ICDS Caseworkers - Pre and Post 16

The ICDS, Statutory EHC Assessment Team are a countywide service with a clear split to provide a Pre and Post 16 focus. Both internal teams (Pre and Post 16) are responsible for assessing for and maintaining all Education, Health & Care Plans (EHCP’s) for Nottinghamshire children, young people. This team facilitates a statutory process and has to work to strict timescales. We are currently recruiting for Caseworkers in both the Pre and Post 16 areas of the service.

We are looking for a highly motivated resilient worker with the ability to work under pressure. You will need to demonstrate your enthusiasm to improve services for disabled children and young people, and be able to organise and manage your work within set statutory timescales. You will be highly skilled in communicating and negotiation with experience in working effectively with disabled children/young people and their parents/carers as well as a range of Education, Health & Social Care agencies and professionals.

You will be required to:

• Have a strong working knowledge of the Children & Families Act 2014, the Special educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014, the SEN Code 2015 and the Care Act.
• Hold a Caseload of children young people with EHCP’s.
• Co-ordinate Education, Health & Care needs assessments of Children, Young People (CYP) with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and/or Disabilities, understanding the implications of these not being met.
• Work to ensure that the voice of the CYP and their family is represented in all documents and promote co-production.
• Write EHC plans, ensuring that the CYP’s aspirations are reflected and that outcomes are measurable.
• Have a good understanding of Preparing for Adulthood and ensure this is reflected in both your work with young people and within their EHCP’s.
• Have good understanding of the graduated approach to services and education support in Nottinghamshire for children, young people at ‘SEN Support’.
• Have good literacy & IT skills (working knowledge of MOSAIC would be beneficial)
• Facilitate multi-agency meetings to agree the content of new or reviewed Education, Health & Care Plans as well as where it has been agreed that an education placement may be at risk.
• Manage the expectations of Families of disabled children, young people in relation to support and services and to understand our graduated response.
• Make strong links with Education, Health & Care colleagues.
• Be deployed across the county in-line with the needs of the service.