Ehcp Transitions Adviser

Job Introduction
**Are you currently working in Further Education or in Key Stage 4 supporting young people with Education, Health and Care plans?**

**Are you passionate about getting the next steps right, and ensuring effective transitions for young people with special educational needs and disabilities?**

**The Education Division’s SEND EHCP Transitions KS4+ team are seeking to recruit experienced and dynamic advisers to join this new and exciting team**

The role involves working closely with KS4 secondary and further educational settings, families and professionals to provide support to settings to develop inclusive culture and practice, build capacity within the setting to ensure inclusion and improve outcomes for learners with Education, Health and Care Plans.

You will be modelling best practice to schools and colleges to hold Annual Reviews of EHCPs ahead of key stages of transition, and providing advice and guidance to increase their confidence, expertise, and capacity for effective transition planning. You will be working with a range of settings including special schools, mainstream, and colleges. You will be ensuring the voice of the young people, and their families, is at the centre of planning and reviews carried out by the service.

The EHCP Transitions team works countywide (Lewes, Eastbourne, Hastings), preference for area-based working will be discussed at interview.~
- Have QTS or QTLS.
- Experience of teaching young people with additional needs in KS4 secondary and/or further educational settings and working with their families
- Can build and maintain good, productive working relationships with colleagues within the team, in settings and across services.
- Can demonstrate best practice in obtaining and responding to young person voice when planning and reviewing support and ensuring robust preparation for adulthood is in place.
- Have the ability to manage own workload and meet targets and statutory deadlines.

**What we can offer you**:
In addition to opportunities to grow your career within our team, we offer a diverse range of benefits to help and support you during your employment, which include:

- Consideration of flexible working options, including part-time (FTE 0.8).
- Regular CPD opportunities
- A generous leave entitlement which increases with length of service, with the option to purchase additional leave
- Access to financial wellbeing resources and products
- A wide selection of discounts with high street retailers, holiday companies and more
- The choice to be a member of the attractive Local Government Pension Scheme

Interviews are scheduled for **Thursday 14 December 2023** and will be in the form of a face-to-face interview, followed by a task. This will be in County Hall, Lewes.

We offer a diverse range of benefits to help and support you during your employment. More information can be found on our benefits page.

**For work that makes a difference**

Additional Information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.

Due to the restrictions we cannot guarantee that individuals that meet the requirements of the Points-based Immigration System will be issued with clearance to obtain work permits.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, due to disability, to enable you to participate fully in the process please contact the hiring manager on the contact details above.

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