Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Programme Manager

Role Responsibility

This is a full time 18 month fixed term (funding dependent) post for Project Manager for coordinating the Programme for Adverse Childhood Experiences (SPACE MATTERS) in Kent.

An experience of childhood trauma can shape a person for life, we now understand better the neurological and psychological impact that adverse childhood conditions have e.g. having 5 or more childhood traumas give an over 80% likelihood of having an addiction in adulthood. With that in mind we have developed an exciting work programme across a range of partners committed to supporting the workforce in delivering trauma informed care and support, including working with managers and leaders to change the way we do things.

Are you a self-starter, motivated and committed to building trauma informed approaches into how services are designed and delivered? The Public Health team in Kent County Council is looking for a skilled and compassionate coordinator who will facilitate and grow the SPACE Matters network, apply its principles and tools and seek to sustain its work. They will build on the current raft of important work in Kent developing trauma informed approaches and transforming trauma informed organisations. This post aims to work towards to providing additional coordination with a view to the development of a trauma informed system. This will require working within KCC, with health providers, with public and voluntary sector providers and share their learning. It will also crucially ensure that the views and experiences of those with lived experience have a greater influence on the programme of change. This post will develop the current networks that support links to adults and young people’s services. 

Kent operates safer recruitment procedures.

Kent County Council is committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are committed to the Investors in People Standard.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Interview date: week commencing 15th March 2021

Contact Details

Jess Mookherjee, Consultant in Public Health 07787295363 

About the Company

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.