Ehcp Coordinator

**Job number**

LBC04428

**Contract Type**

Permanent

**Posting End Date**

27 October 2025

**Job Area**

Education (not schools)

**About the job**:
**Salary: £33,143 - £36,363 a year plus £963 essential car user allowance**
**Hours per week: 37**
**Contract type: Permanent**

We are excited to share that we have 2 opportunities to join **Luton Council’s Special Educational Needs Assessment Service (SENAS)** as an **EHCP Coordinator**.

In this rewarding role, you’ll be at the heart of delivering high-quality, person-centred casework that meets the statutory duties set out in the **SEND Code of Practice 2015** and the **Children and Families Act 2014**. As part of a passionate and committed team, you’ll play a key role in improving outcomes for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) across Luton.

As an EHCP Coordinator, you will:

- Organise and manage **Education, Health and Care (EHC)** needs assessments and plan processes (EHCNA and EHCP)
- Coordinate multi-agency input to ensure high-quality, timely EHC plans that reflect the individual needs and provision for each child or young person
- Maintain an allocated caseload aligned to one of our two teams supporting assessment, review, phase transfers, reconciliation, and resolution
- Build strong, effective relationships with children, families, schools, and professionals across education, health, and care sectors

**Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.**

**About you**:
We're looking for someone with:

- **Experience** in statutory SEND assessment procedures
- **Strong interpersonal skills** - able to communicate empathetically and professionally with families, schools, and agencies
- **Excellent written and verbal communication** - producing accurate records and high-quality EHCPs
- **IT proficiency** - able to confidently use systems, create Excel spreadsheets, and prepare PowerPoint presentations
- **Good organisational skills** - managing competing deadlines and priorities with attention to detail
- A working understanding of relevant legislation including the **Children and Families Act 2014** and the **Education Act 1996**:

- A commitment to **equality, diversity, and inclusive practice**

Qualifications should include **A-levels (or equivalent)**, a **Level 3 Business Admin qualification** (or equivalent experience), and ideally a **Word Processing qualification** or similar.

**Why Work with Us?**

Luton Council offers:

- A supportive, values-driven team focused on making a difference
- Ongoing professional development opportunities
- A role where **you can help shape the future** for children and young people with SEND
- A workplace that values **diversity, inclusion, and work-life balance**

**Interested?**

**Together, let's deliver brighter futures for children and young people in Luton.**

**About us**:
Our ambitious **Luton 2040 Vision** - that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty - is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.

The people of Luton depend heavily on this council - and that means our workforce Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?

**Application Process**:
**Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person’s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.**

**Benefits**:
We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:

- From 25 to 32 days’ annual leave: linked to length of service and grade
- Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
- Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
- Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant
- Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
- Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arran