Who Are Volunteers?
All sorts of people volunteer, across a wide age range, with a
variety of different backgrounds, skills and life
experiences. Basically, a Volunteer is a non-uniformed member
of staff who assists at police stations or administrative centres
conducting a variety of roles.
The role of a Volunteer is designed to enhance the work of the
police and provide additional support in the area where the
Volunteer lives or works. This is even more crucial now with the
introduction of Safer Neighbour Teams (SNT). SNTs are about local policing;
police and partners working with the community, to identify and
tackle issues of concern within your neighbourhood.
All Volunteers assist police and staff who are then able to
concentrate on core policing duties. As a result there are more
officers on the streets and improved community support.
Although you will not be paid a salary, your volunteering role
should not leave you out of pocket. You can claim expenses for
travelling to and from your place of duty, meal allowance if you
work more than four hours together.
Invitation to our Volunteers Recognition / Recruitment
Event
We are holding a volunteers
recognition event / recruitment event on Saturday 18
May.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer
for Dorset Police please come along to this event being held in
the Dorchester area between 1pm – 3pm, we would love to meet
you.
There will be information on the many
volunteering vacancies we currently have across the county. The
Volunteers Support Team will be there to answer any questions you
may have, along with some of our current volunteers across the
force you can chat to, to gain a real insight into the roles we
have.
Refreshments will also be available.
We have limited spaces left therefore, please
contact us as soon as possible to reserve your place .
We look forward to hearing from you!
Please contact: 01305-226870 or vol@dorset.pnn.police.uk
Recruitment
For more information on these volunteer roles please contact:
Pam Howe, Volunteers Co-ordinator on 01305-226870 or vol@dorset.pnn.police.uk
Corporate Development Volunteer
Location: Winfrith HQ
Purpose of role: This role will assist
with basic administration duties such as scanning and filing of
Force documents. The Role Description for this role is
available by following this link (48kb PDF) >
Community Messaging Volunteer
Location: Across the County. Please note that
although this is a County wide role, there is an urgent need for a
Boscombe volunteer.
Purpose of role: This role will provide
effective community liaison through use of automated ‘Community
Messaging’, thereby helping Safer Neighbourhood Teams to keep local
people informed. The Role Description for this
role is available by following this link (32kb PDF) >
Vehicle Cleaner
Location: Weymouth Police Station
Purpose of role: This role will provide
assistance to Officers by assisting with the cleaning and checking
of Police vehicles. The Police vehicles will be cleaned to a high
professional standard, as the vehicles will be in the public
eye. The Role Description for this
role is available by following this link (36kb PDF)
>
Vehicle Cleaner (Two vacancies)
Location: Ferndown
Purpose of role: This role will provide
assistance to Officers by assisting with the cleaning and checking
of Police vehicles. The Police vehicles will be cleaned to a high
professional standard, as the vehicles will be in the public
eye. The Role Description for this
role is available by following this link (36kb PDF)
>
Stop That Thief Volunteer
Location: North Dorset
Purpose of role: To support Stop That Thief
Initiative – Initially in North Dorset but then other volunteers
required across all rural sections. The Role Description for this role
is available by following this link (32kb PDF) >
Vehicle Cleaner
Location: Wareham
Purpose of role: This role will provide
assistance to Officers by assisting with the cleaning and checking
of Police vehicles. The Police vehicles will be cleaned to a high
professional standard, as the vehicles will be in the public
eye. The Role Description for this
role is available by following this link (36kb PDF)
>
Victim Bureau - Volunteer Support Officer - (Multiple
vacancies)
Location: Across the County
Purpose of role: This role will provide support
to Dorset Police by undertaking victim updates to:
- Victims of Crime
- Victims of Personal Anti-Social Behaviour
This role will support victim bureau operators in updating
victims through their preferred method of contact e.g. telephone,
letter, e-mail etc. As well as providing updates, volunteers will
sign post vulnerable victims and those of greatest need to support
functions both within and outside Dorset Police. Keeping people
informed is key to maintaining and enhancing people’s trust and
confidence in Dorset Police. The aim is to be part of multi-agency
hub providing timely and accurate updates through someone’s journey
through the Criminal Justice process. The Role Description for this role is
available by following this link (40kb PDF) >
Watch Scheme (Promotion and Co-ordination) Volunteer -
(Multiple vacancies)
Location: Across the county. Please note that
although this is a County wide role, there is an urgent need for a
Boscombe volunteer.
Purpose of role: This role would provide
support to the Development Officer in the expansion of watch
schemes across the Force. The Role Description for this
role is available by following this link (32kb PDF)
>
Farm Safe Tour Guide - (Multiple vacancies)
Location: Kingston Maurward
Purpose of role: This role will be as a tour
guide for crime prevention tours of a working farm based at
Kingston Maurward, Dorchester. The Role Description for this role is
available by following this link (40kb PDF) >
Duties Management Team Volunteer x 2
Location: Police Headquarters, Winfrith
Purpose of role: The Duties
Management Team provides an efficient and effective management of
daily resources and supports force operations and events including
planning, training and allocations of appropriately skilled
officers where required. This role will assist with basic
administration duties such as scanning documents and basic data
entry. The Role Description for this role is
available by following this link (40kb PDF) >
Police Vehicle Cleaners x 2
Location: Bournemouth
Purpose of role: This role will provide
assistance to Officers by assisting with the cleaning and checking
of Police vehicles. The Police vehicles will be cleaned to a
high professional standard, as the vehicles will be in the public
eye. The Role Description for this role is
available by following this link (32kb PDF) >
Police Vehicle Cleaners x 2
Location: Poole
Purpose of role: This role will provide
assistance to Officers by assisting with the cleaning and checking
of Police vehicles. The Police vehicles will be cleaned to a
high professional standard, as the vehicles will be in the public
eye. The Role Description for this
role is available by following this link (32kb PDF) >
Youth Justice Volunteer
Location: Verwood Police Station
Purpose of role: To provide administrative
support to the youth justice area of the SSCT; sending out
invite letters, making follow up phone calls for appointments.
Organising RJ
courses for partner agencies including booking venues, creating
delegate packs and organising the training resources. The Role Description for this role
is available by following this link (32kb PDF) >
If you are interested in receiving
further information on any of the above vacancies then you
can:
- Contact the Volunteers’ Support Team
via: Tel
: 01305
226870.
- Contact us - complete our online form and state which
Volunteer role you are interested in.
- In writing, to Volunteers’ Support
Team, FAO: Pam Howe, Community Safety Department, Dorchester Police
Station, Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester, DT1 1QZ.
Download Volunteer Application Pack
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for
Dorset Police Volunteers (30kb PDF) >
Guide to
completeing the Dorset Police Volunteer Application Form (33kb
PDF) >
Dorset
Police Volunteer Application Form (109kb PDF) >
Dorset
Police Volunteer Application Form (1.5MB MS Word .doc) >
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