Teaching Assistant (L3)

*** This vacancy is only available to Caerphilly County Borough Council employees, including agency staff currently working at the Council. ***

We are recruiting an ALN Teaching Assistant Level 3 at Caerphilly County Borough Council.

Working hours: 32.5 hours

Working Weeks: 39 Weeks
Contract Type: Full Time, Fixed term until 30th April 2028
Location: Bryn Primary School

We pay an attractive salary of £20,397 and offer access to training and development opportunities.

We are seeking a committed and experienced Level 3 Teaching Assistant to join our team in Bryn Primary School.

The successful candidate will work collaboratively within a team of adults to support pupils with Additional Learning Needs (ALN), ensuring inclusive and effective learning experiences. The role includes overseeing some individual planning, organising timetables, and coordinating the use of resources and learning spaces to maximise impact. The postholder will be actively involved in monitoring and reviewing Individual Development Plans (IDPs), helping to identify progress and ensure appropriate Additional Learning Provision (ALP) is implemented to meet learners’ needs.

For the role, we ask that you have:

• A relevant Level 3 qualification on the Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales. For example NVQ3 for Teaching Assistants or experience.
• Full working knowledge of relevant polices/codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation.
• Work constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these.
  
  

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

After reading the Job Description and Person Specification, if you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Jodi Khan on 01495 225690 or email khanj33@sch.caerphilly.gov.uk

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

We are legally required to ask you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Successful applicants are required to provide appropriate documentation such as a birth certificate, passport or work permit in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

This vacancy has been processed in English only because there is no Welsh requirement.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and a comprehensive screening process will be undertaken on all successful 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.

Interviews will be held on 6th March

This vacancy has been processed in English only because there is no Welsh requirement.