EHCP case worker apprenticeship, level 4 · Register title: Early intervention practitioner (ST0868), EHCP coordination pathway
Grow EHCP coordinators who write plans that hold up
The Growth and Skills Levy covers the training and assessment, and we handle the enrolment and the paperwork. Your apprentice applies the standard to real casework in your SEND service: assessing need, coordinating education, health and care contributions, hearing the child and family, and producing plans that achieve lasting outcomes. They might be a case officer already carrying a caseload, or someone joining your team.
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What they'll be able to do
Three milestones, ending ready for assessment
Apply SEND legislation, statutory guidance and the EHCP framework, assess need, and use professional judgement on risk and priority.
Coordinate education, health and care contributions, resolve disagreement, hear the voice of the child and family, and keep lawful, accurate records.
Use evidence-based assessment, reflect through supervision, and be ready for end point assessment.
Their learning journey
Five themes, built around your work
SEND law, safeguarding and the EHCP framework
Statutory guidance, risk, escalation and assessment.
Multi-agency coordination
Contributions from education, health and care, mediation, and the voice of the child and family.
Transitions, records and case management
Phase transfers, lawful records and confidentiality, and digital case management.
Reflective practice
Resilience, supervision and evidence-based strategies in the coordination role.
Observation and gateway
Workplace observation, portfolio, and mock assessments.
Presentation and professional discussion
A 45-minute presentation on a cycle of their casework with questions, and a professional discussion underpinned by their portfolio.
Every programme works the same way. They learn it, use it in your organisation, then look back at what they did and why.
Know it
SEND law, the EHCP framework, and what good multi-agency assessment looks like.
Show it
Plans coordinated, contributions gathered on time, and families heard.
Live it
Accuracy, fairness, and the child at the centre of every decision.
Who you could put forward
Someone already with you, or someone new
A case officer carrying a caseload
Experienced and capable, and ready for the structure behind the work.
Someone new to your SEND team
A recruit you want working to one standard from day one.
A school SENCo's assistant moving into the local authority
School experience, ready for the statutory side.
A team where consistency matters
Several coordinators trained together, writing plans the same way.
You're trusting us with someone from your team. Here's how we look after them.
One trainer-coach from start to finish, who knows SEND law and gets to know your service and its families.
A one-to-one review every month, and a three-way review with you every quarter. Nobody is guessing where they are or what's next.
Fully remote and built around their caseload: live online sessions, coaching huddles and workshops, so nobody leaves the service to learn. No day or block release.
What your organisation gets
Plans that hold up, one standard across the team
Plans that hold up
Coordinators who know the law and the evidence, writing plans that stand scrutiny.
Families heard properly
The voice of the child and family built into every plan.
One standard across the team
Coordinators trained together, so quality doesn't depend on who picks up the case.
Training and assessment are funded from the Growth and Skills Levy you already pay, up to the funding band for this standard. If you don't pay the levy, there's nothing to pay for apprentices under 25, and a 5% contribution for those aged 25 and over.
We check eligibility before you commit to anything. We complete the enrolment, the funding agreement, and the records the rules require, in the format auditors expect.
You get one named account manager, from your first conversation to your last review. If something isn't working, you go to them, and we take it seriously.
The honest answers
Questions people actually ask
At least 348 hours of off-the-job training across the programme. We convert that into hours per week around their role and agree it in writing before anyone starts.
It's the same national standard, applied entirely to EHCP coordination in a local authority.
Training and assessment are funded from the Growth and Skills Levy, up to £5,000. If you don't pay the levy, there's nothing to pay for apprentices under 25, and a 5% contribution for those aged 25 and over. We'll confirm exactly what applies before you commit.
If they move to a new employer, they can carry on their apprenticeship there. Your funding commitment from the Growth and Skills Levy ends when they leave.
Let's begin
Tell us who you'd like to back.
We'll reply within one working day. You'll know whether this programme fits them, what it costs you, and how quickly they could start. No commitment. And if we're not the right fit, we'll tell you.
Together, let's go