Merseyside Police
Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA)
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Student Police Officer – Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA)
Starting Salary: £32,256.00 per annum
Normal working hours: 40 hours per week - working shifts (including nights, evenings and weekends)
Various locations across Merseyside
About a Policing Career in Merseyside Police
From intelligence operator to armed officer, wherever you see yourself specialising, we'll help you find your beat. Police Officers are the face and voice in the community - they’re on the ground, speaking to victims, preventing crime and making a real difference. They come from different walks of life but are united by the same goal – to keep communities safe.
From Liverpool's bright lights to Sefton's sandy beaches, you'll be serving a population of 1.5 million and covering a geographical area of 647 square kilometres. Being a part of Merseyside Police is a unique experience. You won’t just be building better communities; you’ll be building a career that counts.
We want our people to reflect the communities we serve, people who can bring diversity of experience, people who are willing to protect our streets. It’s not always easy, some days will be tougher than others, but the sense of pride makes it worth every second.
About our PCDA Programme
This is an exciting opportunity for individuals of all backgrounds to obtain a degree whilst working and earning a full salary as a Student Police Officer. The programme, which is delivered in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University, lasts for three years and includes classroom delivery, practical application and tutorship. Your time will be varied between on-the-job training and active frontline operational duties, academic modules, course work and exams. Full details about the learning programme can be found here.
If you believe you may need additional educational support then the programme offers access to both classroom based and work-based learning assessments with a view to potentially providing supportive reasonable adjustments to assist you with your learning. Such support depending upon your individual needs, may include (but is not limited to) I.T software (such as Dragon speech recognition or Texthelp read write), coloured screen overlays or additional time for completing assessments.
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The sooner you inform us that you may need such additional support then the quicker we may be able to put such support in place for you. You will be asked to declare any such requirements as part of the recruitment process. For police officer roles such assistance can be made available from the College of Policing Online assessment part of the recruitment process onwards.
Our Recruitment Process
To be eligible to apply for this role, applicants must hold a full manual UK driving licence at the time of application, we are unable to consider applications from candidates who do not meet this criteria.
Our process consists of a number of stages:
- Initial sift – this will be against the criteria outlined on our PCDA page here under “Am I eligible to apply” - please note that you would not be eligible for this route if you already have a degree
- College of Policing National Sift
- College of Policing Online Assessment – details about this can be found here
- In Force interview assessing your values and behaviours aligned to the expected standards of a Police Officer
- Pre-employment checks which include references, fitness test, medical, biometrics and vetting
- Final offer, registration and acceptance into LJMU
We only require evidence of Maths and English Language GCSEs Grade C/4 and above or Functional Skills equivalent for this role. Please ensure you have these certificates ready to upload before applying and do not upload any qualifications that are not relevant. Applicants who do not upload this evidence could be automatically disqualified. If in the event you have any questions, or you have trouble uploading your qualifications / tattoo images, please send them to careers@merseyside.police.uk at the time of application.
If you have been unsuccessful for any Police Officer with Merseyside or any other Home Office force within the past 3 months, you must wait 3 months before applying again and contact careers@merseyside.police.uk for further information
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About our commitment to Inclusion
Building a workforce that represents our communities is important to us. We aim to attract & keep people with the best skills & highest potential. We want to attract a diverse range of individuals into our force who might not have considered a career with us before.
We particularly welcome applications from women and black & ethnic minority candidates.
To help us achieve a workforce that represents our communities, we have a dedicated team working to encourage people from diverse communities to build their career with us. They provide support & guidance throughout the application process to candidates from under-represented groups.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know. We will work with you to ensure you have the support you need.
To find out more about the support on offer from our dedicated Outreach team please click here or contact us at Outreach@merseyside.police.uk
We anticipate a high number of applications for this entry route and may close earlier than the advertised closing date so if you think this is the role for you, apply today!
Join us and you'll be on the ground, preventing crime and making a real difference to people's lives. It's not always easy, it's not always predictable, but the sense of reward and excitement is like nothing else.
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