SEND Enquiries Assistant

Role Responsibility

An opportunity has arisen for motivated and committed SEND Enquiries Assistants to join our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) service.

In this newly created role, you will be supporting a team of SEND Enquiries Officers to respond to incoming enquiries into the service from a range of stakeholders including parents, carers, education settings, Integrated Childrens Services (ICS) and other multi agency partners.

You will be responsible for supporting and carrying out a range of administrative tasks including data gathering, coordinating meetings and the gathering, collating, and preparation of the relevant documentation and reports.

You will need to have some experience of working within a public, private or voluntary sector in a customer service or service user facing environment.

This post is considered by Kent County Council 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.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Location will be Kroner House Ashford for the first 3 months and then hybrid working.

Interviews will be held on Friday 20^th January 2023.

Contact Details

For further information on this role please contact sharon.mclaughlin@kent.gov.uk or matthew.bates@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.