Neighbourhood Policing Support Officer

South-Wales-Police; Porthcawl; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & development opportunities

Flexible working

Generous pension schemes

Paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Job summary

South Wales Police in Bridgend and Porthcawl is recruiting a Neighbourhood Support Officer to assist the Neighbourhood Inspector, coordinate tasks and priorities across sector resources and partners, and support community safeguarding.

You will engage with colleagues and partners, organise workloads, respond to concerns, and contribute to prevention and problem solving through public service values. This role offers learning opportunities and flexible working.

Qualifications

• Good organisation skills.
• Competent in targeted communication with colleagues and partner agencies.
• Ability to work in partnership for early intervention and problem solving.
• Belief in public service values.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to the Neighbourhood Inspector and co-ordinate tasks and priorities between sector resources, partner agencies and communities.
• Engage with communities to support prevention and early intervention and ensure effective problem solving.

Skills

Organisation

Communication

Partnership working

Public service ethos

Job description

Level of Welsh language ability required? 2

Shortlisting Date 2 November 2026

Interview Date 9 November 2026

Closing Date

29/10/2026, 15:00

Job Advert Description

Would you like a career like no other? If so… Join Us

South Wales Police brings together thousands of people with the same aim – to keep South Wales safe.

We want to be the best at understanding and responding to our community’s needs. To do this we need the very best candidates from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to become part of our policing family.

We are looking for someone to #JoinUs as a Neighbourhood Support Officer in our Bridgend and Porthcawl Neighbourhood Policing Team. Could you be who we are looking for?

About the team/Department you will be joining:

The Neighbourhood Policing Support Officers are part of the South Wales Police Neighbourhood Policing teams. This role provides support to Sector teams to enable them to fulfil the objectives of the Neighbourhood Policing Strategy.

About the role and your key responsibilities:

The successful candidates will provide support to the Neighbourhood Inspector, to monitor and co-ordinate allocated tasks and priorities between sector police resources, partner agencies and communities on their behalf.

What skills and experience do we need you to bring to the role:

The post requires applicants who can demonstrate good organisation skills, are competent in providing targeted communication and engagement with colleagues and partner agencies at all levels, is able to work in partnership to focus on early intervention, prevention and problem solving against predictable and preventable demand and demonstrates a real belief in public service.

There are numerous benefits to working for South Wales Police, from learning and development opportunities to schemes which aim to improve your lifestyle and wellbeing, as well as generous Local Government Pension Scheme / Police Pension Schemes, paid annual leave, flexible working and family friendly policies and many more

• learning and development opportunities
• schemes which aim to improve your lifestyle and wellbeing
• generous Local Government Pension Scheme / Police Pension Schemes
• paid annual leave
• flexible working
• family friendly policies
• many more

If you would like any more information about the role, please contact Insp Andy Phillips – [e-mail]

We embrace diversity and welcome applications from everyone.