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Job: Lefel 2, Cynorthwyydd Cefnogi Dysgu/ One to One, Level 2, LSA, Dowlais Primary School
Job Ref: LS044-2425
Salary: £25,183.00 - To: £25,183.00
Job Scale: Grade 2 SCP 6
Job Hours: 27.5
Location: Dowlais Primary School, High Street, Caeharris, Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 3HB
Speciality:
Dowlais Primary School
Headteacher: Mrs J Estebanez
1:1 LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT
Grade 2 (Level 2)
Grade 2 SCP 6 £25,183 FTE
= 65% £16,368
27.5 hours - Full Time – 1 Year initial contract
Start date: SEPTEMBER 2025
Dowlais Primary School is a successful, vibrant and happy school which offers excellent learning opportunities to all of our children, as well as the professional development of our staff.
The Governing Body are looking to appoint a highly motivated and conscientious learning support assistant to join a hard-working, committed team at our school.
We are looking for someone who is:
? Enthusiastic
? Able to use their initiative
? Committed to providing high quality provision
? A good communicator and listener
? Able to develop positive relationships with Pupils, Colleagues, Parents and Governors
? Committed to developing inclusion and equality of learning
? Able to work enthusiastically as part of a supportive team and have high expectations of themselves and others
? Able to carry out basic computer skills
In addition, the successful candidate would need:
? A qualification in manual handling or a willingness to be trained.
? Willingness to undertake required further specific training upon commencement of employment.
If you require further details please contact Mrs Judith Estebanez (Headteacher) on 01685 351808 or judith.estebanez@merthyr.gov.uk
Closing date for applications – Friday 23rd May 2025
Shortlisting on –.Tuesday 3rd June 2025
Interviews on –.Friday 13th June 2025
Application forms can be completed online at www.merthyr.gov.uk
If you do not have access to the internet, application forms can be obtained by telephoning 01685 725199 and are to be returned no later than Friday 23rd May 2025 to HR Administration, Civic Centre, Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AN.
Email: Human.ResourcesAdmin@merthyr.gov.uk
You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.
Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council encourages applications from Welsh speakers. Application forms may be submitted in Welsh and any applications completed in Welsh will not be treated any less favourably than those submitted in English.
If you are successfully shortlisted for interview please contact human.resourcesadmin@merthyr.gov.uk to let us know if you would like your interview to be conducted through the medium of Welsh.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.
All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both. Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.
We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.
Headteacher: Mrs J Estebanez
1:1 LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT
Grade 2 (Level 2)
Grade 2 SCP 6 £25,183 FTE
= 65% £16,368
27.5 hours - Full Time – 1 Year initial contract
Start date: SEPTEMBER 2025
Dowlais Primary School is a successful, vibrant and happy school which offers excellent learning opportunities to all of our children, as well as the professional development of our staff.
The Governing Body are looking to appoint a highly motivated and conscientious learning support assistant to join a hard-working, committed team at our school.
We are looking for someone who is:
? Enthusiastic
? Able to use their initiative
? Committed to providing high quality provision
? A good communicator and listener
? Able to develop positive relationships with Pupils, Colleagues, Parents and Governors
? Committed to developing inclusion and equality of learning
? Able to work enthusiastically as part of a supportive team and have high expectations of themselves and others
? Able to carry out basic computer skills
In addition, the successful candidate would need:
? A qualification in manual handling or a willingness to be trained.
? Willingness to undertake required further specific training upon commencement of employment.
If you require further details please contact Mrs Judith Estebanez (Headteacher) on 01685 351808 or judith.estebanez@merthyr.gov.uk
Closing date for applications – Friday 23rd May 2025
Shortlisting on –.Tuesday 3rd June 2025
Interviews on –.Friday 13th June 2025
Application forms can be completed online at www.merthyr.gov.uk
If you do not have access to the internet, application forms can be obtained by telephoning 01685 725199 and are to be returned no later than Friday 23rd May 2025 to HR Administration, Civic Centre, Castle Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8AN.
Email: Human.ResourcesAdmin@merthyr.gov.uk
You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.
Ability to speak Welsh is desirable.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council encourages applications from Welsh speakers. Application forms may be submitted in Welsh and any applications completed in Welsh will not be treated any less favourably than those submitted in English.
If you are successfully shortlisted for interview please contact human.resourcesadmin@merthyr.gov.uk to let us know if you would like your interview to be conducted through the medium of Welsh.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.
All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies. Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both. Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.
We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.