Lead Coordinator KEPS

Role Responsibility

Do you want to be there at the moment it matters and make a massive difference?

We are recruiting two Lead Coordinators into the Kent Enablement and Prevention Service. Be at the cutting edge of a work force that’s changing the lives of children and young people for the better.

This isn’t just a job, this is a chance to make a difference, and you will also be supported with development opportunities. You will hold a recognised qualification in Positive Behavioural Support or equivalent.

Under the direction of the service managers you will coordinate the Family Enablement Workers in the East or West of the County. You will be responsible for the day to day management of the Kent Enablement & Prevention Service (KEPS). To co-ordinate the resources and work collaboratively to ensure the service consistently achieves the identified outcomes in accordance with the Business Plan.

You will also undertake time-limited, outcomes-focused work with Children, Young People and their families and support them to continue to care for their Child or Young person within the family or home. You will promote real, lasting change within families and support Young People as they prepare to become adults and in their early adult life. Working collaboratively with other professionals.

You will be working in a new and innovative service with Children, Young People and their families to:

• Manage an effective team through the Supervision, motivation, recruitment and development of staff, to ensure they are capable of meeting the changing needs of children and young people.
• Ensure effective partnership working to support the identified needs of children, young people and their families within the KEPS procedural framework
• Identify and action any safeguarding and welfare issues in line with KCC policy and procedures to ensure that the child / young person’s rights and freedoms are protected, and that quality and standards of services provided are maintained. 
• Maintain efficient and effective monitoring and control systems in accordance with Financial/Human Resources and Health and Safety Directorate regulations. Provide regular reports as identified by the KEPS Services Manager

• Develop early intervention and implement Positive Behaviour Support strategies to enhance quality of life
• promote and enable intensive and bespoke work to prevent home life and educational breakdown
• promote the development of independence and social skills
• enable delivery of time-limited outcome focused interventions, celebrating successes and equipping children and young people with the tools to meet challenges.
• be being there at key times in the lives of children and young people to make a tangible, positive difference.
• Enable children and young people to better understand their own mental health and wellbeing

You will need to be able to work flexibly, including evening and weekend work, to fit in with families’ availability.

You will receive support and training for the role, so this will give great opportunities for your own development.  This is opportunity to be there at the moment it matters.

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 an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Contact Details

Please contact Patricia Nolze at patricia.nolze@kent.gov.uk

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 and faiths, 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.