Career opportunities Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP) Coordinator (11884)

Team:  SEND Team

Job Family:  CBG9 - Supporting

Salary:  £32,441 - £35,107 per annum 

Hours:  37 hours per week

Base Location:  Working from home and any CBC offices, including Priory House, Shefford. You will be expected to attend a CBC office location on a monthly basis, and as needed to carry out your role

Contract Type:  Hybrid - Fixed-Term/Secondment 12 months

Closing Date: 21st April 2024
Interview Date:  TBC

More about the role:

Central Bedfordshire Council would like to offer the opportunity to work as an EHCP Coordinator with the SEND Team within Children’s Services.This includes a fixed term contract offered on an initial 12-month basis. Successful applicants will have proven experience of working within the parameters of the SEND Code of Practice, a working knowledge of SEND Legislation and procedures and a history of working directly with children and young people with SEND. 

Prior experience of working within a Local Authority SEND Team or similar, or as a SENCo/EHCP Coordinator within an educational setting is essential for the EHCP Coordinator role and therefore candidates with proven experience in this area will be prioritised for interview.

About the SEND Team

The SEND team is responsible for carrying out statutory duties and processes linked to Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) for children and young people with SEND aged 0-25. The team works with children, young people, parents and professionals to co-produce education, health and care plans and agreeing provision and educational placement.

Other duties of the team include:

• receipt and decision-making regarding requests for EHC Needs Assessments
• gathering information during the EHC Needs Assessment
• co-ordination and writing of EHCPs
• monitoring of annual reviews (please note: the team's attendance is not a statutory requirement)
• processing of annual review documentation
• consulting with schools and supporting school admissions for pupils with an EHCP
• preparation of cases for our SEND panels  and providing feedback to parents and settings
• case management and work regarding SEN Tribunals (SENDIST)
• providing advice to schools, parents and professionals regarding statutory processes
• facilitation of training regarding statutory processes for professionals and parents

About the EHCP Coordinator Role

The role of the EHCP Coordinator is to coordinate the effective, responsive and legally compliant delivery of new education, health and care plans in accordance with statutory legislation across the 0-25 years cohort. The EHCP Coordinator will be the main point of contact for children/young people and their parents, schools and relevant professionals during the EHC Needs Assessment process.

Main duties of the role include; 

• Coordinating all facets of Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessments, delivering quality on time. 
• Manage a caseload of children and young people undergoing EHC needs assessment. 
•  Main point of contact for parents or carers and young people on their caseload, including professionals supporting needs. 
• Customer care approach to casework, involving young people and their parents in the EHC process, as well as the timely resolution of concerns.
• Lead a multi-disciplinary network of professionals across Education, Health and Care, facilitating the co-production meeting and discussions to ensure a coordinated approach to meeting needs. 
• Analyse and distil professional advice to produce quality EHC Plans. 
• Robust casework and pathway planning to ensure the suitable and efficient use of resources.
• Supporting the managers and Senior SEND Officers with SEND disagreement dispute resolution functions. 
• Maintain effective record keeping, ensuring the timely and consistent update of case management systems and case records

Central Bedfordshire Council has its own vision and values that are integral to everything we do. Our area vision is to make Central Bedfordshire 'A great place to live and work’.

Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.

You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies detailed within this  Recruitment Pack; Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP) Coordinator

For any enquiries about these positions, please contact Joe Watts  at  , 

For queries related to the recruitment of this vacancy, please contact:  The Recruitment Team at  .

Safeguarding:

Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.  

Central Bedfordshire Council is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to improving the diversity of our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve.  Therefore we welcome applications from everyone. In addition we are a  Disability Confident employer, we are working to become a Disability Confident leader in our community.

To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.

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