Job Title: EHCP and FE Support Coordinator (SENCO)
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £36,333 – £38,474 per annum – SS6
Job type: Permanent, Full-time.
University College Birmingham works in partnership with the University of Warwick – Ranked eighth in the 2023 Guardian League Tables and 10th in the UK in the QS World University rankings 2023.
The Role:
University College Birmingham’s highly experienced Disability Support team is looking to expand during an exciting period of growth.
The team requires an EHCP and FE Support Coordinator (SENCO) who will coordinate support for Further Education students who have disclosed a disability or SpLD. This will require managing our Academic Support Worker team on a day-to-day basis, maintaining quality of support provision, and working closely with our wider curriculum teams and external agencies.
Candidate Requirements:
You will have proven managerial experience in this area, in addition to experience of working with Education Health and Care Plans (supporting students with EHCPs from transition in to transition out) and being empathetic towards students with disabilities/SpLDs.
Further, the successful candidate will have excellent communication and organisational skills, a thorough understanding of the OFSTED EIF, and an in-depth knowledge of associated disability legislation, funding and regulatory bodies.
Benefits:
- Generous allocation of annual leave
- 26 days’ paid leave per year
- 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
- Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
- Employer Contributions – 20.9%
- Subsidised private healthcare provided by Aviva including a Digital GP Service.
- Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of counselling services, financial wellbeing support and bereavement support
- Annual health MOTs with our Registered Nurse
- Excellent staff development opportunities including professional qualification sponsorship
- A variety of salary sacrifice schemes including car, technology and cycle.
- Heavily-subsidised on-site car parking in central Birmingham
- Hybrid working opportunities
- Free on-site gym membership
Extra Information:
All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.
Closing Date – Friday 23rd June 2023 at midday.
Interview Dates – TBC.
UCB is an equal opportunities employer.
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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Support Staff, Care Assistant, Care Coordinator, Care Assistant, Education Support Assistant, Adult Support Worker, Special Needs Support, Adult Care Assistant, Education Support Coordinator, will be considered for this role.
