The Staffordshire Police work experience insights programme is an annual programme aimed at people who live or are educated in the county and are of the eligible age.
Whether they are in education or not, the programme is open to applicants who would be in school (Years 10 /11) or college (post-16 education) or not currently working and are interested in broadening their knowledge of the police service with a view to considering a future career within policing.
It is a week commitment, with an in-person attendance required, held at our Police Headquarters in the month of July. Those accepted onto the programme will need to be dropped off and collected daily from our Police Headquarters in Stafford or use public transport.
The programme will involve several different departments presenting interactive inputs to challenge and engage attendees which will improve their knowledge and understanding of what police do, as well as showing them the different opportunities available and complexities of policing today.
Due to the number of people who may wish to participate, an application form outlining why they want to be part of the programme, and what their interests, passions and achievements are, would need to be completed.
Whilst the force would like to accept all people wishing to take part, places are limited to a small number and as such, a robust selection process will take place to ensure that applicants are selected on the qualities as presented in the application.
We are aware that the one-week programme we offer may fall outside of the usual school or college allocated work experience dates, however contact with a number of schools and colleges across the county showed that the majority of schools would support their students in attending the programme if they wished to apply.
Applications for the 2025 Work Experience Programme are now open. Those applicants who attend a school or college in Staffordshire will receive notification and can request an application form directly from their work experience or careers co-ordinators. Any applicants who are not in education will need to request a link to the application form; please email workexperience@staffordshire.police.uk
We also offer other opportunities that allow you to experience and be involved with policing in Staffordshire, such as our Police cadet scheme, Specials or Police Staff Volunteering roles.