Your County - Putting Kent First

Kent 4 star Council

Contacts

Recruitment Line
Invicta House
Maidstone
Kent ME14 1XX

Telephone icon08458 247 904

Email icon recruitment.line @kent.gov.uk

Staff policies

The following policies help to make KCC a great place to work, ensuring that staff are treated equally and fairly and deliver customer-focused, efficient services to the people of Kent.

Strategy for staff

The Strategy for Staff recognises the crucial contribution of every member of our staff, and aims to make KCC a great place to work.

Customer care

Our standards for delivering excellent public services to the people of Kent are set out in our customer care policy.

Recruitment and selection

Our recruitment and selection policy is based on merit and we ensure that our selection criteria is clearly relevant to the job and free from bias.

We aim to recruit a workforce that reflects the diverse community of Kent and our recruitment and selection processes are underpinned by our equality and diversity policy statement.

Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from working for us; it depends on the nature of the job and the circumstances and background of your offences. Read our ex-offenders recruitment policy statement.

Fairness at work

We are committed to fair treatment for all, to improve the quality of services and ensure all employees develop their skills and talent to the full. Our staff are made fully aware of their responsibilities under our equality and diversity policy statement.

We are also positive about disabled people and have been awarded the two ticks symbol by the government's Employment Service.

Health and safety

We take our health and safety responsibilities to staff, customers, residents and visitors seriously. Our general statement of policy on health, safety and welfare at work sets out the management commitment, individual staff responsibilities and outlines the organisational structure and arrangements in place to fulfil health and safety responsibilities.

Work and wellbeing

We are committed to helping keep our staff healthy and happy both at work and in their lives outside of work. Work/life balance is highly valued at KCC, and benefits such as flexible working, career breaks and support to get involved in volunteer work all contribute towards this,

Training and development

Ensuring our staff have the right skills, knowledge and behaviours enables them to provide the best possible service to the people of Kent. Find out more about our commitment to training and development.

Home-based working

We support flexible working patterns that fit both the needs of our services and our staff. A specific agreement exists for home-based working.

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"Our services aren't the same, so neither are our people."

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