EHC Coordinator

4 weeks ago

Enfield Town, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

Purpose of the Job:

The Education, Health and Care (EHC) assessment and review team are responsible for delivering high quality casework in line with the statutory requirements in the SEND Code of Practice 2015 and Children and Families Act 2014. Statutory responsibilities include coordinating multi-agency assessments of education, health and care and ensuring that Education, Health and Care Plans are up to date and reflect the needs of the child and the provision they require.

The post-holder will coordinate statutory EHC needs assessments and plan processes. EHC coordinators will be aligned to one of several functional teams supporting either assessment processes, review processes or resolution and reconciliation processes. The role delivers 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.

Main Areas of Responsibilities:

Develop and secure 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.
Take 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.
Manage and process statutory casework within legal and internal timelines.
EHC coordinators are all assigned to a specific caseload and the below outlines the specific casework undertaken. An EHC coordinator would only be expected to work on one area within their role:
PRE-14 REVIEWS To proactively monitor a caseload of children and young people with EHC plans, which will include attending review meetings as appropriate, monitoring progress through review documentation, amending EHC plans in the light of reviews and acting on requests made during the review process (e.g. reassessments, placement change or consideration of other changes to EHC plan provision.)
POST-14 REVIEWS To proactively monitor a caseload of young people aged 14+ with EHC plans, which will include attending review meetings as appropriate, monitoring progress through review documentation, amending EHC plans in the light of reviews, ensuring a focus on preparation for adulthood. Proactively managing the cease process for young people with EHC plans that are no longer required.
To work collaboratively with professionals across education, health and care services to ensure effective case management, integrated working practice and successful outcomes for children.The duties and responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present. The post holder is expected to accept any reasonable alterations that may from time to time be necessary.

The ideal post holder will demonstrate:

Educated to a minimum of A level standard or equivalent
Additional experience reflecting knowledge of SEND
Previous experience of working within complex systems and processes, preferably in a children services or education setting
Previous experience of working with families or young people.
Exceptional skill in building and maintaining relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders
Knowledge of law and procedures governing statutory assessment including the Children and Families Act 2014, SEN Code of Practice 2014 and the
Equalities Act 2010
Excellent organisation skills including an ability to work unsupervised, systematically and an ability to manage constraints and conflicting demands and work to tight deadlines
Excellent customer service skills using verbal and written communication methods
Excellent IT skills including the ability to compile reports, analyse data and ensure the respective database is used to plan and monitor to meet statutory deadlines.
For Post 14 roles specifically - Experience of working in a multi-agency environment and partnership working, particularly with Adult Social Care Services and Vocational Pathways.Please contact Charlotte Newton for further details of the role

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