Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan WritersREQ00694Employer: - Trafford Council Location: - Sale WatersideSalary: - GBP 23,866 - GBP 25,463 per annum
Salary Grade: - Band 5
Working Pattern: - Full time
Working Hours: - 36.25 hours per weekContract Type: - Fixed Term for 7 Months
Closing date: - 27th August 2018
Interview date: - TBC
The Children and Families Act 2014 introduced a new model of assessing and developing plans for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The Education, Health and Care (EHC) Assessment Team support the assessment through multi agency working and by producing high quality EHC plans for children and young people with SEND from the age of 0to25 years.We are now recruiting for 3 EHC Plan Writers. The purpose of this role will be to assist the EHC Co-ordinators. The Co-ordinators will gather all the information and the plan writer's role will be to write the Education Health and Care plan.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant and busy team that coordinate the statutory assessment of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and liaise with other professionals to develop and review high quality EHC Plans.
The successful candidate will need to have a good standard of Maths and English, also a desirable would be to have some knowledge of SEN and working with families. Experience of report writing and working in partnership with education providers and other professionals is desirable. We're also looking for excellent communication skills
For an informal chat about this role, please contact Hannah Greensmith or Tracey Doyle on 0161 912 5157.
To access the job description/person specifications, please click here:-
http://www.trafford.gov.uk/residents/jobs/job-descriptions/EHC-Plan-Writer-Aug-18.pdf
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http://www.trafford.gov.uk/residents/jobs/job-descriptions/Info-For-New-Empoyees-2018.pdf
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