The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do.
Southwark has a varied mix of cultural communities, where over 120 languages are spoken in Southwark. We have all the challenges you'd find in any inner city area.
Southwark Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The Role:
Based at London Bridge. This is an exciting opportunity to join a team to continue Southwark’s commitment of ensuring that children and young people with Special Educational needs have a positive educational experience, we are looking for two Education Health & Care Plan Co-ordinators to work in the Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Team.
To be responsible for a caseload of children with Education Health Care Plans (EHCP). This includes overseeing the child’s journey from the commencement of statutory assessment to placement, ensuring all statutory processes are met, until finalisation of their Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) using key working principles with the family. To act as the named officer for a group of schools but to also be flexible and work as part of a team, providing services and support to parents/carers and colleagues and ensure effective working relationships with all partner agencies.
About You:
You will need a sound working knowledge of SEN and disability, excellent customer service skills, as you will be the first point of contact with parents, carers, schools, and other professionals both inside and outside of the organisation.
This post requires excellent I.T. skills with a commitment to maintain accurate and comprehensive, pupil records on paper and electronic database system.
Recruitment timetable
Closing date: 24.01.2022
Interview date: 04.02.2022
Interview date: https://www.jobsatsouthwark.co.uk/why-us/
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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