SEND Clinical Co-Ordinator

Main area SEND Grade NHS AfC:
Band 6 Contract Permanent:
Monday - Friday Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday) Job
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Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Alder Hey Hospital Site Town Liverpool Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 31/08/2026 23:59

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Are you an AHP or nurse? Do you have a passion for making a difference for children and young people with SEND? Are you skilled at clinical coordination and navigating service involvement for young people with SEND? Then look no further. We are delighted to advertise a permanent post for a Band 6 SEND Clinical Coordinator. This is an opportunity to join our small and friendly SEND team in the Neighborhood Public & Mental Health System at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust.

The post is based at Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

The post holder will provide support to the Clinical Lead for SEND in the day-to-day implementation of the Children and Families Act (2014) Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) reforms in order to improve the outcomes for children and young people aged 0-25 years.

The post holder will support the Clinical Lead for SEND in ensuring Trust clinical staff are aware of their statutory responsibilities to this group of children, young people and their families and are confident and competent in preparing health advice for Education Health Care Plans. They will support the quality assurance process for health advice that is contributing to the EHCP assessment and annual review processes.

The post holder will support the EHC process to ensure timely and accurate health information is provided to support EHC needs assessments and annual reviews. This will include reviewing the accuracy and quality of the health advice submitted for EHCP assessments and annuals reviews against a quality assurance framework. You will p rovide advice and support to clinical staff on completion of health advice documents.

The post holder will have good communication skills to provide effective co-ordination of advice and liaison with the SEN teams within the Local Authority.

The SEND team at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust was newly formed in late 2020. We are a small team of clinicians and administrative staff who are passionate about outcomes for children and young people with SEND.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, please take a look at the job description and person specification attachments.

The post holders must be able to demonstrate a…