Vacancies

Work Experience

If you are interested in applying for a work experience position with North Wales Police please check their website for information. The recruitment process usually starts late October each year for positions the following summer.

If a work experience position becomes available with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, North Wales Police will facilitate the recruitment on our behalf.

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Volunteering opportunity: Police Dog Welfare Visitors

Dan Price and Andy Dunbobbin, Police and Crime Commissioners for Cheshire and for North Wales, are offering local residents an exciting volunteering opportunity to join the Joint Police Dog Welfare Scheme in Cheshire and North Wales. Police Dog Welfare Visitors check on the welfare of police dogs, particularly in relation to the ‘Five Freedoms’.

In 1997, the death of police dog ‘Acer’ whilst training in Essex, as well as the subsequent prosecution of police officers involved, resulted in an understandable loss of public confidence in relation to police dog training methods. The Police Dog Welfare Scheme aims to restore and maintain public confidence and ensure that the Forces’ training procedures are ethical, humane, transparent and accountable. Police Dog Welfare Visitors observe, comment and report on the conditions in which the working dogs are housed, trained and transported.

In addition, Police Dog Welfare Visitors will be required to:

• Attend programmed training days for police dogs and handlers held at various venues throughout Cheshire and North Wales.
• Inspect the police dog kennels.
• Inspect police vehicles used to transport police dogs to ensure they are fit for purpose.

The police dogs are often the unsung heroes of the policing service, and they perform an absolutely vital role. It’s important that Cheshire Constabulary and North Wales Police are transparent, and the general public has confidence that the dogs are properly cared for and trained well.

It is important we have independent checks and controls in place to ensure good animal welfare standards are robustly maintained. The Commissioners are committed to ensure that police dogs are happy and well cared for.

Although training will be provided to successful applicants, experience or understanding of working with animals and a basic knowledge of animal welfare is desirable.

For additional information about the role of Police Dog Welfare Visitor, please see below a

‘Person Specification’ and ‘Role Description’. Should you require any additional information, please contact the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner by e-mail pcc@cheshire.police.uk or OPCC@northwales.police.uk.

Application Pack

Volunteers in the Police Force

For details of volunteering opportunities with North Wales police click here