Course Catalogue

Justice Studies

This module will critically review the key principles of leadership in and the identification of the appropriate leadership skills needed by police constable. Apprentices will assess police leadership models against comparable organisations (public and private), identifying the advantages and disadvantages of each model of leadership, according to circumstance. Apprentices will be explore their own leadership style, identifying how to critically develop leadership strategies that can be used to manage situations and reflect changing circumstances. This module will investigate the skills required to deliver coaching and mentoring support.

 

This module will also require you to recognise and critically evaluate the overall strategic context of policing and relevant national policing strategies. You will investigate the current practice of "professionalising the police service" and examine the role played by the College of Policing in attempting to professionalise policing. The module will explore the uses of social media as a means of informing and engaging with the community and promoting policing initiatives.

Outline Syllabus:
Leadership models. Developing one’s own leadership style. Developing leadership strategies. Coaching and mentoring. Work based assessment. Quality assurance and standardisation within the coaching and mentoring processes.

 

Strategic Policing. The professionalisation of the police service. Social media, the Police and the Community. The role of the Police press office/corporate communications. Effective engagement with the media

Module Overview:
This module will critically review the key principles of leadership in and the identification of the appropriate leadership skills needed by police constable. You will assess police leadership models against comparable organisations (public and private), identifying the advantages and disadvantages of each model of leadership according to circumstance. You will also explore your own leadership style, identifying how to critically develop leadership strategies that can be used to manage situations and reflect changing circumstances.

Additional Information:
Lectures and other activities will provide the students with information to then enable them to practically apply the knowledge acquired, within the tasks and experiences incorporated into the workshops. Discussions and activities such as reviewing the key principles of leadership in relation to policing and identify appropriate leadership skills needed by police constable. Sessions will lead to private study and workplace investigation of the skills required to deliver coaching and mentoring support.

All assessed components on this module must be successfully passed for credit to be released.

The following Knowledge, Skills and Behaviour will be demonstrated during this module:

Knowledge

• The ethics and values of professional policing, including: duty of care, service delivery, employment practice, efficiency, effectiveness and value for money, Code of Ethics, professional standards, and equality, diversity and human rights.
• Applicable aspects of Authorised Professional Practice (the official source of policing professional practice), legal and organisational requirements relating to the operational policing context (response, community, intelligence, investigation and roads/transport).
• Effectively respond to incidents, preserving scenes and evidence when necessary.

Skills:

• Apply Authorised Professional Practice and any local policy applicable to the operational policing context.
• Communicate effectively, in accordance with the varied needs of differing situations, individuals, groups and communities. Use own communication skills to manage planned and uncertain situations, and to persuade / lead others as needed.
• Gather, handle and accurately analyse information and intelligence from a variety of sources to support law enforcement and to maximise policing effectiveness.
• Manage dynamic conflict situations in policing through leadership, and by dealing with a wide range of behaviours and incidents, taking personal accountability for the use of proportionate and justifiable responses and actions.
• Provide an initial, autonomous and ongoing response to incidents, which can be complex, confrontational and life- threatening, to bring about the best possible outcomes. Provide an initial, autonomous response to crime scenes, where encountered, that require the management and preservation of evidence and exhibits.
• Provide leadership to protect the public, and empathetic and appropriate support to victims, witnesses and vulnerable people.
• Assess risk and threats across increasingly complex policing contexts, to take decisions and evaluate initiatives and their outcomes, including the impact of differing actions and methods, in accordance with the policing national decision- making model and evidence-based principles. Take account of the best available evidence from a wide array of sources, including research & analysis, when making decisions. Apply justified discretion when appropriate and it is in the public interest to do so.
• Plan, apply and evaluate different policing approaches alongside partner organisations or as part of a multi-disciplinary team to address identified, often complex, issues, concerns and situations to reduce and prevent crime in communities. Provide supportive leadership to community groups, making informed decisions that encourage the delivery of localised strategies.

Behaviour:

• Taking accountability - Being accountable and taking ownership for own role and responsibilities, whilst being effective and willing to take appropriate, justifiable risks.
• Professional Integrity - Maintain the highest standards of professionalism and trustworthiness, making sure that values, moral codes and ethical standards are always upheld, including challenging others where appropriate.
• Emotionally astute - Understand and effectively manage own emotions in stressful situations, understanding motivations and underlying reasons for own behaviour and that of others, including colleagues. Value diversity and difference in approaches to work, thinking and background, and treat people with sensitivity, compassion and warmth.
• Curious and Innovative - Have an inquisitive and outward-looking nature, searching for new information to understand alternative sources of best practice and implement creative working methods. Committed to reflecting on how own role is undertaken, learning from success and mistakes, to continuously review and adapt approach.
• Supportive and inspirational leading - Role model the police service’s values in day-to-day activities, providing inspiration and clarity to colleagues and stakeholders. Consider how the wider organisation and others are impacted, and help others to deliver their objectives effectively.