Job Introduction
This is an exciting opportunity to help us shape how we can best work alongside our SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) and school/colleges.
As a newly established role, we will be learning from the people we work with as the role develops, ensuring we help young people reach their goals and aspirations. The purpose for this role is to attend and actively participate in EHCP's (Education Health and Care Plan) ensuring the right advice and guidance is given for those that need or likely to need adult social care.
The role will be the link for our SEND, school and colleges who need advice and guidance developing their own networks within these organisations.
Main Responsibility
As an Education Liaison Assessor, you will work alongside SEND keyworkers, Schools and colleges to participate and support the EHCP process. You will have a strength based approach in ensuring we help provide the right support and guidance for young people to reach their goals.
you will also:
- work with young people and their parents/carers throughout the EHCP process
- undertake flexible and imaginative approaches in offering support to adults, their families and carers.
- promote good outcomes for the person.
- Support in good networking with schools and colleges
- Be the link for adult social care within those EHCP's
- Be the link for schools and colleges for adult social care.
The Ideal Candidate
You'll have:
- experience of working with individuals and understand the education health care plan process
- motivation to support young people and their families through difficult transition
- great networking skills
- ability to support people to reach their goals
- experience of being a team player, you’ll be able to flex to the needs of the team
- a proven track record of a person centred, and asset focused outlook and you’ll have high professional standards.
Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please Heidi Poole, Service lead at: heidi.poole@staffordshire.gov.uk
Interviews will be held: Monday 3 March 2025.
Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire
Our recruitment process:
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
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