Curriculum Leader: Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) Reception Centres and Children’s Homes

Role Responsibility

We are currently recruiting for two, exciting new, part-time, roles for a Curriculum Leader to work across KCC teams. Whilst your line management will sit within CLS, your responsibilities will be to support and manage ‘Education Officers’ and the delivery of ESOL across the expanding range of Children’s Homes and Reception Centres across Kent. The Children’s Homes will house young people aged 15-16, and the Reception Centres, young people aged 16-17.

You will work closely with both teams to ensure the young people start to develop language confidence and skills during the short time they are in the centres. The role will also include teaching cover for Education Officer sickness and leave.

Applicants will have management qualifications and/or experience, as well as experience of supporting and driving high quality provision. Experience of working with UASC/asylum seekers/refugees would be beneficial.

Applicants will be flexible and solution-focused, have excellent interpersonal skills, and be both pro-active and innovative.

For further details please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

As part of a hybrid working environment, a significant part of the working week could be spent in different settings across the area, as well as home based.

This role is subject to holding a Full UK Driving Licence – The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.

 Interviews will be held at Canterbury Adult Education centre. 

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

What’s in it for you?

- To work in a friendly environment with professionals who want to make a difference for young people.

- various CPD, learning & development opportunities

- Local Government Pension Scheme

- Kent Rewards Scheme

- Generous annual leave entitlement - 29 days + bank holidays

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.

Contact Details

For further information on this role, please contact:

Lee Busby, 07971 153501 lee.busby@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

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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.