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EHCP Co-Ordination Officer

Salary: Up to £300 per day + 45p per business mile
Location: Surrey

 

Job Description

We are looking for a number of EHCP Coordination Officers to join Surrey County Council.

You will be responsible for development and maintenance of Education Health and Care Plans from initial EHCP plan issued, through the annual review process to plan ceasing.

You will work with families of children with Special Needs and Disability in a highly person centred approach, and coordinate service provision across education, health and care to ensure holistic delivery plan for individual child and family.

You will work collaboratively with families, schools and other key partners agencies for individual children and young people with SEND to ensure children and young people are educated and are in receipt of appropriate provision that is in line with their holistic needs.

You will work closely with and facilitate engagement with educational settings and relevant practitioners to support, advise and monitor the local offer and to work with schools on individual cases as needed.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Educated to A level minimum / equivalent training / experience of SEN knowledge and experience, namely Code of Practice and Children and Families Act 14.
  • Good knowledge of Surrey's SEND policy and practice, national guidance and legislation.
  • Good knowledge of SCC's Local Offer and that of its mainstream and special schools or a willingness to acquire such knowledge.
  • Good knowledge of educational settings and a willingness to develop this across the 0-25 age range.
  • Knowledge of evidence based effective intervention and able to articulate well within report writing.
  • Ability to take ownership for writing and maintaining the EHC, and to present to partnership resource allocation forum as and
  • when required.
  • Demonstrable experience of working in a collaborative way with children/young people and parents to ensure families views
  • are heard and applied.
  • Significant experience of working with vulnerable children/young people, especially those with SEND.
  • Role requires valid DBS check.

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