SEND Advisor
Team: SEND Specialist Services
Job Family: Advising – CBG13
Salary: £51,471 – £55,585 per annum pro rata
Hours: 37 hours per week (part time will be considered) – 5 positions available
Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month.
Contract type: Hybrid – Permanent
Closing Date: 5th October 2026
Interview Date: 12th October 2026
About the role:
The SEND Advisory Team is based within the Children asnd Families directorate and provides advice and support to 128 lower, primary, middle, secondary and upper schools across Central Bedfordshire.
This is a demanding role supporting schools and council officers. As a SEND Advisor you will:
- Be a part of the Experts at Hand, and coordinate Team Around the School meetings.
- Visit schools and SENDCOs to develop strategies to support young people with SEND.
- Provide impartial advice in respect of specific cases and more general practice.
- Quality assure annual reviews and provision in schools.
- Deliver training to SENCOs and schools to ensure a graduated approach is taken regarding the support of SEND provision.
You will also work with other CBC officers to:
- Establish regular meetings and training.
- Encourage the sharing of good practice.
- Support the statutory SEND Team and the statutory processes.
- Attend panel meetings to provide advice and support with decision around assessments and school placements.
To join us, you’ll need to be a trained teacher with a background gained in a school or a local authority setting. It is important that your experience includes time spent as a SENDCO or similar, and that you have a proven record of working with children with a Special Educational Need as well as working successfully alongside parents and education professionals. You will have gained the National Award for SEN (NASENCO) or NPQ SEND.
You will need to be able to build strong and productive relationships, inspire others and have a strong specialist knowledge in respect of SEND. Knowledge of safeguarding legislation regarding young people will also be essential.
Join us, and you’ll enjoy attractive benefits plus the chance to learn and progress. Even better, you’ll find your greatness as you help children to achieve their potential.
PLEASE NOTE: The application question ‘If you are applying to this vacancy as an internal candidate, you confirm your understanding that this is a fixed term opportunity, and in order to be considered under secondment, you must gain your managers consent at the time of placing your application’ has been added in error – these are permanent roles.
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.
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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.
Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Gayle Raybould (Senior SEND Advisor) at gayle.raybould@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or Karen Harris (Principle EP) at karen.harris@centralbedforshire.gov.uk
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Safeguarding:
Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.
To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council’s policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.
Your application to us is a reflection of who you are professionally and should give us an accurate and authentic picture of your skills, experiences and if applicable qualifications. Before you submit your application, we will ask you to confirm if you have used AI.
Our National Careers Service team offer a free monthly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours. Please book your place here.
More information about this service can be found here: Support getting into work or learning | Central Bedfordshire Council
All new starters will join us on a four‑month probationary period. During this time, if you are offered a Hybrid role you will be required to attend a Central Bedfordshire Council office location more frequently to support thorough and well‑supported onboarding into your role. Please keep this in mind if you anticipate extensive travel to Central Bedfordshire.
Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for our roles. Successful applicants that may require a visa will need to consider the options for obtaining and/or maintaining the legal right to live and work in the UK for the duration of the contract offered.
