Teaching Assistant Level 1 Trinity Fields

Job description
TEACHING ASSISTANT – Level 1

Permanent, Fixed Term, Casual

There will be a number of Permanent, Fixed term and Casual vacancies. Please confirm on your application form which you would like to apply for.

Learning together in a changing world creating, SUCCESS for all.

Trinity Fields is a special school for pupils aged between 3 and 19 years, with severe and complex needs. We serve the County Borough of Caerphilly as well as having some pupils from neighbouring authorities. Trinity Fields is highly regarded by parents/carers and professionals alike.

We have recently been inspected by Estyn (June 2019) who judged us to be EXCELLENT in all 5 inspection areas.

This is a very exciting time for the school as we develop formal partnerships with the local authority and mainstream schools with specialist resource bases in order to improve the outcomes for pupils with ALN across the County Borough. These posts could either be at the main site or at one of our satellite provisions.

We are committed to providing a highly individualised and inclusive education to all our pupils, with an emphasis upon meeting their individual needs and developing their strengths and interests within a highly supportive and engaging learning environment.

We are a Rights Respecting School. We are firmly committed to the United Nations Conventions of the Rights of the Child.

We also hold the Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM) Flagship status, the Welsh Network of Healthy Schools Schemes National Quality Award and Investors in Families, Diamond Award.

Teaching Assistant 32.30 hours per week

We require creative flexible, dynamic and hardworking individuals who will enhance an already outstanding staff team.

Permanent : Salary: Grade 4 SCP 5 – 6, 32.30 hours per week, 39 weeks of the year. To commence ASAP (pending all employee checks), application forms can be accessed and submitted via Eteach.

Fixed Term : 1 year. Salary: Grade 4 SCP 5 – 6, 32.30 hours per week, 39 weeks of the year. To commence ASAP (pending all employee checks), application forms can be accessed and submitted via Eteach.

Casual: Salary: Hourly rate – £12.85. Grade 4 SCP 5, Casual hours. To commence ASAP (pending all employee checks), application forms can be accessed and submitted via Eteach.

Interviews: week commencing 3rd March 2025

We are legally obliged to ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. If you are invited to interview, you will be asked to provide appropriate documents such as your full birth certificate/passport/work permit in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

Applicants may be submitted in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

To view the Job Description and Person Specification please select the relevant attachment from the attachments list.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on all applicants. This will include an enhanced check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Under the Education (Wales) Act 2014 all Learning Support staff in schools, (which includes the post referred to herein), must be registered with the Education Workforce Council for Wales (EWC) from 1 April 2016.

Your employment will be subject to satisfactory documentary evidence of registration, and continuing registration, as a Learning Support Assistant with the EWC.

Information on how to register with the Education Workforce Council (EWC) can be found on the following website https://www.ewc.wales/site/index.php/en/ or by telephoning, 02920 460099. It is your responsibility to ensure you register and continue to register as part of your terms and conditions of employment.

This vacancy has been processed in English only as there are no welsh language requirements.