Special Constable Transferee Opportunities - Starting from September 2024

Do you want to join a force whose Special Constabulary is integrated and evolving? Do you want a new challenge in a new force? Do you want to be invested in to really make a difference in the community?
If the above questions are a yes, we would love you to come and join us!
We are opening our doors again to give the opportunity to talented Special Constables to transfer across to Cheshire on a streamlined and fast track process. We are looking for hard working Career Specials who want to make a difference across the communities of Cheshire.
We are looking for:

• Special Constableswho are confirmed in rank and have achieved independent patrol status and would like to carry this across to Cheshire Police
• Student Special Constableswho are operational but are not yet independent and would like to move across and continue working on a Personal Development Plan in Cheshire to achieve independent patrol status
• Special Sergeants who would like to transfer across retaining their rank and would be allocated one of nine local policing units: Warrington, Widnes, Runcorn, Northwich, Ellesmere Port, Chester, Macclesfield, Congleton or Crewe
• Rural Crime Special Constableswho would like to transfer across into our integrated and highly skilled Rural Crime Team based out of Macclesfield, Congleton or Dragon Hall (Chester)

What will you get transferring to Cheshire Police Special Constabulary?

• A SC Command Team who are invested in the future success to become the best Special Constabulary in the best Police force in the UK
• Regular continuous professional development (CPD) to ensure your skills are kept fresh, topped up and current
• Basic driving authority with compliant stopping authority as standard once independent patrol status is granted to allow you to truly police with proactivity
• The same kit and equipment as our regular colleagues including personal issued radios and mobile devices
• Access to required technology to be able to confidently and proactively police our communities
• Opportunities to grow and develop whether that is in your role achieving new skills like enhanced search certification, into a rank position to grow and develop others or laterally across to a specialist team like Rural Crime or Roads Crime

What will it look like joining us?
We appreciate you have already gone through a lengthy onboarding process, that's why we have made it simple for you to transfer across to us here at Cheshire Police.
Intake starts:September 2024
Cheshire Constabulary is fully supportive of diversity, equality and inclusion and strives to employ a workforce which is representative of the community it serves.
Applications are welcomed from all underrepresented groups and support will be made available throughout the recruitment process for all applicants. Under-represented groups include:

• People of ethnic minority
• Individuals who identify as having a visible or invisible disability
• Gender in relation to female representation for PC entry routes
• Gender in relation to male representation for Staff entry routes
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender + (LGBT+)

FOR POLICE OFFICER RECRUITMENT ONLY : The Constabulary recognises that some may possess additional skills such as fluency in other languages; if you have such a skill and are willing to be contacted about this potentially being considered in relation to deployment and posting decisions, please highlight this in the application. Please note that any posting decision will be made by the organisation as is its prerogative however in circumstances where there is a cultural-competence/skill that may also enhance the Constabulary's service to its communities then in consultation with an individual and their consent then a posting may be agreed accordingly.
If you have any queries in relation to diversity, equality and inclusion or have a request for any additional support you may need, please email Wellbeing.Engagement.Inclusion@cheshire.police.uk