Gwent Community Support Officer (July 2020)

Do you care about making a difference in the job you do?   Then becoming a Police Community Support Officer (CSO) could be for you.

CSOs are all about providing that vital link between the community and the police service to help make sure everyone has the support they need. Being a CSO can be challenging but it is also a role that includes variety, meaning and excitement.

You will be supporting frontline policing by undertaking tasks such as stopping speeding outside our schools, reporting vandalism, or reducing anti-social behaviour, your work will make a real difference to the communities of Gwent.

Police Community Support Officers (CSO) act as a key liaison point between local communities and policing. Publicly facing, they provide a visible, accessible and approachable uniformed presence in the community to offer reassurance, defuse situations with threats of conflict, improve confidence and trust, gather information and foster good community relations.

Applicants who do not hold a G.C.S.E in Maths or English ( A to C ) are now able to take the verbal reasoning and calculation test which is currently used for Special Constables and Police Officers in Wales. It is recognised that a lower pass score is required for the recruitment of CSO's only. Therfore the test provider will be provising a cut score analysis of data.

Scale 4 - £20,619 - £22,833

Hours are 8am to 12pm shift pattern operational over 7 days a week.

Shift allowance of either 12.5 % or 14% depending on location and precise working hours. Weekend working time and half for Saturday and Sunday

*Please note that subject to receiving a large volume of applications, we may close the application process early.