Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan Writer
| Posting date: | 24 January 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 February 2025 |
| Location: | nottingham, NG8 3JP |
| Company: | Nottingham City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4249 |
Summary
Contract Type: Fixed Term (12 months)
Working Hours: 37 hours or 22.2 hours
Worker Type: Hybrid
Salary: £27,711 rising to £29,093 per annum (pro rota for part time)
Location: Building 5 Woolsthorpe Depot, Woolsthorpe Close, Nottingham NG8 3JP
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
Education, Health and Care Plan Writers prepare and amend Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans to ensure they remain up-to-date and reflect of a student’s current views, needs outcomes and provision. Plan writers support to administer the EHC plan amendment process and ensure children and young peoples EHC plans are high quality supporting better outcomes. Plan writers will be working with a team of established plan writers to support with meeting rising demand. Training and induction support is available to successful candidates. We have 1.0 FTE (5 days per week) post available and one 0.6 FTE (3 days per week) post available. Working hours are flexible.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Excellent attention to detail, being able to process large amounts of written data.
- In-depth knowledge of DfE statutory requirements around SEND, especially EHC Plans and reviews.
- Skills in communicating effectively with a diverse range of people in a courteous and efficient manner in person, writing and on the telephone, delivering high standards of customer care.
- Knowledge and understanding of the issues faced by the families of children/young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities, focusing on ensuring a child-centred approach.
You can find the job description for this post here
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries, please contact Mark.Manders@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.
Closing Date: 21st February 2025
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: TBC
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