Turn Around Education Training and Employment (ETE) Officer

Role Responsibility

Turn Around is a national crime-prevention programme, with a commitment by the Ministry of Justice for funding, initially until the end of March 2025. The programme is aimed at bolstering the holistic Early Help response to children who are at risk of offending and re-offending but have not previously received statutory Youth Justice intervention. The programme requires accurate, timely data returns and evaluation.

In Kent, our approach will enhance the Adolescent Early Help offer to those children who meet the MOJ ‘Turn Around’ criteria. 

Turn Around staff will represent the Local Authority in constructively challenging and supporting ETE providers to progress part time timetables to meet the needs of children so that those children can succeed in ETE, be aspirational for their future, and desist from offending and re-offending.  

You will be responsible for supporting children and families, engaging and motivating parents and carers to encourage their children to engage in suitable education, training and employment (ETE).

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.

Our Offer:

• Generous holiday entitlement of 27 days Annual Leave, plus an extra day at Christmas and 8 bank holidays
• Access to excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Paid sick leave
• Additional leave – including maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave
• National and Local Discounts from a variety of online and high street businesses

Contact Details

Please contact Vicky James - victoria.james@kent.gov.uk for any questions.

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 as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.