About the Wiltshire Parent Carer Council CIC (WPCC)

The Wiltshire Parent Carer Council CIC (WPCC) is an independent organisation which is managed and run by parent carers*, for parent carers, seeking to enable the voice and experiences of parent carers to positively influence the services that their children and families use.

Representing over 4,000 parent carers of children and young people in Wiltshire with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND), the WPCC provides a specialist consultation and participation service which enables parent carers to have a voice about the services and support their children and families use. This service offers real opportunities to influence and shape provision across the local area, and work in partnership with the people who commission and deliver services in Wiltshire.

The WPCC also provides its specialist information and signposting service called SENDIS, to support parent carers of children and young people with SEND, and those working with them. WPCC’s SENDIS service is a ‘one-stop shop’ that provides a wealth of specialist information as well as signposting to specialist services which support families raising a child or young person with SEND. This service is enhanced by our Outreach Service and Telephone Triage Team.

* The WPCC uses the term parent carer to describe anyone over the age of 18 with parental responsibility for a child or young person with SEND; this does not have to be a birth parent and could include foster parents, adoptive parents, special guardians, grandparents etc.

Improving local services for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities

Why are you Advertising these Vacancies?

We are looking to increase our capacity and employ two new outreach workers on permanent contracts to join our outreach team.

Where the WPCC is Based

The WPCC represents and supports parent carers across the whole of Wiltshire, excluding Swindon.

The WPCC office is based in central Trowbridge, near to the Odeon cinema leisure complex.

Other Information

Closing date for all applications is 5pm on Sunday 12th March 2023.

Interviews for successful shortlisted candidates will take place at the WPCC office on Thursday 16th March 2023.

It is hoped the successful candidates will start as soon as possible after the interview, subject to necessary checks. You will need an enhanced DBS; the WPCC will arrange this if you do not have a valid certificate.