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Education, Health & Care Plan Assistant London, England

Lambeth Council

Full Time London, England 29364 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Education, Health and Care Plan Assistant

Scale 5: £29,364 per annum, rising in annual increments to £30,852

Hybrid / Permanent

Lambeth Local Authority is looking to recruit an Education Health Care Plan Support Assistant to join a friendly and supportive team to deliver an exceptional service. The purpose of the post is to support the SEND Service with regard to coordination of support processes relating to children and young people with special educational needs/disabilities aged 0 to 25 and to support the SEND Service to meet its statutory deadlines.

The post holder will:

To provide comprehensive support to the EHC Plan Co-ordinators, maintaining accurate, efficient and effective administrative systems and records.
To provide effective administrative support to enable the effective and efficient initiation, assessment and review of children with Special Educational Needs, ensuring that procedures and timescales are fully compliant with both statutory and locally derived procedures.
Support a person centred, outcome focused multi agency approach to assessment, planning and review, ensuring that children, young people and parents are treated as equal partners in the assessment and planning process.
Guiding settings and parents to the right provision at SEN Support level. Directing them to the Local Offer to find more information on the services available.
Supporting settings and parents to provide the right information if an EHC needs assessment request is made.

We are looking for an outstanding individual with proven ability to provide administrative support to the SEN EHC Plan Co-ordinators and ensure compliance with statutory procedures and deadlines. Good written and oral communication and organisational skills are essential. Experience working in a similar field is desirable.

Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Basic Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. Further information about the Disclosure can be found www.DBS.gov.uk

Please note we operate an anonymised application process. If you are uploading your CV or a personal statement, please remove your personal details and replace these with your unique candidate application number.

Interested , click on the apply button and complete an on-line application, explicitly evidencing in the supporting statement field how you meet the shortlist criteria marked with an ‘A’.

Job Description and Specification

Closing Date: Sunday 9th July 2023 @ midnight

Lambeth aims for quality services and equal opportunities for all and is committed to safer recruitment.

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