Senior Courts Officer

Role Responsibility

An exciting opportunity has emerged to recruit a Senior Courts Officer on a permanent, full-time basis to join the Kent PRU & Attendance Service (KPAS) Courts Team.

The KPAS Courts Team provide advice to attendance and inclusion practitioners, schools and partner agencies on school attendance matters. The team are responsible for the Council’s statutory duties in relation to unsatisfactory school attendance. 

The core objective for the KPAS is that all children and young people are engaged, thrive and achieve their potential through academic and vocational education through regular school attendance.

KPAS sits within the Education & SEND division of Kent County Council’s Children, Young People and Education (CYPE) directorate. KPAS works with a wide range of schools and practitioners within and external to KCC with the core aim of reducing levels of persistent and severe absence, suspension and permanent exclusion experienced by pupils across the county.

As a Senior Courts Officer you will review cases in line with the Code for Crown Prosecutors, present cases on behalf of Kent County Council at Court and deal with enquiries from colleagues in our service and partner agencies.

This post is subject to a Basic 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, please contact:

Alison Taylor -

alison.taylor2@kent.gov.uk

03000 410646

About the Company

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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, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.