Apprentice - Public Service Operational Delivery Officer
Role Responsibility
Apprentice - Public Service Operational Delivery Officer
Fixed Term for 2 years
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Care Leaver to undertake a Public Services Delivery Office Apprenticeship Level 3 working for our Care Leavers 18+ Service within Integrated Children’s Services. The role is based at Thistley Hill in Dover.
A Kent County Council Apprenticeship will give you the opportunity to earn a real salary and gain a real qualification whilst gaining valuable workplace skills and experience.
The 18+ Leaving Care Service provides support for Care Leavers aged 18-25yrs, supporting them with their: Education, Training, Employment; accessing accommodation having financial stability, and emotional well-being as they move into adulthood.
As part of the 18 + Team you would work with staff members within the team and external providers to help and develop projects and initiatives with accommodation, education, employment and training, social media whilst promoting the voice of the care leaver.
We are looking for:
- a caring individual with good communication skills
- someone who enjoys interacting with young people while being a good role model
- someone who is motivated and keen to learn
If you would like to be part of a busy team helping to support 18+ Care Leavers in Kent, then this could be the position for you.
Our Offer:
- A starting salary of £14,952 per annum during the probation period. Upon completion of the probation period, salary would be £21,293 per annum.
- Option to enrol in the Local Government Pension scheme when applicable
- 27 days paid annual leave per year
- Flexible working to support your work life balance
- Staff discounts on a range of leisure products and services through our Kent Rewards programme
- Access to a range of KCC staff groups providing support and development opportunities to staff across our diverse workforce
- On the job training and regular supervision with your line manager
- A bursary for Care Leavers aged under 25yrs accessing an apprenticeship to help with programme related costs (post would need to meet eligibility criteria)
The post would work from the 18+ Leaving Care office based in Dover.
Closing date for applications – end of day 10th March 2024
Interview date – 18th March – Thistley Hill offices, Dover.
For Kent Care Leavers currently open to the 18+ Care Leaver Service, your Personal Adviser can carry out a needs assessment with you to see if there is additional support the service can offer you during your apprenticeship, e.g. travel costs.
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.
This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Contact Details
Want to know more about the role? Please don’t hesitate to contact Sara.luff@kent.gov.uk. If you’d like to visit the office to meet some of the team, that can also be arranged.
About the Company
KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.
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.
Job Description & Person Specification
