Summary
Becoming a police officer through this apprenticeship entry route allows you to earn a salary whilst you learn policing skills with West Yorkshire Police and Leeds Trinity University. Few jobs can be more rewarding than that of a Police Officer. You’ll be helping fight crime and protecting the public, making our communities safer and feeling safer.
Wage
£29,907 a year
Starting Salary: £29,907 per annum (increasing to a minimum of £32,427 after 2 years, and £48,231 after 6 years if you remain in the police constable rank, subject to performance).
Training course
Police constable (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours
Your initial 26 week phase of training will take place Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.00pm but there may be occasions where you will be required later or at weekends as part of the timetable.
40 hours a week
Possible start date
Saturday 1 November
Duration
3 years
Positions available
30
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
* Year 1 will include classroom learning at the West Yorkshire Police Learning and Organisational Development Centre and Leeds Trinity University, mentored patrol at district, attachments in areas such as a Neighbourhood Polcing Team, Safeguarding and deployment to Response at district.
* Year 2 consists of a series of university modules and operational deployment to one of our five policing districts, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds or Wakefield where you will work on a Response policing team alongside experienced operational officers. This is the work-based learning aspect of the apprenticeship programme and student officers will submit evidence of competence via an e-portfolio.
* Year 3 will involve a series of university modules as well as deployment in one of three core specialisms:
o Response Policing
o Community Policing eg a Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT)
o Conducting Investigations
* Apprentices will also complete a work-based research project, similar to a dissertation.
Where you’ll work
Forcewide
Districts: Bradford, Calderdale, Leeds, Kirklees and Wakefield
WF1 3QS
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY
Your training course
Police constable (integrated degree) (level 6)
Equal to degree
Course contents
* Apply Authorised Professional Practice and any local policy applicable to the operational policing context.
* Communicate effectively, in accordance with the varied needs of differing situations, individuals, groups and communities. Use own communication skills to manage planned and uncertain situations, and to persuade / lead others as needed.
* Gather, handle and accurately analyse information and intelligence from a variety of sources to support law enforcement and to maximise policing effectiveness.
* Manage dynamic conflict situations in policing through leadership, and by dealing with a wide range of behaviours and incidents, taking personal accountability for the use of proportionate and justifiable responses and actions.
* Manage effective and ethical searches for evidence and information in differing environments. Take responsibility for courses of action required to follow-up on findings (within remit of own role) to maintain the peace and uphold the law.
* Provide an initial, autonomous and ongoing response to incidents, which can be complex, confrontational and life- threatening, to bring about the best possible outcomes. Provide an initial, autonomous response to crime scenes, where encountered, that require the management and preservation of evidence and exhibits.
* Provide leadership to protect the public, and empathetic and appropriate support to victims, witnesses and vulnerable people.
* Manage and conduct effective and efficient priority and high volume investigations. Use initiative to diligently progress investigations, identifying, evaluating and following lines of enquiry to inform the possible initiation of criminal proceedings. Apply an investigative mind-set when decision-making. Present permissible evidence to authorities where required.
* Interview victims, witnesses and suspects (including those who may be non-compliant, or have been intimidated or coerced) effectively, in relation to a range of investigations, some of which may be multi-dimensional.
* Assess risk and threats across increasingly complex policing contexts, to take decisions and evaluate initiatives and their outcomes, including the impact of differing actions and methods, in accordance with the policing national decision- making model and evidence-based principles. Take account of the best available evidence from a wide array of sources, including research & analysis, when making decisions. Apply justified discretion when appropriate and it is in the public interest to do so.
* Use police legal powers to deal with suspects, victims and witnesses across various challenging situations, conducting all actions in a balanced, proportionate and justifiable manner.
* Proactively introduce new ways of working and innovation to police work where appropriate and possible, and apply critical thinking across policing activities within own area of responsibility.
* Plan, apply and evaluate different policing approaches alongside partner organisations or as part of a multi-disciplinary team to address identified, often complex, issues, concerns and situations to reduce and prevent crime in communities. Provide supportive leadership to community groups, making informed decisions that encourage the delivery of localised strategies.
Your training plan
You will complete the initial training phase (26 weeks) of the apprenticeship programme at the West Yorkshire Police Training facilities in Wakefield and Leeds Trinity University’s Student Campus in Horsforth, Leeds. After this time you will then move to work within one of the five operational policing Districts in West Yorkshire, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds or Wakefield. However, throughout the full length of the programme you will spend further periods of study at Leeds Trinity University building on your knowledge and skills.
The first two years of the programme are spent primarily working in a uniform operational role alongside experienced police officers learning and applying core policing skills; and then in the third year of the programme you will have the opportunity to work and study in a different core policing specialism such as Community Policing or Conducting Investigations which requires you to be inquisitive and have a methodical approach to solving problems, the ability to absorb new information quickly, strong personal resilience and good organisational skills.
Upon successful completion of the programme you will be awarded a BA (Hons) Degree in Professional Policing Practice and be a fully operational Police Officer with West Yorkshire Police in your specialist area of policing.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
* English Language (grade A*-C or 9-4)
* Mathematics (grade A*-C or 9-4)
Other in:
* Must be a Level 3 or equivalent. (grade Pass)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Problem solving skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative
* Patience
* Physical fitness
Other requirements
To apply you must: - Be 17 years old or over (you must have reached 18 to be appointed as a student officer). - Have no criminal convictions (minor offences will be considered on an individual basis). - Meet our attendance standard. - Be able to pass the job related fitness test. - Comply with Force tattoo policy. - Pass police vetting checks.