SENDIASS Advisor

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: SENDIASS Advisor
• Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 4, 1st Floor
• Salary: £38,510 - £42,123 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Fixed Term
• Duration: Two Years
• Closing Date: 15/11/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 14722
• This post is not open to job share

SENDIASS Gloucestershire (Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Advice and Support Service) is recruiting!

SENDIASS Adviser – Grade 8 – 2 Full-Time, Fixed Term posts (two years)

About The Team & Role

An exciting opportunity is available to join a growing team of friendly and well-respected professionals who are committed to ensuring parent carers and young people with SEND have their voices heard and receive accurate and helpful information and advice.

SENDIASS Gloucestershire is a specialist service offering free, impartial, confidential information, advice and support on matters around SEND. The Service is offered to parent carers of children with SEND (0-25 years) and young people aged between 16 and 25 years old to help them play an active and informed role in supporting their child or the young person’s education.

About You

To be successful you will need to have good organisational skills, be enthusiastic and self-motivated. These roles involve directly working with parent carers to provide impartial information, advice and support in relation to their child with SEND. The successful applicants will have experience of engaging and working with parent carers and be fully aware of the challenges that parent carers face. Knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice is essential.

Successful applicants will be required to complete the IPSEA Level 1 Legal Training as part of the role and work towards IPSEA Level 3, ideally within 12 months of starting the role.

Travel requirement: Due to the nature of the role and the need to travel to locations across the county, including some rural areas, applicants must have access to their own transport and be able to use it for work purposes.

About Us

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

Flexible and agile working opportunities

25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service

An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)

Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family

Career development and qualification opportunities

Supportive and positive working environment with regular supervision

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone

An in-house Occupational Health service

These posts are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

How To Apply

If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Britt Fox - britt.fox@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 15th November 2026

Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail. Interviews will be held on Thursday 26th November 2026.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Job Profile - SENDIASS Adviser

Due to the number of applications we received, we are unable to provide feedback at shortlisting stage and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.

The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have a right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months' employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is subject to a DBS check.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.