Role Responsibility An exciting opportunity has emerged within the Kent PRU and Attendance Service (KPAS) to recruit a Health Needs Co-ordinator with the drive and motivation to make a difference to the lives of children and young people in Kent. Working in partnership with schools, local authority colleagues, The Rosewood School and external partners, our aim is to ensure that all children and young people are engaged, thrive and achieve their full potential through education. As a Health Needs Co-ordinator you will provide specialist advice and guidance to schools, governing boards, parents, colleagues and multi-agency partners. Your role will be to ensure that the local authority fulfils its duty under Section 19 of the Education Act 1996 to arrange suitable education for children who cannot attend school due to health needs. You will require strong organisational and planning skills, have thorough attention to detail and a secure knowledge of the education legal framework within which Kent County Council operates. It is particularly important to be able to balance providing support with appropriate professional challenge in complex situations. A Full UK driving licence is required for this role. The council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so, whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive, your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability. The successful candidate will be able to travel across the county at various times of day in a timely and flexible manner and, on occasion, outside of core business hours. 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. The closing date for applications is 1 June 2025. 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.