Education Support Officer - Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC)

Role Responsibility

Our vision

Virtual School Kent (VSK) supports children and young people in care to Kent to achieve in education and to be able to go forward to contribute positively to their communities now and in the future. We are a diverse and rapidly developing organisation working across the whole county as one virtual school working with children and young people from the ages of 3 – 18 years. We value their voice in contributing to and shaping our policies and services.

Your opportunity

• To be part of a UASC team who support our young people in care to achieve great things.
• To be part of our virtual school where you can work creatively to help our UASC young people to overcome barriers to make good educational progress
• To bring new ideas to help our young people thrive
• To contribute to a multi-agency partnership working in the best interests of the young people

What we are looking for ?

A person who is:-

• motivated, supportive and has inclusion at the heart of what they do.
• experienced in supporting UASC young people in educational settings - and can bring their knowledge/approaches to working at VSK
• able to work independently and as part of a team
• understanding about safety being paramount for our young people
• flexible and adaptive to the different needs of our young people

   

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

This posts is full-time one year contract and will be based at either at Brook House Whitstable or Worrall House, West Malling. 

A significant part of the working week will be spent in different educational settings across the area so the ability to travel across the area in a timely and flexible manner is essential.

What’s in it for you?

To work in a friendly environment with professionals who want to make a difference for our children and young people in care.

Plenty of training opportunities and a very supportive team

No week is the same at VSK, there is lots of variety!

For further information about VSK, please visit our website.

This post is subject to an Enhanced 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.

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Contact Details

Samantha Perrin on 03000 418388 or Catherine Thompson on 03000 415221

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.