Education Programme Wellbeing Coordinator - Maidstone, United Kingdom - Kent County Council

Kent County Council

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Fair Access are recruiting a full time (37 hrs a week) Education Programme Coordinator - Wellbeing, due to expansion of the overall Education Programme tuition service.

The Education Programme is an interim service providing bespoke tuition packages to Children and Young People (CYP) in Key Stages 1-4.

These CYP are without a school place due to exclusions; or will have Special Educational Needs (SEND) and an EHC Plan, who are awaiting a place at a named specialist provision.

The Children & Young People accessing the programme require one to one support in preparation for accessing identified onward education provision.

You will co-ordinate the education wellbeing provision for Children & Young People (CYP) referred to the Education Programme and be the designated expert within the programme for Social and Emotional Wellbeing.

You will oversee the delivery of bespoke packages of education which include content to include strategies that focus on mental health and wellbeing, addressing the barriers that prevent CYP from accessing learning, thus creating a positive pathway back to more formal education

The role includes supervision of a team of Tutors, Wellbeing Support Officers and an Administration Assistant monitoring and reviewing staff performance and ensuring that the needs of the CYP referred to them on the programme are met.

Whilst you will be contractually based in Maidstone, at present, there is the flexibility to complete the role as work from home or from a local KCC building.

Please note this is not a remote working role, the role requires you to travel across the county to fulfil the role responsibilities.

You will require excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to manage challenging situations, and the ability to communicate clearly and successfully both verbally and on written records and reports.

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 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.

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