The post holder will maintain a caseload, set up and maintain positive and professionalworking relationships and work in partnership with families, education settings, healthand social care, whilst ensuring compliance with relevant legislation.You will be responsible for administering statutory processes linked to the Education,Health and Care Plan legislation, including writing and amending EHCPs in accordancewith The Children and Families Act 2014 and SEN Code of Practice January 2015 andlocally agreed quality standardsYou will provide comprehensive casework management and administrative support toensure the effectiveness of the EHCP Team in accordance with the requirements of theChildren's & Families Act 2014 and the SEN Code of Practice 2015Who will your manager be and what will you be responsible for?You will be:

• reporting to a Senior EHCP Case Officer who is in turn responsible for your health
and safety, training and development.
• responsible for managing your own caseload and contributing to the development
of the EHCP team in line with legislation and best practice
• expected to lead and/or contribute to a range of projects and build relations with
both internal and external partners in order achieve specified outcomes but will not have direct authority over those involved.
• responsible for assisting in the preparation of responses in line with Shropshire
Council's corporate processes and national/regulatory/statutory processes (e.g. complaints, MP enquiries, Information Governance requests, customer enquiries, media enquiries) These responses should be in line with the quality and timescale expectations set out within Shropshire Council's published procedures and/or case allocation emails and discussions.
• responsible for completing within expected timescales all mandatory corporate and
role specific training. Training requirements will be detailed in your corporate induction and Personal Development Plan (PDP). Courses are accessed via the council Learning Management System via the Intranet.What will you be doing?You will:
• Undertake EHC casework functions for a caseload of children and young people with
SEN aged 0 to 25 who are under an EHC needs assessment or review of an EHCP. In particular, this will include
• Being a single point of regular and consistent contact for the child or young
person and their parents/carers during the education, health and care needs assessment process;
• Facilitate and attend multi-agency meetings;
• Request and co-ordinate all statutory documentation, data and finance around
the child and young person in relation to their EHCP and the statutory processes
• Support all aspects of an EHC Needs Assessment; Annual Reviews, Phase
Transfers and day to day problem solving;
• Check the quality of information received through the EHC Needs assessment
and the annual review processes, ensuring that the child/ young person's views and parent/carers views are clearly presented
• Provide clear and effective communication regarding the statutory processes,
signposting to the Local Offer as appropriate;
• Promote a multi-agency partnership approach
• Enable and empower the child and young person and their families to make
decisions and where appropriate to make effective use of a personal budget.
• Write and amend Education, Health & Care Plans ensuring they conform to legal
requirements and are clear and comprehensive in line with statutory timescales and locally agreed quality standards
• Participate in the Local Authority's processes for monitoring and quality assurance
policies and procedures.
• Support the EHCP Team Manager and Senior EHCP Case Officers in achieving
the performance targets for completion of EHCPs within the statutory 20-week timescale and completing the annual review process within statutory timescales.
• Champion the use of technology (such as the Synergy case management system)
to record, track and monitor our ways of working to both manage performance and inform business intelligence.
• Keep accurate data and case records and bring concerns to the attention of the
Senior EHCP Case Officer
• Ensure financial information is recorded clearly so that it can be monitored
effectively
• Prepare EHCNA request paperwork for the weekly statutory Assessment Panel
(SAP)
• Ensure that draft EHCPs and amended EHCP's are presented to the appropriate
decision-making panels to agree the allocation of resources in accordance with guidelines including a personal budget, where appropriate.
• Through the consultation process, identify and secure appropriate school
placement for children and young people with an EHC Plan, with a focus on accountability for outcomes.
• Attend annual review meetings, as appropriate, act as the Local Authority
representative, and provide support to parents/carers, education settings and partner agencies on all aspects of the annual review process; completing the annual review process in accordance with legislation and timeframes, alerting the Senior EHCP Case Officer when schools/ settings are not complying with their statutory duties in relation to the completion of annual reviews
• Chair annual review meetings and co-ordinate the annual review process for
Children and young people with EHCPs who are electively home educated (EHE)
• Monitor the progress of children and young people with an Education, Health and
Care Plan working with the Senior EHCP Case Officer to identify any concerns
• In liaison with EHCP Team Manager and/or Senior EHCP Case Officer, ensure
the preparation of high-quality complaint responses, draft responses to MP enquiries, produce chronologies and case summaries for SEND Mediation and Tribunals, contribute to the LA case statement, and ensure that any directions/follow up actions are completed within the time frames set.
• The above duties are an illustrative outline and are not an exhaustive list. You will
be expected to become involved in a range of work to enable the service to respond effectively to the changing requirements of the Council and changes affecting the workforce.What we expect of youYou will:
• adopt a customer focused approach when delivering your service, ensuring
engagement with service users and maintenance of an appropriate personal profile,
• act as an advocate for your service and work collaboratively with colleagues across
the whole Council to meet the needs of the people of Shropshire,
• meet individual, service and personal development targets agreed through the
Personal Development Review Process, learn from experience and are committed to continuous improvement individually and as an employee of the Council,
• work with colleagues to meet your team's key performance indicators, support a
culture of team working and ensure the team functions successfully in support of the Council's corporate and service objectives.
• meet the behaviours and competencies adopted by the Council in the way in which
they achieve their objectives and carry out their work.What are your conditions of ServiceThe conditions of service are those laid down by Shropshire Council, which have beenadopted and amended as necessary from those laid down by the National Joint Councilfor Local Government Services.Your primary work base will be at Guildhall with the requirement to regularly work fromhome.Your post is subject to the following

As Shropshire Council we are rightly proud of our achievements and we have proven tobe a resilient local authority in our response to the many challenges we overcome,particularly over recent years. We will be continuing this momentum with ambition and afocus on delivering our four key priorities outlined within the Shropshire Plan: HealthyPeople, Healthy Environment, Health Economy and Healthy Organisation.We are committed to achieving this by aligning everything we do to our vision 'Shropshire- living the best life'; to tell everyone that Shropshire Council is a great place to be.We will enable a skilled, happy, healthy, diverse, inclusive, empowered, and proudworkforce that influences and leads change, addressing any inequalities.As a member of the EHCP Team within Learning and Skills, you will support theachievement of these key priorities, making a real difference to the lives of people inShropshire.You will support the EHCP Team Manager to deliver the statutory responsibilities of theLocal Authority with regards to children and young people undergoing an Education, Healthand Care Needs Assessment, producing Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP) andundertaking the EHCP Annual Review process.You will provide support for children and young people who live in Shropshire and/ orwho are Looked After by Shropshire Council across the 0 - 25 age range.Shropshire has 151 state schools including 127 primary schools, 19 secondary schools, 3special schools, 1 PRU and 1 all through school. Learning and Skills delivers the LocalAuthority's statutory duties not only to these state schools but also to other educationproviders across Shropshire. Additionally, there are 102 childminders and 97 Early Yearssettings in Shropshire


• The post is permanent and for 37 hours per week,
• Normal office hours are 7am - 7pm Monday - Friday and 8am - 1pm Saturday
with a minimum lunch break of 30 minutes. Occasional evening work may be required,
• The post is subject to the Council's annualised hours scheme as implemented
within the specific work area.This post carries eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme. Informationabout this will be sent with any formal offer of appointment.Annual leave entitlement is a pro rata flat rate scheme of 207 hours (28 days) annualleave plus bank holidays, with five days extra awarded to those staff with five years localgovernment service giving an entitlement of 244 hours (33 days). Two days of anemployee's allowance (pro rota for part time staff) must be taken at Christmas for anypotential Christmas closures. Employees who work in a building/service which is requiredto open over the Christmas period, the two days leave (pro rota) can be carried over intoyour next leave year but must be used by the end of March.The appointment is subject to two months' notice in writing on either side.The appointment is subject to six months' satisfactory probationary service during whichtime the notice period will be one week on either side.Smoking is not allowed in Council buildings, in Council vehicles or in any Council place ofwork.What pre-employment checks will we undertake?The appointment is subject to receipt of the following pre-employment checks; 1. Satisfactory employment references, 2. Medical report, 3. Evidence of the qualifications required for the post/listed on your application form,This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such allapplicants who are appointed to this post will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure fromthe Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed. This check will