Assessment Officer

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)? We’re looking for a dedicated and highly organised individual to join our team as an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Assessment Officer.

**About the Role**

In this vital role, you will be responsible for managing the Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA) process and producing high-quality Education, Health, and Care (EHC) plans within statutory timeframes. Your work will span all educational phases—from Early Years through to post-16—ensuring that each plan reflects the unique needs and aspirations of the child or young person.

You’ll gather and analyse information from a range of sources and collaborate closely with professionals across education, health, and social care to identify and deliver meaningful outcomes.

**What You’ll Be Doing**

‒ Managing a large and varied caseload in a fast-paced environment.

‒ Drafting clear, outcome-focused EHC plans based on comprehensive assessments.

‒ Communicating regularly with parents/carers, education providers, and multi-agency professionals.

‒ Using data sets to inform your daily work and decision-making.

‒ Leading and representing Medway Council at key meetings, including co-production sessions, Ways Forward meetings, supporting tribunals team, and other operational discussions.

‒ Ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation, including the Children and Families Act 2014 and the SEND Code of Practice (2015).

**What We are Looking For**

‒ Excellent organisational and time management skills.

‒ Strong communication and interpersonal abilities.

‒ A sound understanding of SEND legislation and statutory processes.

‒ Confidence in working independently and collaboratively in a multi-agency environment.

Additional Information

‒ As a customer-facing role, applicants must meet the language requirements outlined in Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, demonstrating a proficient command of spoken English/Welsh.

**In return we will offer you**:

- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Generous local government pension scheme package
- Access to wider training and development qualifications
- Flexible working scheme
- Travel plan discounts
- Access to CAREFIRST advice & counselling service
- Employee discount scheme for national and local retailers

Career Progression Frameworks (CPF) have been introduced for all roles at Medway Council. These frameworks provide a mechanism for employees to take ownership of their development within their post and be rewarded accordingly. This means that the salary you will be offered will be at level A unless, based on an assessment against the CPF criteria, you demonstrate that you are meeting the criteria of level B or C. There will be further opportunity once in post to progress from level A to B, and B to C.

The person specification of a job profile is split into three levels:
Level B details the developed competencies that an individual who is practised in this role would be able to demonstrate and will be a progression of knowledge, experience and skills from level A.

Level C requires the highest level of competence and applicants would need to fully meet and demonstrate all aspects of the job profile, including qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience.

**Our organisation**:
Medway is a unitary authority in the South East of England, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham and more rural areas, including the Hoo Peninsula.

Situated in Kent in the South-East of England, the area has plenty of green spaces, excellent facilities and easy access to the national motorway and rail networks, facilitating superb transport links to London.

We provide all local Government services for a quarter of a million people, looking after education, environment, social care, housing, planning, business and much more - everything from frontline services such as rubbish collection and events like the Dickens Festival to work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure services in Medway run smoothly and cost effectively.

Working at Medway Council means that you get to be part of this journey working alongside talented, professional colleagues to drive forward change to transform the lives of our residents and the communities they live in.

**Important Information-**

Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile

**Equal Opportunities Commitment Statement**

For further information please refer to the Medway information pack available as a download or to view online

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.

If you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted.