South Yorkshire Police jobs
Change the story
Do you think differently? Do you want a meaningful career that improves the lives of those around you, a career where no two days are the same?
If so, you may be eligible to join a Police Now award winning two-year national graduate programme. This is a unique opportunity to join the police through one of our Times Top 100 graduate employment schemes, which offer support, mentorship, and personal career development opportunities throughout the two-year programme.
Society needs police officers as diverse as the communities they serve across the South Yorkshire region, to improve the lives of those around them. We need people like you to bring the diversity of your experiences to make a positive and lasting difference in South Yorkshire to communities challenged by crime.
Police detective jobs in South Yorkshire
Question everything, become a detective.
Society is changing. People demand better, for our communities, and from our police service.
You want change: a real way to tackle the problems destroying people’s lives.
You question everything, never accepting things the way they are. Despite barriers, you’re willing to do what it takes to change the world around you.
By becoming a police detective, you can make this happen.
South Yorkshire Police careers
South Yorkshire is a place to find jaw-dropping scenery, cities steeped in industrial heritage and hidden market towns in equal measure. South Yorkshire has something for everyone, and allows you to experience the beauty of rolling hills and landscapes together with vibrant and cosmopolitan towns and cities.
With an array of music, sport, art and culture, a rich history, thriving economy and some of the best schools, colleges and universities, South Yorkshire makes an ideal home for all generations. The region is well serviced by strong transport links, including the M1 linking neighbouring counties Derbyshire and West Yorkshire, while. Sheffield is one of the greenest cities in the UK with the Peak District national park on the doorstep.
South Yorkshire Police work with a diverse range of communities across a population of 1.4 million people in the four borough councils of City of Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley, as well as rural communities and towns. As a neighbourhood police officer you’ll play a central role in building effective, trusted relationships with these communities.
Through our partnership with South Yorkshire Police and neighbouring forces in Yorkshire & The Humber, we have recruited, trained and developed 305 graduates to become neighbourhood police officers on the National Graduate Leadership Programme since 2017.
- Chief Constable: Lauren Poultney
- Headquarters: Carbrook House, Carbrook Hall Road, Sheffield,
- Areas include: Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley
Why join South Yorkshire Police with Police Now?
By joining South Yorkshire Police through Police Now’s national graduate programmes, you’ll benefit from our unique range of support and development features specially designed to develop your career and your impact in policing.
You’ll get a whole host of Police Now benefits unique to our national graduate programmes.
- A Performance Development Coach who’ll work with you over the two year programme on your personal and professional development.
- A Police Now national peer network to learn from and share experiences with.
- Advice from experienced officers through the Police Now alumni network.
- Our specially designed Police Now Academy to give you a unique and intensive preparation for life in-force.
- Our specially developed affinity networks, places to meet and share experiences, insights and support with likeminded people.
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Police Now stood out as different. I felt that through a programme that was so in line with what I connected with; it was the right way to go into policing. I think what sets Police Now apart - and why it is important - is that it really embraces you as an individual. I can honestly say that. It gives you the opportunity to be yourself and then be a police officer.
Since completing the National Graduate Leadership Programme, I have transitioned into a detective role investigating serious and complex crime. Being a detective leaves a lasting impact on people’s lives and there is nothing more rewarding or important than that.
South Yorkshire Police graduate scheme
We are looking for graduates to join South Yorkshire Police through our national graduate programmes.
National Graduate Leadership Programme
National Detective Programme
South Yorkshire Police recruitment
Our focus on diversity and inclusion
South Yorkshire Police are one of the country’s top performing forces and rated the most improved force for the third consecutive year in their HMICFRS inspection, and they have ambitious plans for the future.
To provide the public with the best possible service they need to attract the very best candidates from a broad spectrum of backgrounds and experiences.
Tary Kufa | Trainee Detective Constable
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We are an organisation that welcomes, supports, encourages and values all staff and officers from underrepresented communities.
Good policing is about contact with new ideas, and diversity in people creates diversity of thought. By increasing our own diversity, we are better able to protect and serve all our communities.
We have a number of staff networks and diverse mentors that can be accessed and support you during your career. From social interaction, peer support and personal development, our staff networks and mentors, run by our own staff and officers, bring people together from all our underrepresented communities.
South Yorkshire Police
Are you eligible to apply?
Before you apply, make sure you meet our eligibility criteria with our online guide.
Our criteria for entry to the programme follow national standards for new police officers. Take a look at the full details to make sure you are eligible before applying to South Yorkshire Police.
- Age - You must be over 17 years old at the time of your application.
- Residency - You’ll need to have resided in the UK continuously for the past five years.
- Nationality - You can be of any nationality to apply, providing you have the status of indefinite leave to remain and work in the UK.
- Academic qualifications - You must hold at least one UK Level 3 Qualification in any subject, or an overseas equivalent. You must also have, or be predicted to achieve, a minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree from a university in the UK, or an equivalent from a non-UK university.
- Driving licence - You must hold a full UK manual driving licence by conditional offer (September 2022).
How you apply
You want a career where you can make an impact. Are you prepared to start the application process?
Being prepared is the first step in being successful in your application. Before you apply, make sure to thoroughly read this information and have everything you need to start your journey.
Find out how you apply for South Yorkshire Police and all the steps you’ll go through in becoming a police officer with Police Now.
