SEND EHC Coordinator

Job Title: SEND EHC Coordinator
Starting Salary: £32,076 progressing to £34,834 pa
Hours: 37
Location: Hertfordshire
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Education and Services for Young People

Things are changing in SEND for Hertfordshire County Council . We are making SEND everyone's business.

Do you want to make a positive impact and be part of that change? We're investing in our s tatutory SEND workforce.

About the role

Being an EHC Coordinator, you'll be delivering casework that coordinates professionals across education, health and care as well as the family, to deliver EHC assessments, plans and reviews to time and high quality, with a focus on improving outcomes for children and young people.​ This includes:

• Developing the highest standards of achievement and inclusion for children and young people with SEN through effective casework within the policy and budget framework of the Council, ensuring a focus on preparing for adulthood from the earliest ages. ​
• Taking responsibility for the preparation of information for parents, children, young people and schools, which provides the right information at the appropriate time, in a simple to use way, which engages partners in understanding what our responsibility is to children, families and schools. ​
• Managing and processing statutory casework within legal and internal timelines ​
• Working collaboratively with professionals across education, health and care services ​
• Ensuring effective case management, integrated working practice and successful outcomes for children. ​
• Participating in resource decisions, taking the lead where appropriate, for example decision making processes relating to whether or not assessment or plans are written, or whether specialist provision is agreed, ensuring that resource decisions are in line with local authority policies, procedures and eligibility criteria. This could include chairing or attending panel meetings. ​
• Participating, as required, in a range of meetings with other professionals and​parents/carers in relation to individual children with complex needs, including representing Children's Services at annual review, chairing reviews, attending and chairing multi-agency meetings as appropriate.​ ​
• Contributing to the development of policy, procedures and provision for children with SEN children's needs, which includes maintaining an up-to-date knowledge relating to SEN casework, changes to national legislation and departmental policies, and supporting induction/training and support to all team members. ​ ​
• Inputting and maintaining accurate and comprehensive database records as required and participate in the Local Authority's systems for monitoring and quality assurance for children and young people known to the EHC assessment and review team.

About the teams

EHC coordinators will be aligned to one of several functional teams supporting either assessment processes, review processes or resolution and reconciliation processes.

We have opportunities for you to specialise in:

• School Age SEND: responsible for children and young people age 5 - 19 with an EHCP who attend a school
• We also have additional vacancies whereby you may be asked to move into other teams such as Virtual School, Post 16 and Resolutions depending on the business need.

About you

Essential:

• Knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice and the Children and Families Act 2014.
• Educated to A level or equivalent.
• Excellent communication skills
• The ability to work to deadlines and under pressure
• High level of literacy to support good case recording and quality EHC plans.
• Hold a current driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work

Desirable:

• Previous experience working in schools to deliver SEND provision or experience with other stakeholders including parents, education, care and health
• Previous experience with casework management

This job role is within the Health and Social Care Family, level HSC9 job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles - Health and social care

Benefits of working for us

Interviews will be held on Wednesday 11th December & 18th December on MS Teams.

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You'll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.