Job Description

Employing Force 1

Dorset

Contract Type 1

Permanent

Department 1

Dorset Territorial Policing

Location 1

Blandford Police Station (GD), Bournemouth Police Station (OC), Bournemouth South (OS), Christchurch Police Station (EL), Ferndown Police Station (EH), Gillingham Police Station (EB), North Bournemouth (HE), Poole Police Station (PS), Shaftesbury Police Station (EA), Sturminster Newton Police Station (IH), Verwood Police Station (EV), Wimborne Police Station (EG)

Type of working arrangement 1

Static-Worker

A Static-Worker has little or no opportunity to work remotely as they need to carry out their work at a specific force premises, this could be for a number of reasons including the location of equipment.

Grade 1

Scale D

Advertised Internally / Externally 1

External/Internal

Salary 1

Starts at \xc2\xa324,921 rising by yearly increments to a maximum of \xc2\xa327,351 per annum

Salary Information

The above salary is based on a full time (37 hour) salary. If you are successful in a part time role this will be pro-rata\'d to reflect your working hours.

Please note: Exceptions to starting salary may apply if you are an existing Police Staff employee substantively posted to a role at the same grade.

Does Flexi-Time apply to this role? 1

No

Allowances 1

Shift Allowance

Shift Percentage 1

12.50%

Additional allowance information

For additional information on allowances please see our page

Part/Full Time 1

Full Time

Hours per week 1

37

We welcome applications from individuals wishing to work on a part-time basis and are willing to consider flexible working patterns subject to business need.

Hours per Month 1

37

Published role profile/ job description 1

Job Advert Description 1

The primary role of a PCSO in Dorset is to provide a regular and effective presence to their local community and to prioritise their demands and resources to ensure effective and efficient proportionate delivery of a neighbourhood policing service. They need to prevent, reduce and detect low-level problems within their community whilst also providing high levels of engagement with them. In addition, the role also requires them to:

• Manage the intelligence led identification of community concerns and prompt effective targeted action against those concerns, by the application of the force community engagement policy.
• Ensure joint action and problem solving with communities and other local partners - to improve the local environment and quality of life within communities.
• Ensure a consistent presence of dedicated Neighbourhood Policing Teams (NPTs) capable of working with the community to establish and maintain control - to be visible, accessible, skilled, knowledgeable and familiar to the community.
• Contribute to the policing of neighbourhoods, primarily through highly visible uniformed cycle or foot patrol, with the purpose of engaging and reassuring the public, increasing orderliness in public places and being accessible to communities and partner agencies, through joint working at local level. Thereby supporting the delivery of the strategic aims of ensuring that our communities are \'listened to, understood, informed, protected and safe\'.

PCSOs form an integral part of NPTs across the force and will help deliver the objectives of the team within the framework of the PCSO Deployment Policy, and Neighbourhood Policing role requirement.

Please review the job description document attached to this advert for more information, including but not limited to Responsibilities of the role, Special Conditions and Terms of Appointment.

Following successful completion of the Application forms and Pre-selection tests, Interviews for this role have been planned for the 11th November 2023.

Closing Date

19/10/2023, 12:00

Under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 this post is politically restricted. A politically restricted post prevents an individual from having any active political role either in or outside the workplace and will automatically be disqualified from standing for or holding elected office. They are also restricted from canvassing on behalf of a political party or a person who is or seeks to be a candidate, and speaking to the public at large or publishing any written or artistic work that could give the impression that they are advocating support for a political party. For more information, please visit our or see Alliance PSD20 Working Practice via SharePoint.

For Further Information, Please Contact:

Hiring Line Manager 1

Olivia Halford

Hiring Line Manager Position 1

N/A

Hiring Line Manager Phone Number 1

N/A

Hiring Line Manager Email Address 1

N/A

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