EHC Casework Officer

Role Responsibility

About The Role

The Local Authority has clearly defined roles and responsibilities in relation to children and young people aged 0-25 years with Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs). The post holder will manage the efficient operation of a caseload, within a geographical area, to ensure the delivery of high quality, fully integrated services to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and their families in line with the requirements of national legislation and guidance.

What will you be doing?

You will be actively involved in communication with, depending on your team, early years settings, and schools, or Post 16 colleges and training providers making, where appropriate, minor amendments to education and health and care (EHC) plans. You will have skills in identifying when an EHC plan may need more significant amendments that may require advice from your senior officer.  

You will have a set caseload for which you will be responsible for ensuring timely annual reviews are planned and completed, in accordance with statutory timelines. Frequent communication will be required with colleagues, education providers and wider professionals.

This is a highly demanding role, but you will be working with an established, experienced, and supportive senior leadership team, you will have opportunities to extend your skills. Kent County Council have a commitment to continuous professional development in our service.

Location

We are currently recruiting to our School Age Area Teams  in West Kent (based at Worrall House, Kings Hill),South Kent (based at Kroner House, Ashford) and North Kent (based at Civic Centre, Gravesend) ; we are also recruiting to our Post-16 Team, who are a County-wide Team and are based at Brook House, Whitstable, Kroner House or Worrall House.

We offer hybrid working; you will be based in your local office for 2-days per week working in a local office, flexibly working from home throughout the rest of the week. There will also be times when you may need to attend meetings in educational settings, other organisations, and Local Authority premises across Kent.

Please indicate on your application if you would prefer a post within school aged team, and which would be your preferred area or our Post 16

Start Date

January / February 2025

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Contact Details

For more information about the role, please contact:

Maria Halford EHC Casework/Review Manager at maria.halford@kent.gov.uk  or telephone on 03000 418624

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.