Overview
EHC Caseworker Assistant – NN16 8TL
Our Benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About the role
We are looking to recruit to the post of Education, Health and Care (EHC) Service Manager Administrator in North Northamptonshire Council. This is an exciting and varied opportunity working within the statutory Education, Health and Care Team.
The role is fast paced supporting the EHC Service Manager to carry out the administration duties around the statutory assessment processes and recruitment processes.
Training will be provided on our in-house systems.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce which reflects the community we serve. We aim to create a workplace that celebrates diversity as we know our greatest strengths are the people who make up our team.
This position will be a hybrid of office and remote working with the expectation that at least one day will be worked in the office at Tithe Barn Road, Wellingborough NN8 1BN.
Please ensure you read the job description, person specification and guidance for applying for a post within North Northamptonshire Council, as well as taking account of the about you section below.
For informal enquiries please contact Sam Barrett via email at samantha.barrett@northnorthants.gov.uk
Shortlisting will take place on 26.08.2025
Interviews will take place on w/c 02.09.2025
About you
You are a team player with the ability to use your interpersonal and customer service skills, to effectively communicate in a range of mediums with stakeholder groups, as well as the ability to quickly form strong and effective working relationships.
You will have previously worked in an administration or business support role ideally for a large organisation which required you to work under pressure, utilising your organisational skills, ability to plan and prioritise workloads.
You will be able to think ‘outside of the box’ and a can-do attitude is a must.
You will have working knowlege and experience of using Microsoft IT packages including Word, Excel and bespoke databases, in an administrative capacity.
Please see the attached person specification for full details of essential and desirable qualifications, experience, skills and abilities needed for this role.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
