SYP - Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) 2025 – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

Role: Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) Salary: £29,907 Hours: 40 per week Be the future of South Yorkshire Police. Being a police constable is not just a job. It’s a career. South Yorkshire Police is recruiting for the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) with projected start dates from November 2025 onwards.

Annual wage: £29,907 a year
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Training course: Police constable (integrated degree) (level 6)
Hours: 24/7/365
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Saturday 1 November
Duration: 3 years
Positions available: 48

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

Study for a degree in Policing

Where you’ll work

Training : Robert Dyson House

Wath Upon Dearne

Rotherham

S63 7EF

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

SHEFFIELD HALLAM 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

Sheffield Hallam University for study
South Yorkshire Police training centre for training

Requirements

Essential qualifications

A Level in:

Any (grade Min 80 UCAS points)

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
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Administrative skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience
Physical fitness

Other requirements

Working shifts, physical fitness, unpleasant conditions, rewarding career

About this company

We are one of the highest performing forces in the country and we have great aspirations to be the very best we can be for our communities. We are a full spectrum force which means we have a wide range of roles including a dog section, mounted section, specialist firearms officers and we serve a diverse mix of 1.4million people across a varied range of settings.

https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Competent Police Officer

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

South Yorkshire Police

Police Recruit

policerecruit@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

01142197000

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000294835.

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Closes on Friday 28 February

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