Police Constable

**Have you completed your exams? Are you thinking what’s next?**
**Could you make a positive difference to support the people of Kent?**

There is no cost to you - Kent Police will cover all qualification fees and upon completion you’ll graduate with your diploma and complete your probation period. We will provide you with the best training and support to enhance your existing skills and allow you to be the best you can be.

The most important part of your job will be to protect life, but you'll also build relationships with local communities, prevent and detect crime, support victims and witnesses and keep people safe. No two days will be the same.

Join our brilliant team and make a positive difference to the people of Kent.

**Residency**
- hold a UK passport
- be a British Citizen, member of the EC or other states in the European Economic Area
- live in the UK with indefinite leave to remain in the country with no restrictions if you are a Commonwealth Citizen or foreign national

**Personal requirements**
You **must**:
**Training**
We will provide you with the best training and support to allow you to be the best you can be. Our two-year training programme will provide you with a blend of practical 'on-the-job' experience and classroom-based learning at our training college in Maidstone.

A mentor and detective tutor will be assigned to you to start your specialist training towards detective accreditation.

**Pay and benefits**
The job comes with pay and benefits that you can enjoy from your first day with us. You will also have job stability with varied career progression, leadership pathways and opportunities for promotion. You could work with our dog unit, become a cybercrime specialist, or keep the coastline safe with our Search and Marine Unit. Ultimately, it will be up to you to choose your path and the only limit will be your ambition.

Other benefits available include
- Police pension scheme
- Leave - including paid holiday, maternity, paternity, adoption, and parental leave
- Financial services - including savings, investments, and protection products
- Holiday scheme
- Lottery scheme
- Local and national discounts
- Free gym and sports section

**Shifts**
For your first two years, you will be posted to a Local Policing team where you will be working a 24/7 shift pattern, on a ten-week (five-week rolling) rota.

There are a variety of shift patterns you could be working:
**Early turn**
- 7am to 3pm Sunday to Thursday
- 7am to 5pm Friday and Saturday

**Late turn**
- 12pm to 10pm Monday to Thursday
- 3pm to 1am or 5pm to 3am Friday to Sunday

**Night duty**
- 9pm to 7am Monday to Sunday

**Location**
During the recruitment process you will be asked which area in Kent you would prefer to work in. Your preference will be accommodated where we can, but this may not always be possible, and you could be posted to anywhere in the county.

**Health and fitness**
Policing is not easy. Not only do you need determination and drive, but **you also need to be healthy and have a good level of fitness.**

If you do some form of regular exercise, you should have no issue meeting the physical requirements of the job. You will be required to run a 15-metre track in time with bleeps which get increasingly faster. You need to meet level 5.4 on the bleep test to be successful.

**Tattoos and piercings**
If you have a tattoo, you'll be asked to provide a brief and accurate description and two digital colour photos of each tattoo to show the location of the tattoo **and** another close-up to show the image of the tattoo. Visible tattoos are deemed unacceptable if they could reasonably be interpreted as discriminatory, offensive, or indicative of views which are inconsistent with the College of Policing code of ethics and standards of professional behaviour will exclude you from joining.

If you have a body piercing, we will check to make sure it doesn't breach the standard of professional behaviour or constitute a risk to health and safety.

**Criminal conviction/caution**
Ideally, you shouldn’t have a criminal conviction or cautions record. If you do have one, eligibility will depend on the age and nature of the offence.

**Vetting**
Before anyone joins Kent Police, we need to undertake a series of vetting checks to help identify and assess any identified risks, including criminal record and credit reference checks. To help us do this we ask you to complete a detailed vetting form which asks for details of your family members (parents, partner, children and siblings) and any criminal associates. You must let anyone whose details you have provided know that they will be investigated as part of your pre-employment checks. Legislative constraints mean that we’re unable to disclose the results of enquiries on third parties.

Other information that we will ask you to disclose includes financial information such as outstanding debts and CCJs. We will run a credit reference check on you. Police staff have access t