Volunteer Police Cadet Leader

Volunteering your time as a leader for the VPC is a very rewarding thing to do. It will enable you to develop your skills to inspire young people to become good citizens.

While most of our Leaders come from the policing family, we welcome adults from all walks of life and particularly encourage those without a policing background.

You will undergo vetting to the highest national standards, enabling you to work alongside young people. You will receive training to support you to develop your own knowledge and skillset.

Being a Leader will enable you to have a better understanding of British policing and give you opportunities locally and nationally in support of social action.

There are opportunities to become a Leader no matter how many hours a week/month you are able to volunteer. You do not need any qualifications to become a leader but should demonstrate experience in working with young people.

While Dyfed-Powys Volunteer Police Cadets is part of the national movement, we manage our own risk in relation to the safety of our Cadets and Leaders. We expect all our Police Officers, Police Staff and Police Support Volunteers who support Cadet units, to uphold the highest standards in child safeguarding, protection and supervision. As part of this, all adult volunteers are vetted prior to being able to participate and support Cadet unit activities as well as enhanced DBS checks.

Dyfed-Powys Police follow the national safeguarding framework that has been agreed by the National Police Chiefs' Council and all Chief Constables have signed up to adopting this. It offers a streamlined and consistent approach to the reporting and managing of safeguarding concerns, the recruitment of Leaders, training, organising activities and beyond. This ensures that everyone involved in VPC knows what is expected of them at a local and national level and that confidential reporting and investigation is done in a consistent manner.

We work alongside the National Safeguarding Manager who is responsible for maintaining contact with police forces about this critical responsibility and about the standards and codes of conduct expected at a national level so that we can continue to work towards providing the safest and highest level of standards of youth safeguarding available nationally.

If you or anyone you know has any concerns about the safety of anyone involved in the Volunteer Police Cadets please report it.

If someone is in immediate danger, the police should be contacted on 999.

Alternatively, if there is no immediate danger / threat you can report any concerns you may have about a Cadet or a Cadet Leader by emailing:

• [email protected]
• Volunteer Police Cadets National Safeguarding Manager (office hours only)
• Dyfed Powys Police Cadet Officer (office hours only) 
• Dyfed Powys VPC Safeguarding Officer (office hours only)

Other points of contact:

• NSPCC helpline 08080 800 5000 or e-mail [email protected]
• Childline helpline 0800 1111
• The Independent Office for Police Conduct 0300 020 0096 or [email protected]

Are you a person who wants to inspire and develop young people along with developing your own skills? Dyfed-Powys Police Cadets are seeking Volunteer Cadet Leaders to help young people aged 13-17 years across the force area. If you have evenings and some weekends free and you are a willing and committed person, we would like to hear from you. We are currently looking for Leaders across Dyfed-Powys. Being a Leader is one of the most rewarding things you will do!

Cadet sessions are held at the following locations during term time only. Additional activities may be arranged during school holidays: 

Brecon – Thursday evening 6-8pm                    

Newtown – Wednesday evening 6.30-8.30pm

Carmarthen – Thursday evening 6-8pm

Ammanford – Thursday evening 6–8 pm 

Llanelli – Thursday evening 6-8pm

Pembroke Dock – Wednesday 6.30-8.30pm

You must be at least 18 years old to apply to become a Cadet Leader.

All Volunteer Police Cadet Leaders will be issued with a Leader uniform.

Full details will be provided upon joining.  

You do not need to have a policing background to become a Cadet Leader. We welcome applications from those with non-policing backgrounds.

All leaders, whether from the policing family or outside, are vetted to the appropriate national standards to work with young people. Your vetting will have to be completed prior to you working unsupervised with young people and will include police vetting and DBS checks.

There is no set amount of hours that you need to volunteer. Some of our Leaders are available for a few hours a week, while others volunteer once a month or so. It is dependant on your role as a leader.

Leaders are required to complete all mandatory training in Safeguarding, Health and Safety and Data Protection prior to undertaking Leader duties.

You will be reimbursed for out of pocket expenses you incur.

Dyfed-Powys Police is proud to serve the people who live in, work in and visit the area. We aim to provide a high standard of service which everyone can use and is fair to all. We also provide a service which encourages positive attitudes and removes discrimination.

Visit our Positive Action page

The standards for the VPC are the Safe to Operate Standards, based on standards set by UK Youth. All forces have benchmarked themselves against the standards.