At a Glance
- Tasks: Become a full-time police officer while earning a degree in Professional Policing Practice.
- Company: Join West Mercia Police and make a difference in your community.
- Benefits: Paid degree, hands-on experience, and dedicated support throughout your training.
- Other info: Exciting career paths await after graduation, including detective and specialist roles.
- Why this job: Gain valuable skills, specialise in areas like investigations or community policing, and serve your community.
- Qualifications: No prior experience needed; just a passion for helping others and a commitment to learning.
The predicted salary is between 22950 - 28050 £ per year.
Work as a full time police officer and gain a recognised degree. As a Police Constable Degree Apprentice, you’ll be working as a full time police officer, whilst learning crucial skills and practices to become a fully qualified Police Officer. You'll also gain a paid‑for, degree level qualification in Professional Policing Practice from our partner University.
As an apprentice police officer your learning will take place over 3‑years and will include classroom based learning, coupled with online digital learning, together with practical experience that you will gain working as a police officer on shifts within the policing teams in either Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford or Worcestershire.
You will join your new colleagues at a local police station to respond to incidents, investigate crime, take part in community engagement and help problem solve some of the biggest challenges our communities face.
We will support you throughout your learning. You will be provided with a dedicated Tutor Constable, who will be your first point of contact, along with your fellow policing colleagues and your line manager who will guide and advise you during your training.
In the final year of your course, you will have the opportunity to specialise in either Advanced Response, Roads Policing and Communities, to work directly within the communities we serve as a frontline Police Officer or in Advanced Investigations, Intelligence and Information if you are looking to become a Detective.
At the end of your final year you will have achieved a Level 6 (degree level) qualification in Professional Policing Practice and you can set out on a career path that could see you specialise as a detective, firearms officer, dog handler, work in traffic or be the trusted, familiar face of West Mercia Police in the community.
This recruitment campaign is aimed at filling our PCDA intakes during the 2027/28 financial year - you could be eligible for earlier intakes but to manage your expectations and due to our current pipeline these dates are the most likely start dates.
Police Officer - PCDA Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship in Telford employer: West Mercia Police
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