Staff benefits

Benefits

Cheshire Constabulary is proud to offer an employee benefits package that provides a range of opportunities and options for all.

Just a few of these employee benefits are outlined below:

• Competitive Salary (detail of scale breakdown below).
• Scale 1- 6 from £24,222 to £34,329
• Scale SO1 - SO2 from £35,526 to £42,897
• Scale PO 1/2 – PO 5/6 from £43,920 to £62,418
• Scale SM1 - SM8 from £62,418 to £109,047
• Annual Leave of 24 days paid days increasing to 29 days after five years’ service, plus bank holidays.
• ‘Flexi Hours’ Flexible working, full time, part time, and job share opportunities.
• Training and Development, including mentoring and leadership programmes.
• Blue Light Card provides the opportunity to save online with hundreds of retailers.
• Sports and Social Club Force Gym membership is £5.00 per month. Social Club Lottery (additional £4.48per month) Joining the Lottery as well gives you entry into the weekly lottery draw with a top prize of £600 and four other prizes of £300, £250, £200, £150 and £100.
• Free Car Parking available at most locations – HQ, Custody Suites, Blacon, Macclesfield and Warrington. Other LPU’s do have on-site parking, however spaces are limited.
• EE Discount Either upgrading or seeking a new contract, discounts are available for friends and family too.
• Employee Assistance Programme, services available – Legal Information, Bereavement Support, Medical Information, Online CBT, Family Issues, Housing Concerns, Debt, Information, Stress & Anxiety and many more.
• My Lifestyle Hub – Car Scheme, Cycle to work scheme and high street retail discounts.
• Discounted Gym Memberships available via Workfit redeemable at Brio Leisure Centres.
• On Site Occupational Health Services Wellbeing Zones & Services.
• Staff Pensions - The Local Government Pension Scheme has a range of benefits and employee contribution rates are tiered from 5.5% to 12.5% according to your pensionable pay.
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Career progression Professional training that gives you skills for life.
• Career opportunities available in various locations across the force.
• Additional Allowances If your role requires you to work shifts, you may also be entitled to an additional shift allowance of 12.5%, 15% or 20%, depending on your shift pattern.
• Access to supportive and active staff groups, networks and associations including: Woman in Policing, LGBTQ+ Network, Enable, Multi-cultural network, Encourage Mens network and many more.

Cheshire Constabulary offers a wide range of support options to all employees to assist in managing their working lives.

Optima, is the Constabulary’s healthcare provider, its primary role is to protect and promote the health and wellbeing of employees and is made up of a team of trained clinicians offering a range of occupational health services including; absence management assessments, health surveillance services, pre-placement health assessments, vaccination services and the provision of strategic health advice to the Constabulary.

Vivup is the Constabulary’s independent psychological services provider specialising in mental health counselling. Offering a wide range of specialist psychological services to our Police Officers, Police Staff and Volunteers, the service is easily accessible with 24/7 support available.

As part of the Constabulary’s physical wellbeing support, physiotherapy is a service available to all Police Officers and Police Staff. Advice and support on financial matters, savings, and pensions as part of the financial wellbeing support is also readily accessible.

Working closely with Oscar Kilo the National Police Wellbeing Service, the Constabulary offers a wide range of resources for individuals and policing families including a mental health crisis line, practical toolkits, and a family support hub throughout your career right up to retirement support.

For certain roles you will be required to have obtained a specific level of qualification or have sufficient experience of working in the required field. On your application form you must ensure you list all qualifications you have achieved.

If a role profile states the successful applicant has quite a generic qualification e.g. NVQ level 3 then the qualification can be in any subject from Accountancy to Zoology, but if the role profiled asks for a specific level of qualification e.g. Grade C in English then you must be able to demonstrate you have that specific grade.

If you have not got the required level of qualification, you must ensure that you evidence on your supporting statement that you have the relevant level of experience to be successful in post.

If you do not provide evidence of your qualification and / or level of experience then your application will not meet the minimum eligibility criteria and your application will be withdrawn from the process.

If you are unsure if a qualification you hold is relevant to the role you can check equivalencies on the Register of Regulated Qualifications website.

To work at Cheshire Constabulary, you will also have to uphold the Police Service Statement of Common Values.

For all positions candidates are required to complete an online application form. Applications will then be shortlisted and successful candidates will be invited to attend an interview.

When completing the required supporting statement, please ensure you provide evidence that links in to the Role Profile including the roles and responsibilities, Qualifications and Experience Section.

Interview questions are currently based on the Personal Qualities relevant to the role. The Personal Qualities can be found on the Role Profile attached to the advert.

Those who are successful at interview receive a conditional offer which is subject to successfully passing pre-employment checks which consist of; referencing, medical questionnaire & vetting clearance.

It is strongly advised that candidates do not hand in their notice to their current employer until all pre-employment checks are complete and a final offer is issued. Cheshire Constabulary reserves the right to retract an offer of employment at any stage of the on-boarding process.

Honesty and integrity is at the forefront of everything that we do, therefore you are advised to be open and honest on your application form and at all other stages of the on-boarding process.

For roles in specialised fields, Cheshire Constabulary will provide the training required but background knowledge helps. For example, a Forensic Science degree or studies in science can help if you want to become a Crime Scene Investigator, but you would still need to attend a course set up by the Police.

Once you are employed by Cheshire Constabulary you are able to complete several different E-Learning training packages, and you may have the option to go on various courses relevant to your role.

Cheshire Constabulary is an equal opportunities employer and we want to have a workforce representative of the communities that we police and serve. As an employer, we strive to ensure that all our personnel practices, including recruitment, promotion and development are applied consistently and fairly and that the overriding principle governing selection is merit. We are not fully representative yet and we are addressing this imbalance through a variety of initiatives and by ensuring the conduct and behaviour of our staff is beyond reproach.

Cheshire Constabulary is a Disability Confident Leader. Candidates who have stated that they have a disability and meet all the essential requirements of the role will be automatically invited to the next stage of the recruitment process.