Police Community Support Officer

Description:

As a PCSO you will:

• Engage with communities, empowering and encouraging them to become more involved with the policing of their area. As part of this you will represent West Midlands Police at local events, conduct meetings within the community and deliver presentations at schools

• Identify and understand key issues and crimes and work with the public to remove and prevent these

• Understand the diversity and demographics of your community and find ways to engage with harder to reach community members

• Build and maintain community relationships to create trust between the public and the police

• Be able to talk to community members about the issues affecting them

• Maximise opportunities to gather intelligence about harm and criminality through enhanced relationships with the community, partners and colleagues

• Work with partners to deliver agreed objectives

• Deliver an excellent service to the community in which you are based

Essential Criteria:

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal

• Strong decision maker

• Confident in working collaboratively in a team as well as independently

• Ability to remain calm under pressure when dealing with confrontational situations

• Proactive approach to problem solving

• Keen interest in working with the public and local communities

• You must to be ready to undertake a fitness test (Bleep Test) to level 5.4