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Relief Road Crossing Patrols - various

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Role Responsibility

When submitting your application, please be clear about which school vacancy you would like to be considered.

Kent County Council School Crossing Patrol Service currently has a large team of dedicated community-minded individuals carrying out the important role of ensuring the safety of children on the way to and from school.

However, there sometimes occasions where we need to provide cover where the permanent patrol is unavailable, and we are seeking members of the community who would be available to provide relief cover on these occasions. It will be necessary that you can demonstrate traffic awareness, a sense of responsibility and are keen to show dedication and commitment in carrying out a very important job to make the roads of Kent safer for children.

The working times will be between 30 minutes and 45 minutes both in the morning and afternoon; times dependent on the schools.

A uniform is provided to protect you against the elements. Some basic IT skills and personal email address are required.

Job Purpose:

To ensure the safe passage of school children and other pedestrians who are accompanying them at specific sites, in accordance with the Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1981.

Role Responsibilities:

Safety: To operate the school crossing patrol point in a safe manner, identifying hazards and the risks they present to children, carers, and drivers, maintaining an awareness of traffic movement and speed to stop vehicles safely when required and using control measures to ensure safety of all road users.

Customers: To maintain appropriate relationships with children, to control the movement of groups of children at the crossing point, ensuring their personal safety.

Reliability: Maintain excellent standard of timekeeping to ensure that the crossing point is always covered at the required times.

Information: Report incidents occurring whilst on duty to the Safer Active Journeys Team. Maintain accurate records of working time and absences.

The Relief Road Crossing Patrol will work hours ONLY when the permanent patrol is unavailable across the 38 term-time weeks per year.

The successful applicant will be paid within Kent Scheme Grade KR3, currently pro-rata £11.03/hour for any hours worked in providing cover.

We currently have vacancies for Relief SCPs at the following schools in the County:

Mayfield Girls Grammar School, Gravesend (mornings only)

Birchington Primary School   

Loose Primary School

Sandhurst Primary School

Blean Primary School

Hawkhurst Primary School

St Katharine’s Primary School, Knockholt                  

All positions are required to be filled as soon as possible.

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. 

KCC and all SCP Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young persons. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Interviews will be held online using Microsoft Teams during July/August 2023.

Previous applicants to our SCP vacancies need not apply.

Contact Details

David Weller - Safer Active Journeys SCP Officer

Tel: 03000 422401 (answerphone please leave message)

E-mail: scp@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.

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