Early Years Adviser – SEND & Inclusion | 10351 | Secondment Opportunity / Temporary Fixed Term Contract until March 2027 | 37 hours per week | £52,761 to £57,297 per annum | Soulbury EA08 | Countywide

This is an exceptional opportunity to provide SEND and Inclusion support and professional development to early years providers meeting the needs of children with special education needs or disabilities. This will include enabling providers to improve learning opportunities particularly for vulnerable children.

This role ensures the delivery of Norfolk’s SEND and Inclusion offer to Early Years providers. It enables the LA to meet its statutory duties in relation to inclusion by supporting early years providers to meet the needs of children with special educational needs or disabilities, through support and challenge partnerships, training, guidance and networks, within NCC’s Children’s Services graduated response for SEND and inclusion.

With a focus on the improvement of early identification of need and quality of provision, particularly for children with identified SEN including enabling providers to develop policy for identification of needs as well as coherent strategies for improving learning opportunities for vulnerable children within settings.

This is a full-time fixed term position until the end of March 2027.

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: 11 May 2026 at 23:55

All other applicants closing date: 19 May 2026 at 23:55

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We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.
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