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Interested candidates must register an expression of interest in order to then apply.
Expressions of interest open on the recruitment section of the Cleveland Police website and people who have expressed an interest will be sent a link for the full application.
The Cleveland Police application form will be hosted on our e-recruitment system. Please ensure you complete the application form fully. It is very important that you follow the instructions and submit the form within the required timescales, please note that incomplete forms will not be accepted.
You will receive a notification regarding the outcome of your application and if you are successful you will be invited to attend an Assessment Centre.
It is important to note that the application form is competency based and through this we are looking for qualities you have or may develop to carry out the role.
Your answers will decide whether your application progresses to the next stage.
Please give specific examples of what you SAID or DID on a given occasion so we can see exactly how you behaved.
Remember to:
The PCSO Assessment is an event that will last a number of hours. Please note that you will be responsible for making your own travel arrangements for the day.
Once the assessment event is booked and organised, we will contact you to inform you of the dates. It is important, once the date has been provided, that every effort is made to attend the assessment centres as there is no guarantee of any further dates available.
The PCSO Assessment consists of a number of different exercises.
These exercises are designed to test your ability to think on your feet, make quick decisions based on sound judgement and also measure your basic numeracy and literacy standards.
You will be required to provide identification documents as explained in the PCSO Guidance Document.
If you do not bring these with you, you will not be allowed to progress any further with the application process.
At the assessment event you will also complete your final interview.
The Force has adopted the Competency and Values Framework (CVF), for recruitment and selection and candidates will be scored against the relevant personal qualities for the role:
The final interview will be a series of questions focussing upon:
Our suggestion is to research the STAR approach to recruitment which covers a situation, task, action and result approach.
If you pass the assessment centre you will be put forward for the following checks:
Once you have successfully completed all of the pre-employment checks, you will be allocated a place on a training course and provided with your formal offer.
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