Ehcp Officer

**About The Role**:
**J**ob Title**:EHCP Officer (Education, Health and Care Planning Officer)
**Hours**:2 x 37 hrs and 1 x 35 hrs
**Salary**:HC8 £33,945 - £38,223 per annum pro rata
**Contract**:Permanent

**Closing date**:18/03/2024
**Interview date**:25/03/2024

**The Role**

Due to an expansion of the existing SEN Team, we are seeking new Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) Officers.

This is an opportunity to join a supportive team of people who are committed to ensuring that quality services are provided to our children and young people with SEN.

You will be responsible for a specified caseload with regard to the Education, Health and Care (EHC) assessment and review process for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, across the 0 - 25-year-old age range. With supervision from the SEN Team Manager, the successful applicant will oversee the co-ordination of the statutory assessment process for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, across the 0 - 25-year-old age range.

Tasks include preparing draft, final and amended EHC Plans and attending annual reviews. The post-holder will also provide advice and guidance to parents, children and young people with SEN, schools and other professionals regarding the requirements of the SEND Code of Practice 2015.

Duties include working closely with a range of service providers including education, health, social care to ensure effective and timely delivery of the EHC process and EHC Plans.

**Benefits of working for Herefordshire Council**:
A competitive salary, generous holiday entitlement, and access to our contributory pension and staff benefits scheme, which includes:

- **Pension **Scheme Enrolment in the Local Government (LGPS)
- **Generous Annual Leave**: 31 days (pro rata) plus bank holidays. You can also purchase an additional 10 days per annum
- **Flexible working**:flexi-time, job-share, part-time hours and, in some instances, home working
- **Employee Assistance Programme**: 24/7 access to support and counselling
- Payment of **professional membership fees**:

- **Pick your perks **- our benefits include access to a range of retail, leisure, holiday and health benefits. This includes savings, cash back and discounts.

**About Us**

Herefordshire is a beautiful, historic county located in the heart of the Marches on the border with Wales. We are one of the most rural and sparsely populated counties in England with a wealth of unspoilt countryside, distinctive heritage, and lively and attractive market towns.

Our priority in Herefordshire is to keep children safe and give them a great start in life. It’s the priority for the council, our partners and for all of us who work with Children & Young People.

How do we do this? By having dynamic, dedicated, passionate and professional staff who work in a culture that focuses on what we can achieve with children, what they can achieve themselves, and the relationship we build with families and partners to enable this. We have invested heavily in training and developing staff in our relational practice approach with our improvement partner Leeds City Council, so it's an exciting time to join Herefordshire - we believe in investing in you so you can be the best you can be

Herefordshire has a really strong team ethos. Our teams are passionate about the work they do and the positive difference they and the teams they are in make to people’s lives. This is all underpinned by the focus and support from their managers and the council as a whole.

We will deliver better support to our most vulnerable children and their families, develop stronger relationships with partners across the region, and beyond.

Come to Herefordshire and join the journey.

We welcome applicants whatever their personal characteristics or social identity. All requests for flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments will be considered.
- Those who indicate that they have a disability. This is part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident” scheme;
- Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are an Armed Forces Veteran or Reservist. This is part of our pledge to support the Armed Forces Covenant; and
- Those who indicate in their supporting statement that they are a Herefordshire care leaver. This is part of our commitment to supporting young people leaving our care.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details of this role.