Business Support Officer- Children and Young Disability Team

Business Support Officer – Children and Young People Disability Team

Are you passionate about making a difference for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)? We are looking for a Business Support Officer to join our Children and Young People with Disabilities Team and Childrens Occupational Therapy Team, working closely with our Designated Social Care Officer (DSCO) to drive forward the SEND Improvement Plan. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting services that improve outcomes for children and families.

You will provide high-quality administrative and business support, ensuring that processes run smoothly and that our teams can focus on delivering exceptional care.

• Work collaboratively with social work and occupational therapy teams to support the delivery of the SEND Improvement Plan.
• Provide efficient administrative support, including managing data, coordinating meetings and presentations.
• Assist the Designated Social Care Officer in implementing improvements and tracking progress against key priorities.
• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements and maintain accurate records to support service performance.

• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work to deadlines.
• Experience in business support or administration within a social care or education setting (desirable).
• A commitment to improving services for children and young people with disabilities.

You’ll be part of a dedicated team working to make a real difference in the lives of children and families.

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Generous local government pension scheme package
• Access to wider training and development qualifications
• Flexible working scheme
• Travel plan discounts
• Access to CAREFIRST advice & counselling service
• Employee discount scheme for national and local retailers

Career Progression Frameworks (CPF) have been introduced for all roles at Medway Council. These frameworks provide a mechanism for employees to take ownership of their development within their post and be rewarded accordingly. This means that the salary you will be offered will be at level A unless, based on an assessment against the CPF criteria, you demonstrate that you are meeting the criteria of level B or

C. There will be further opportunity once in post to progress from level A to B, and B to

C.

When writing your application, it is important to ensure you identify your suitability against the requirements of the job profile, as this information will be used for shortlisting and may contribute to the CPF assessment. Your application may be rejected if the minimum required criteria is not met.

The person specification of a job profile is split into three levels:
Level A details the essential criteria, Level B details the developed competencies, Level C requires the highest level of competence.

The First Response team are seeking a Business Support Officer to join the team at level

A.

Medway is a unitary authority in the South East of England, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham and more rural areas, including the Hoo Peninsula. Situated in Kent, the area has plenty of green spaces, excellent facilities and easy access to the national motorway and rail networks.

We provide all local Government services for a quarter of a million people, looking after education, environment, social care, housing, planning, business and much more.

• Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile.
• Please note, this post requires work on only a Thursday and Friday each week.

Medway Council is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All appropriately qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted. All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment, will usually be sent out via email. If you require documentation in a different format such as braille or large print, please contact the Resourcing Team on

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.