Education, Health and Care Plan Co-ordinator
The SEN team is responsible for carrying out Education Health & Care (EHC) needs assessments, issuing and maintaining EHC plans and coordinating the educational placement of children and young people with SEND. This newly restructured, dynamic team is dedicated to moving forward with continuous improvement and working towards robust and positive outcomes for our children and young people.
We are seeking 7 highly motivated, reflective individuals to work within our SEN Statutory team. As EHC Coordinators, the successful applicants will receive requests for statutory EHC Needs assessments and support the process of assessment and development of EHC Plans. The individual will need a sound working knowledge of SEN. The ability to manage a diverse caseload of pupils is essential for this role, as is an ability to work to tight deadlines and a commitment to co-productive working with parents, carers, children, and professionals.
Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.
Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.
We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.
