Turn Around and Education

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Kent County Council are Ofsted rated as 'Outstanding'. We are currently recruiting for a Practitioner to join the Turn Around and Education team based in South Kent covering Ashford, Folkestone and Dover areas.

Purpose of the Job:

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.

The post holder is 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).

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Accountable to their Practice Supervisor for their time keeping, development and performance including quality standards of practise and record keeping.

• Responsible for intervention with children and their families, working alongside Adolescent Early Help, to improve the education, training, or employment (ETE) offer and engagement of the identified children.

• Work directly with the children, their families, and providers (including schools) to ensure children have an appropriate offer of ETE, and to provide support which overcomes barriers to re-integration, attendance and/or engagement.

• Responsible for engaging and challenging providers (including schools) to ensure children have an appropriate offer of ETE, and to provide support which overcomes barriers to re-integration, attendance and/or engagement.

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