EHC Officer

West Northamptonshire Council seeks an EHC Officer to join the Education Health and Care Team as part of its transformation programme.

The EHC Officer will ensure statutory timescales are met for assessments and annual reviews within their area.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore subject to an enhanced DBS certificate. It is also a regulated activity and will be subject to a Children and Adults Barred List check. West Northamptonshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

• Attending formal mediation
• Managing a team of caseworkers and admin staff
• Making decisions based on annual review reports
• Liaising with schools and other professionals and parents
• Making decisions to agree EHC needs assessments and issuing EHC Plans

Successful applicants will have experience of working with families, children and young people in a professional capacity and will need to evidence that they have worked as an effective team member and leader.

You will have significant experience working with children and young people with SEND, and have the skills to empathise, mediate and support families with complex processes, including giving difficult messages. You will need to be able to organise competing priorities.

Previous experience is essential.

West Northamptonshire Council is committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximise their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner.

West Northamptonshire Council is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.