EHC Coordinators

Job Title: SEND EHC Coordinator
Location: Hemel Hempstead or Stevenage
Starting Salary: £34,434 pa with the opportunity to progress to £37,280 per annum
Hours: 37 per week
Contract: Permanent/1-year fixed term or secondment opportunity covering maternity leave

Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do.

We continue to strive to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND.

Join our growing team of passionate professionals who share a commitment to making a real difference.

About the role

As an EHC Coordinator, you’ll manage and process EHC plans within a complex legal framework and tight statutory timescales. This is a highly process-driven role, requiring meticulous attention to detail and strong case management skills. You’ll be reviewing documents, implementing legal requirements, and creating, amending, and maintaining plans that shape the support children receive. While you’ll communicate regularly with practitioners, parents, and carers, these conversations are focused on statutory processes and decision-making, rather than direct interaction with children or young people.

Responsibilities include:

• Developing the highest standards of achievement and inclusion for children and young people with SEN through effective casework within the policy and budget framework of the Council, ensuring a focus on preparing for adulthood from the earliest ages.
• Taking responsibility for the preparation of information for parents, children, young people and schools, which provides the right information at the appropriate time, in a simple to use way, which engages partners in understanding what our responsibility is to children, families and schools.
• Managing and processing statutory casework within legal and internal timelines
• Working collaboratively with professionals across education, health and care services
• Ensuring effective case management, integrated working practice and successful outcomes for children.
• Participating in resource decisions, taking the lead where appropriate, for example decision making processes relating to whether or not assessment or plans are written, or whether specialist provision is agreed, ensuring that resource decisions are in line with local authority policies, procedures and eligibility criteria. This could include chairing or attending panel meetings.
• Participating, as required, in a range of meetings with other professionals and parents/carers in relation to individual children with complex needs, including representing Children’s Services at annual review, chairing reviews, attending and chairing multi-agency meetings as appropriate.
• Contributing to the development of policy, procedures and provision for children with SEN children’s needs, which includes maintaining an up-to-date knowledge relating to SEN casework, changes to national legislation and departmental policies, and supporting induction/training and support to all team members.
• Inputting and maintaining accurate and comprehensive database records as required and participate in the Local Authority’s systems for monitoring and quality assurance for children and young people known to the EHC assessment and review team.

About the team

• School Age SEND - Hemel Hempstead: Responsible for children and young people age 5 – 19 with an EHCP who attend a school - either Primary, Secondary or Special Schools
• School Age SEND - Resolutions - Hemel Hempstead or Stevenage - 2x permanent posts and 1 fixed term/secondment maternity cover - Responsible for children and young people aged 5–19 with an EHCP who attend a school. This role will lead on resolving Stage 1, Stage 1, Stage 2 and Urgent Concern complaints focusing on early dispute resolution, and preparation of mediations, ensuring issues are resolved at the earliest possible stage and in line with statutory requirements.
• Services for Young People (Age 16 and over) - Hemel Hempstead or Stevenage - Responsible for young people age 16 and over with an EHCP: who attend a college (or other further education settings), who are completing an apprenticeship, are in training or a supported internship or who are not in education, employment or training. Also support care leavers age 18 and over with an EHCP
• Tribunals: responsible for managing the local authority’s response to SEND appeals, including preparing evidence, coordinating with professionals and schools, and representing the authority at hearings.
• Early Years SEND: responsible for children age 0-5 (up to and including reception year) with an EHCP

About you

Essential:

• Strong understanding of the SEND Code of Practice and the Children and Families Act 2014, with the ability to interpret and apply this guidance effectively in practice.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Ability to manage deadlines and work under pressure in a busy environment
• Excellent written skills to support accurate case recording and contribute to quality EHC plans
• Experience of working with children, families, or professionals in education, health, or care settings OR transferable skills/lived experience relevant to SEND
• Hold a current driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work
• For Resolutions / Tribunals: Able to analyse the EHCCO process to identify where things went wrong and lead mediation and early dispute resolution work.

Desirable:

• Previous experience with casework management

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is within the Health and Social Care job family, level 9. Please locate this via: Job profiles - Health and social care

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.