EHCP Coordinators (2 posts) (7890)

Job Description

2 posts | EHCP Coordinators | 7890 | permanent contracts | 37 hours per week | £38,626 to £40,476 per annum | Grade J | Norwich or King's Lynn

Education High Needs SEND Service

Are you an enthusiastic professional, highly skilled in relationship-based practice?

If you have experience in the special education sector and a commitment to facilitating positive outcomes for children and young people, we want to hear from you.

We have an opportunity to join our highly skilled team within the Family Help & High Needs SEND Service, with a focus on driving forward performance improvement and quality of Education Health Care Plans (EHCPs).

As an EHCP Coordinator, you will play a crucial role in navigating the EHCP process, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring comprehensive support for individuals.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

1. Collaborating with schools, parents, healthcare professionals, and local authority colleagues to gather relevant information
2. Coordinating and managing the EHCP assessment, review and placement planning process
3. Ensuring that EHCPs are accurate, comprehensive, and reflective of the individual's needs
4. Liaising with external stakeholders to ensure the seamless delivery of support services
5. Keeping up to date with legislative changes and best practices in the field

Your role will be challenging but immensely rewarding, as our team works on complex cases covering children and young people aged 0-25 years.

The successful candidate will be highly motivated, person centred, well organised and have experience of the SEND field and legal framework.

We have two full-time permanent posts to fill. One position is in the West & Breckland Team, based in King’s Lynn and the other is in the City and South Team, based in Norwich. Please indicate in your application which areas you can work in.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Sam Bartram or Esther Pike via the SEN Operational Support Team on 01603 679183.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

1. Competitive salary
2. Generous holiday entitlement
3. Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
4. Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
5. Financial benefits such as:
1. ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
2. A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
3. Relocation expenses (where applicable)
4. An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
5. Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
6. Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
7. Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
8. A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

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We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.
Redeployment closing date: 21 April 2025

All other applicants closing date: 29 April 2025