Senior Education, Health & Care Assessment and Review Officer
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About the role
Do you have an excellent understanding and extensive experience in SEND? Are you a skilled and compassionate leader? If so, this may be the opportunity for you. We are looking for a dedicated and passionate Senior EHC Assessment and Review Officer for a 2 year fixed-term contract.The role is complex, fast paced, varied, and rewarding, advising and guiding our EHC Officers, managing our most complex cases, including representing the LA at mediation and SENDIST appeal, and ensuring that our statutory work is of a high quality and legally compliant.
The Team works in line with all the requirements as set out in the SEND Code of Practice and our Senior EHC Officers require a very strong knowledge of SEND legislation as well as an excellent understanding of how young people with SEND can be supported in Education.
Due to the range of duties and high expectations for timeliness and communication the EHC Assessment and Review Team has to work very much as a team.
This role will require the successful candidate to be based at 3 Knowsley Place, opposite the Town Hall and to report to the EHC Assessment and Review Team Manager. Normal hours of work are based around the usual business working week.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
Next steps
For an informal chat regarding the role please email ehc@bury.gov.uk or call 0161 253 5659 and a senior member of the team will contact you.
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