Police Officer - PCDA Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship

West Mercia Police; Telford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid‑for degree

Training and tutoring

Job summary

West Mercia Police is recruiting a Police Constable Degree Apprentice to serve full-time while earning a professional policing degree.

You will learn through classroom and online study over three years, combined with hands-on policing on shifts in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford or Worcestershire. In year three you may specialise in Advanced Response, Roads Policing, or Investigations, before qualifying as an officer with a Level 6 degree.

Qualifications

• Engage with communities and respond to public questions.
• Strong communication across diverse groups.
• Collaborate with colleagues to solve problems and keep communities safe.

Responsibilities

• Respond to incidents and assist in investigations.
• Investigate crime and gather evidence in line with police procedures.
• Engage with communities to build trust and support crime prevention.
• Develop policing skills through on‑the‑job training and supervised practice.

Skills

Community engagement

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Degree apprenticeship

Job description

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.