Education Heath Care Plan Coordinator
- Employer
- Birmingham City Council
- Location
- Hallmoor School 50, Scholars Gate Birmingham B33 0DL
- Salary
- FTE £26,514 to £32,789, actual £20,307 to £25,113
- Closing date
- 12 Jan 2025
- Reference
- JOB002761
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- Sector
- Education
- Job Type
- Schools / Academies - Support staff roles, Administration, All non-teaching - support staff jobs, Other - Support staff roles
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Working Pattern
- See advert details
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
Hallmoor School caters for the needs of an increasingly diverse pupil population with a wide range of educational difficulties, ranging from moderate, severe, and complex needs. Some pupils also present with communication, physical, sensory, behavioural, or autistic difficulties requiring additional adult support and specialist intervention.
Are you highly organised? Are you an experienced administrator? Do you have a passion for making a difference? If so, we may have the role for you at Hallmoor School.
We are looking for a passionate and self-motivated Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) Coordinator on a full-time basis (36.5 hours) to work with our students and staff at Hallmoor School. As a EHCP Coordinator you will be responsible for the coordination of the EHCP review process. This will be for our existing learners and those due to join the school at the start of the next academic year. You will also be required to contribute to the co-ordination of exams, data and assessment related to the young person short term and long-term targets.
You will work closely with a range of stakeholders to ensure EHCPs are of good quality. You will be responsible for them being up to date and completed in a timely manner in line with the SEND Code of Practice. As well as coordinating EHCPs the role will take on responsibility for bringing in referrals to the programme. You will confirm all learners accepted on to the programme are suitable, to ensure we are supporting learners to achieve paid work outcomes by the end of the academic year.
What we can offer you:
- Teacher’s Pension Scheme or Support Staff Local Government Pension Scheme employer contribution
- FET HUB – all employee information all in one place
- paid for health cash plan - employee and dependent children benefit, with option to add partner
- employee questionnaire - consultation with staff on a range of issues and ideas
- salary sacrifice scheme
- cycle to work scheme
- access to the NHS approved Thrive app, supporting mental health and wellbeing
- comprehensive induction and probation support and an ongoing performance management and appraisal system
- easy purchase scheme, salary deduction
- Smart Tech in association with Currys
- enhanced Employee Assistance Programme
- free, totally confidential advice with face-to-face consultations
- personal and professional learning and development, including FLICK online learning
- access to discounts and offers from Reward Gateway and MyPerks
- occupational health service to support the needs of individual staff
- staff recognition, e-cards to celebrate success among colleagues, awards throughout the year in line with Trust behaviours and values
- Mental Health First Aiders
- policies being developed to support positive health and wellbeing, family friendly working, special leave of absence, flexible working and menopause
- a commitment to develop new ideas to show we really value what you do for our children
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
The Trust may review applications upon receipt and may call applicants for interview prior to the advert closing date. Therefore, you are encouraged to make an early application for this role and we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable) Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out on all shortlisted candidates.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
Company
Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.
We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion. We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.
Information for applicants with a disability
We are a proud Disability Confident Employer. We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).
If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.
The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.
There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:
- A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
- An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
- A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
- A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
- A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.
We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.
In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.
Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.
For the awards and support for our employees, please follow https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/homepage/169/job_vacancies
- Website
- http://birmingham.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 0121 675 7070
- Location
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Birmingham City Council
Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
United Kingdom
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