EHC Plan Assistant - Administrator

Coventry City Council; Coventry; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Coventry City Council is seeking an EHC Plan Assistant to join their Statutory Assessment and Review Team. This role involves providing high-quality administrative support to ensure efficient processing of education, health, and care plans for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong communication, organisational abilities, and a commitment to inclusivity and diversity in service delivery.

Qualifications

• Excellent communicator with developed inter-personal skills.
• Experience in administrative support for education, health, and care plans.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing demands.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the statutory assessment and annual review process.
• Manage email and telephone contacts with parents, schools, and various stakeholders.
• Support Senior EHCP Co-ordinators in all areas of administrative work.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Communication

Attention to Detail

IT Skills

Education

GCSE grade A-C equivalent in English and Mathematics

Tools

Excel

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Our Values

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.
  
  

About The Team We Are Recruiting To

We are excited and very pleased to be expanding the Coventry Statutory Assessment and Review Team (StART) to enable us to further develop and enhance the service provided to the families, schools and young people living in this vibrant, diverse city. Our Team is committed to working with families and partners to support and empower children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We have responsibility for a range of important statutory educational work within Coventry. We are here to deliver the aspirational challenge set to us by young people with SEND and their families: ‘To Lift the Cloud of Limitation and enable them to enjoy an ordinary life’.

Our passion and commitment was recognised by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) during our last Local Area SEND inspection, they commended our “genuine passion and commitment to get things right for children and young people with SEND and their families”; our respect for the “lived experiences of children and young people with SEND and their parents” and the “strong partnership between school settings and education service providers’.

We value and welcome diverse perspectives and experiences as we strive to create an inclusive workplace culture which is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

What is the job role?

The role of the Education, Health and Care Plan Assistant is toprovide administrative support to the statutory assessment and annual review process.

To provide a high quality, customer-focussed service to all service users and stakeholders of the Integrated 0 to 25 SEN Service. To support the Senior EHCP Co-ordinators and EHCP Co-ordinators in all areas of administrative work covered by the statutory assessment and provision team

This is a busy and demanding administrative role that involves email and telephone contact with parents/carers, schools and settings, health, social care, other Local Authorities and professionals from a wide range of teams.

Who are we looking for?

The person we are looking for will be organised, an excellent communicator with highly developed IT and inter-personal skills including knowledge of Excel, and able to learn new databases quickly. You will need to work accurately, have attention to detail, and be able to work under pressure to meet competing demands. You will have the opportunity to demonstrate these skills by undertaking a skills assessment if shortlisted for an interview.

It would be great if you have knowledge of the SEND Reforms but is not an essential requirement . You will have a good standard of general education including qualifications in English andmathematics at a minimum level of GCSE grade A-C equivalent.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
  
  

For full details on the application process please read the attached document labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

Interview date: 7 June 2025

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies

Coventry City Council

Attached documents

• JD&PS Plan Assistant (2).pdf
• Coventry City Council Application Process April 2025.pdf

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