Transition and SEND Adviser (Virtual School) | 10604 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week, Term time plus two weeks | £39,003.94 to £42,924.63 per annum | Grade K | County Hall

The Virtual School is looking to appoint a Transition and SEND Adviser to improve educational outcomes for children in care and the wider Virtual School cohorts through a specific focus on those children and young people with SEND and those children and young people with SEND at key transition points.

The Virtual School has a statutory function to promote educational outcomes for children in care and children previously in care. There are additional duties, for children with a social worker and in kinship care.  

The job will operate across all our cohorts as appropriate. The post holder will assist the SEND Lead Adviser in the development and promotion of strategy, policy and practice to improve EET outcomes and transitions for looked after children and care leavers with SEND.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement 
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need. 
• Financial benefits such as:
  • ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.   
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.

  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)

  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.  

Redeployment closing date: 10 June 2026 at 23:55

All other applicants closing date: 17 June 2026 at 23:55

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