Service Care Solutions are looking for a Key Worker to work within the Cheshire East Council on a 3-month contract.Location: Macclesfield Town HallJob role/Responsibilities:Undertake statutory assessments and develop and maintain EHCPs across the Local Authority for children with SEND. Manage a caseload of children with EHCPs, attending annual reviews and updating plans as needed. Liaise with childcare, education, and vocational providers to secure appropriate placements for children and young people with EHCPs.
1. Coordinate a person-centred, outcome-focused, multi-agency approach to assessment, planning, and support, ensuring young people and parents are treated as partners in creating EHCPs. Act as key worker for allocated young people requiring SEND assessments or EHCPs.
2. Serve as the Named Officer and primary contact for assigned schools, colleges, and institutions attended by Cheshire East Council residents with SEND.
3. Attend and, when necessary, chair multi-agency co-production meetings. Analyse and evaluate educational, medical, social care, and psychological reports to make balanced, outcome-driven service recommendations.
4. Meet with young people, parents, and carers to discuss and resolve SEND support decisions, guiding families to Independent Advice and Support or advocacy as needed.
5. Submit comprehensive evidence to Moderation Panels to facilitate decision-making.
6. Support the SEND...