Police Community Support Officer - HC617520

Role Title:  Police Community Support Officer (PCSO)

Location:  Postings are available all across Hampshire

Contract:  Permanent

Hours:  Full time (37hrs per week) on a shift-based pattern

Starting salary:  £24,921 per annum, plus additional shift allowance and weekend enhancement payments of around a further £4800 per annum

Are you looking for an exciting and rewarding career?

As a Police Community Support Officer (PCSO), you will work at the heart of the local communities across Hampshire, providing a visible and accessible presence of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary. It is a role with the potential to send you home every day with a tangible feeling of pride, knowing you have made a real difference to the lives of people in our communities. You will be a key part in crime prevention and community support by building partnerships with residents, schools and other groups.  
 

For more information about the role of PCSO, take a look at our website and our full role profile.

We are currently looking for PCSOs all over Hampshire and start dates for new applicants will be approximately early 2025.

About You

Are you passionate and excited about working closely with members of our community?
 

Do you have excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt your communication style depending on your audience?

Do you have compassion and the ability to empathise with others?

Do you want to play a vital role in keeping our county safe?

If this sounds like you, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Are You Eligible?

Tattoos

If you have any tattoos, particularly any that would be visible while you are wearing uniform (such as on the hands, arms, face or neck), you will be asked to supply photographs of these to the Recruitment team, who will review them in line with our tattoo and standards of dress policy.
 

Qualifications

As our PCSO role is offered as an Apprenticeship, you need to be educated to QCF Level 2 (GCSE at grade A*-C / 9-4 or equivalent) in both English and Mathematics. 
 

• If you have already achieved these qualifications, you will be asked to supply copies of your certificates to us as part of the Recruitment process. If you have international qualifications, we will ask you to obtain a Statement of Comparability from ENIC, which demonstrates your qualifications are equivalent to the required level. 
   

• If you do not yet have these qualifications, you can still apply! If you are then successful in becoming a PCSO, we will support you through your Level 2 Functional Skills qualifications in English and Maths during your first 12 months with us, alongside your PCSO training program.

Our other entry requirements for the PCSO role are: 
 

• Desirable: Full Manual Driving Licence
• Competence in basic office IT skills

Salary and Other Benefits

You will join us on a starting salary of £24,921, together with additional weekend enhancement and shift allowance payments of potentially around £4800 per annum (depending on your shift pattern), which is payable after the initial training period.

Hampshire Constabulary's other benefits are extensive and include:

• Flexible working opportunities
• An attractive contributory pension scheme
• Childcare Voucher and Cycle to Work schemes
• Access to Hampshire Police Leisure and Sport (providing a range of family and sporting activities)
• Gym facilities at a number of our buildings
• Access to retail and hospitality benefits via the Blue Light Card (Welcome to Blue Light Card)
   

We are pleased to confirm that you will obtain a Level 4 diploma in Community Policing Practice within the first 12 Months of your PCSO role.

How to Apply

If you've got the skills and qualities we are looking for as a PCSO, please follow the online application link to apply. Please note that you will not need to attach a CV or Covering letter to your application.

To allow us to promptly review applications and determine eligibility, we ask you to upload your Level 2 qualification certificates (if you have them) and pictures of your tattoos in the "My Documents" section of the application form so that they can be reviewed and approved.  Please note that if we are not able to review these promptly, there may be a delay to your application being processed.

For further guidance on completing our online application form, please see our Candidate Guidance for Completing Application Forms.

Thank you for your interest in working for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary. For further information about this role, or if you have any queries, please contact the Police Recruitment Team on police.recruitment@hampshire.police.uk or on 02380 451611 .