EHCP Coordinator - SEND - ICDS Assessment Team
🚨 We're Hiring: EHCP Coordinator 🚨
Are you passionate about making a real impact in the lives of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)?
We're looking for an EHCP Coordinator to join our Integrated Children's Disability Service (ICDS) Assessment Team! In this role, you'll be the lead officer for complex SEND cases, ensuring children and young people receive the education, health, and care support they need to thrive.
✨ Key Responsibilities:
✅ Manage and coordinate statutory EHCP and Short Break assessments for children and young people (0-25 years)
✅ Draft and oversee Education, Health, and Care Plans (EHCPs) to support positive learning and developmental outcomes
✅ Lead the annual review process and ensure appropriate placements, resources, and support
✅ Work closely with families, schools, healthcare providers, and social care teams to deliver holistic, person-centred support
✅ Ensure compliance with key legislation, including the Children & Families Act 2014 and SEND Code of Practice 2015
👩💼 Who We're Looking For:
🔹 Experience: At least 3 years in SEN, disability services, education, health, or social care
🔹 Knowledge: Strong understanding of SEND regulations, education pathways, and multi-agency collaboration
🔹 Skills: Excellent communication, negotiation, and case management abilities
🔹 Qualifications: Level 5 or above in Children's Services or Adult Social Care, with a willingness to work towards a SEND-specific qualification
This is a fantastic opportunity to drive positive change and help shape the future of children and young people with SEND.
- To manage a defined caseload of EHC assessments, facilitating and coordinating the EHC assessment process for children and young people (0-25 year olds) within statutory timescales; including where appropriate, the planning for a young person's transition to adult life. This may include complex cases where there are profound and multiple disabilities or where children are subject to child protection proceedings or are looked after by the local authority.
- To work in partnership with children, young people, families and professional agencies from education, health, social care and the third sector, to construct, draft and write final needs led EHCP's, to achieve stated objectives, outcomes and aspirations.
- Ensure assessments, provision and documentation adheres to the principle and statutory processes under the Children's Act 2004, Education Act 1996, Children and Family Act 2014, SEN Code of Practice 2015, and Equality Act 2010, ensuring that the local authority's statutory responsibilities and duties are met.
- Undertake on-going coordination, monitoring and review of EHC plans to ensure that the appropriate level of support is in place and that appropriate progress is being made towards achieving the outcomes specified in the plan
- Chair and attend identified meetings as required such as Annual Reviews, Placement at Risk Meetings, Next Steps Meetings, and multi-agency meetings. This may include challenging organisations and senior staff in school, health and social care settings about the provision and quality of services.
Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
EHCP Coordinator - SEND - ICDS Assessment Team
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