31,164. You will also receive yearly increments on the anniversary of your start date.

The new Police Constable entry programme (PCEP) is a 2 year programme where we will give you the opportunity to be employed as an officer from day one. You will be provided with a solid foundation of policing and receive support from our dedicated in-house training team. The team will teach you new policing skills to equip you to begin your journey as a Police officer. As a police officer you will play a vital role ensuring that our communities in Warwickshire are kept safe.

This is for a mid 2026 start date.

Our Police Constable Entry Programme is our new and improved two-year work-based scheme aimed at people who wish to become a Police Constable through a more vocational route with no studying towards a degree. Whilst PCEP does not provide you with a formal qualification once you have completed your 2 year probationary programme, you will be able to consider other police officer roles dependent on your interests and aspirations.

Here at Warwickshire Police we have a strong family ethos, where our friendly teams work closely together to get the job done. You will be treated as a valued member of the team from day one. We look forward to you joining us!

Entry requirements

To apply for the PCEP programme you must meet the below entry requirements :

• It is a necessary requirement that you hold a full UK driver\’s licence for this role.
• Qualifications
  Two A Levels or an equivalent Level 3 or higher qualification as defined by the Education and Skills Act 2008. If you’re not sure if you hold a level 3 qualification, you can find out more by reading what different qualifications mean on the Government website
• an academic or vocational qualification gained outside England and Wales, which is considered by the UK National Recognition Information Centre to be equivalent to a level 3 qualification
• Be currently serving as a PCSO. You must have completed your PCSO probationary period at the time of application and be up to date with all mandatory training
• Be currently serving as a Special Constable. You will have attained independent patrol status and will consistently have completed sixteen hours per month. You will need to be up to date with all mandatory training
• Are currently serving, or have previously served, with the Armed Forces. You will have served for the appropriate minimum term with an exemplary reference
• Be a member of the emergency services or other relevant public-facing experience – for example, paramedics, emergency control room staff or probation officers. We will consider these applications on a case by case basis.

Residency and nationality

• Candidates are required to be UK resident for the last three years. You must be a British, Irish or EEA National, alternatively you must have no restrictions on your right to live and work in the UK.

Please ensure that you upload the copies of your relevant qualification certificates onto your application form.

For more information on the role of an officer and the application process, please visit our website.

Next steps and requirements

We will check over your application form to ensure you meet the minimum eligibility requirements. If eligible to apply, you will be sent an automated invitation email to complete an online National Sift process involving two exercises:

• Situational judgement test (SJT): 15 scenarios, 4 responses per scenario – candidates will rate responses in terms of effectiveness
• Behavioural style questionnaire (BSQ): 80 statements

As this is a nationally led selection process, you will be required to register on the system separately, however it is an extremely short registration process!

You will have 7 days to complete the exercises. These can be completed in any order you prefer, and at any time of day, 24/7, during that time.

Reasonable Adjustments: The national sift is not timed, therefore no reasonable adjustments are required. It is automatically compatible with text to speech software, changes to background colour and coloured overlays.

If you are unsuccessful you will be provided with feedback and will be eligible to re-apply after three months, however, you are only able to complete the national sift twice within a rolling 12 month period.

If successful at the national sift you would then be required to complete an assessment centre, which you would be booked onto and have a week to complete it.

Assessment and CVF

The assessment centre is designed to measure the behaviours and values required for the role of police constable as set out in the Competency and Values Framework (CVF). You can find out more about the CVF from the College of Policing.

For fitness test guidance from the College of Policing, see: Job-related fitness standards – College of Policing

If you are successful at the above stages you will then move to pre-employment checks, which include references, vetting, fitness test and medical.

Please see the College of Policing for more details about CVF and fitness standards.

For any further queries, please contact the recruitment team at recruitmentsupport@warwickshire.police.uk

Good luck with your application!

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