Ehc Placement Officer

2 days ago


Maidstone, United Kingdom Kent County Council Full time

Advert
An opportunity has arisen to join the SEND EHC Placement Team as a Placement Officer and join our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) service.

In this relatively newly created role and team, you will take responsibility for sourcing the provision of education placements for children and young people across the county who are to be issued with or hold Education Health and Care (EHC) plans. You will identify, consult, and liaise with providers to secure an appropriate education provision providing a comprehensive, co-ordinated, and efficient service to ensure timely and appropriate education provision is available for children and young people thereby contributing to the effective and efficient running of the Special Educational Needs (SEN) team.

The role will be hybrid working with your local KCC office being named as your base, however there will be occasions when you will required to attend meetings at other locations in the county.

This post is considered by Kent County Council to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person.

Interviews will take place the week beginning September 4th

Contact Details
**Up to 4th August please contact**:
Charlotte Westmorland - EHC Placement Manager

tel: 03000 418837

**From 4th - 14th Aug, Aug please contact**:
Fran O'Leary - Senior Placement Manager

tel: 03000 418708

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