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SENDIASS Gloucestershire (Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Advice and Support Service) is recruiting! Part-time SENDIASS Adviser post (0.5 fte) - Grade 8 An exciting opportunity is available to join this 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. How you'll make a difference 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.

We are looking to recruit enthusiastic and self-motivated people to join our team of Advisers. These roles involve directly working with parent carers to provide impartial information, advice and support in relation to their child with SEND. The Service covers Gloucestershire and works in partnership with parent carers and young people, Gloucestershire Parent Carer Forum, Gloucestershire County Council, ICB, educational settings and other key agencies working with children and young people up to the age of 25. The successful applicants will have experience of engaging and working with parent carers and fully aware of the challenges that parent carers face. Knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice is essential., 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. 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. Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

Being part of a service that is supportive, offer development opportunities and cares passionately about meeting the needs of Gloucestershire's children and young people.

• Training and Development opportunities inc. IPSEA and Nasen, LASEN Training
• Flexible working opportunities
• A service structure that provides progression opportunities
• Annual leave of 25.5 rising to 30.5 days per year after 5 years, plus bank holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Competitive salaries
• Opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Wide ranging multi agency working
• Employee Benefits Programme
Please note: The 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. 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. These posts are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.