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EHC/SEN Coordinator – Education

Posting date:	12 September 2024
Salary:	£235.00 per day
Additional salary information:	per day PAYE
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	11 October 2024
Location:	Winchester, SO23 8UJ
Company:	Triumph Consultants Ltd
Job type:	Temporary
Job reference:	Hampshire 99723

Summary

What's involved with this role:

Interim EHC/SEN Coordinator – Education

Job Ref: Hampshire 99723

Pay Rate: £235.00 per day PAYE

Hours per week: 35-37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours

Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3-4 months

City: Winchester

Enhanced DBS disclosure required for this role

Remote working available but the role also requires to travel to various locations within Hampshire [and the Isle of Wight or other local authority], and it is essential they have a current drivers licence and access to a reliable vehicle on a regular basis.

The purpose of the role is to manage the EHC needs assessment process for a set locality. The key contact and responsible for carrying out day to day casework, ensuring quality, consistency and the effective prioritisation of tasks for a set number of cases within a locality.

Key Responsibilities:

Ensure that all processes and decisions are accurately recorded on the SEN data base and the casework file and that all relevant parties are informed.
Ensure that all children have their EHC plans reviewed annually and that, where required, transition plans are completed.
Provide advice and support to parents, schools and professionals in accordance with the Education Act 1996, regulations, the SEN code of Practice and Hampshire County Council policies and procedures.
Reviewing reports received and extracting relevant information to put into EHC plans.
Obtaining information and making recommendations to the appropriate officer who confirms the final decision, in cases where an exception to transport policy is requested.
Responsible for compiling information from pupils’ case files for use at panel meetings (fortnightly) and attend to provide information and record outcomes.
Make recommendations regarding the use of/make changes to forms used within the SEN Service.



Qualifications:

Good standard of education, ‘A’ level or equivalent qualifications and/or experience.



Skills & Experience:

Minimum of two years successful experience in education administration or a related field including decision making within agreed procedures and the drafting of related correspondence.
Must be competent to talk about their previous caseloads and experience as well as the statutory process, 250+ caseloads experience.
Must have experience in tribunals and preparing packs etc.
Must have experience carrying out 20 week assessment work.
A detailed understanding of and the ability to apply the requirements of the SEN statutory framework (Children and Families Act 2014, The Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014 and the SEN code of Practice) and Hampshire County Council’s policies and procedures, including those for school transport.
A knowledge of the wider issues related to the provision of education services, the maintained school system and social inclusion.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite, Adobe Pro).


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.


Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.

To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not 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 at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than 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.

Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.











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Job Ref: Hampshire 99723


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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