Participation Support Officer

Role Responsibility

The Virtual School Kent Participation Team has a vacancy for a full-time Participation Support Officer within Integrated Children’s Services.

The Participation Team has responsibilities to support and encourage meaningful participation and engagement of children and young people who are in care, young care leavers, or who come under other specified cohorts across Integrated Children’s Services.

This is an exciting role that will have a focus on young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities. The post holder will need to be able to support them to take part in the participatory opportunities that are available to them, as well as supporting the work of the Participation Team ensuring that young people’s views are embedded in Service design and delivery.

 The role will also involve supporting the Participation Team’s Apprentices to ensure that they receive a high level of supervision and guidance to be successful in areas of their job role and apprenticeship qualification.

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.

Contact Details

For further information on this role, please contact:

Sarah Newman 03000 422558

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.