Teaching Assistant Level 2 - Trinity Fields

Caerphilly County Borough Council; Hengoed; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Caerphilly County Borough Council is recruiting a Level 2 Teaching Assistant at Trinity Fields School & Resource Centre. The role is permanent, part-time, term-time only with 32.50 hours per week and 39 working weeks per year, based at Trinity Fields.

The salary ranges from £22,100 to £23,193 and includes access to training and development opportunities. The successful candidate will support pupils aged 3–19 with severe and complex needs, contributing to an inclusive, rights-respecting

Qualifications

• NVQ2 or equivalent Teaching Assistant qualification and EWC registration.
• Understanding of the national/foundation stage curriculum and basic learning programmes/strategies.
• Experience with children with severe and complex learning difficulties in a specialist environment.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils with ALN in a specialist setting.
• Assist classroom teachers with delivery of lessons and activities.
• Contribute to an inclusive, rights-respecting learning environment and individualised pupil needs.

Skills

NVQ2 Teaching Assistant

EWC registration

Foundation stage curriculum

Education

Relevant Level 2 qualification (Wales)

Job description

We are recruiting a Level 2 Teaching Assistant at Caerphilly County Borough Council.

Working hours: 32.50

Working Weeks TTO: 39

Contract Type: Permanent, Part Time, Term Time Only

Location: Trinity Fields School & Resource Centre

We pay an attractive salary of £22,100 - £23,193 and offer access to training and development opportunities.

Teaching Assistant Level 2 - Learning together in a changing world creating, SUCCESS for all. To commence ASAP (pending all employee checks). 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.

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

Interviews have been scheduled for week commencing 12th October 2026.

For the role, we ask that you have:

• Relevant Level 2 qualification on the Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales. For example, NVQ2 for Teaching Assistants or experience and EWC registration.
• General understanding of national/foundation stage curriculum and other basic learning programmes/strategies.
• Recent experience of working with children with severe and complex learning difficulties within a specialist environment.

• Local Government Pension Scheme
• staff discount schemes

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

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.