Rating

8.6/10
  • 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
  • CPS- paralegal officer. give charging decisions, review evidence, chase police for evidence, serve papers on defence and court, sort witnesses, warn witnesses, cover case at court, cover sentence hearing.

    10/10

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
  • HNC and NVQ level 5, police training, CPS training, management experience

    10/10

  • 3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
  • Love the team, love the work, I thoroughly enjoyed the apprenticeship and felt supported at all times.

    9/10

  • 4. How valued do you feel by Crown Prosecution Service?
  • extremely! I have recently won a country wide staff award and was nominated by my colleagues and my manager which makes me feel extremely valued.

    10/10

  • 5. How well organised/structured is your programme?
  • induction was good, programme was well organised to say it was the first year of the apprenticeship

    9/10

  • 6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?
  • lots of support from tutors, line manager allowed me as much time is I required to complete the assignments.

    9/10

  • 6b. How much support do you receive from your employer?
  • an immense amount- manager was always allowing me days to work on my assignments.

    10/10

  • 7. How well does your salary/package meet your costs?
  • for the importance of the job and how it changes peoples lives we should be paid more.

    7/10

  • 8. Are there many opportunities outside of work?
  • no, the CPS is civil service therefore there are no opportunities to do events or clubs.

    3/10

  • 9. Would you recommend Crown Prosecution Service to a friend?
  • Yes


  • 9b. Why?
  • I am serving my country and making sure that criminals are prosecuted properly.


  • 10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Crown Prosecution Service?
  • Do not worry about the assessment interviews, just be yourself and try your best!


Details

Degree Apprenticeship

Legal/Law

Yorkshire & The Humber

March 2017


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