EHC Assessment and Review Assistant Caseworker

Bury Council; Bury; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Bury Council is seeking a dedicated EHC Assistant Caseworker to join a developing EHC Assessment and Review Team. The role involves working closely with parents, carers and professionals to coproduce Education Health Care plans while handling duties across public-facing and multi-agency collaboration in a busy environment.

The team operates to SEND Code of Practice requirements and a 37-hour week with possible rota duties to meet service needs.

Responsibilities

• Assist with coproduction of Education Health Care plans.
• Work with parents, carers and professionals and multi-agency services.
• Engage directly with the public within a fast-paced team environment.

Job description

We are seeking to recruit additional EHC Assistant Caseworkers to join a new and developing EHC Assessment and Review Team. The role is complex, fast paced, varied, and rewarding, working directly with parents, Carers and Professionals to coproduce Education Health Care plans, undertake work dealing directly with the public and multi agency services. The Team works in line with all the requirements as set out in the SEND Code of practice.

Due to the range of duties and expectations around timeliness the EHC Assessment and Review Team has to work very much as a team.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.

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

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

Benefits of working for Bury Council

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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.