EHC Officer - Education Health Care Service
| Posting date: | 03 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £307.69 per day |
| Additional salary information: | per day PAYE depending on experience |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2024 |
| Location: | NORTHAMPTON, NN1 1ED |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | WNC (HQ) TCL WNC17418 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Interim EHC Officer - Education Health Care Service
Reference no: WNC (HQ) TCL WNC17418
Pay rate: Up to £307.69 per day PAYE depending on experience
Hours per week: 37 Monday to Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: NORTHAMPTON
Hybrid role, 2 days a week in the office
An EHC Officer is required to join the team and agree EHC needs assessments and issue EHC Plans.
Key responsibilities:
Make decisions to agree EHC needs assessments and issuing EHC Plans.
Attending formal mediation.
Manage a team of caseworkers and admin staff.
Make decisions based on annual review reports.
Liaise with schools and other professionals and parents.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Experience in SEN and disability, either in education, social care or health.
Extensive experience of working with parents and families.
Extensive experience of multi-agency working, including chairing and leading multi-agency meetings.
Demonstrable experience of analysing information accurately to pull out key areas of need and strengths.
Knowledge:
Understanding of and commitment to person centred approaches, personalisation and the principles of key working.
Knowledge of related legislation including: Legislation governing Adult Social Care, the Children’s Act 1989&2004 and safeguarding processes; Education Act 1996; School admissions code 2014; Equality Act 2010; Care Act 2014.
Working knowledge and understanding of the Children and Families Act 2014, SEND Regulations 2015 and SEND Code of Practice 2014.
Skills & Abilities:
Ability to use information in order to draft EHC Plans which may be challenged within the court (First Tier Tribunal) arena.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
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Job Ref: WNC (HQ) TCL WNC17418
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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