We are recruiting for a Catering Assistant to support the development of a healthy eating ethos across the school.
Role
The role is to assist the Catering Manager to prepare and serve daily meals for children and staff, and to complete the preparation, cooking and service for the evening meal. Food should be cooked fresh, always using healthy methods. The Catering Assistant will be responsible to run the kitchen in the Catering Managers absence and may be called upon to help with the ordering of food deliveries ensuring stock is kept up to date in a timely manner. Ideally this candidate will have a wide breath of experience in a kitchen and knowledge of supervision. This role is varied, working in a fun environment with a flexible team. A full job description will be sent on request.
This role shall include daily interaction with our young people so previous experience of working in a similar environment would be helpful, although not essential as full training is provided.
Qualifications
Evidence of Food Safety Certification & Level 1 or Level 2 Certificate in Food Preparation and Cooking or similar NVQ.
Hours
This is a permanent, full-time position at the school you and you will work 162.5 hours per month on a shift pattern between the hours of 7am-6pm and working one in three weekends.
Salary
The salary range, £25,096 – 29,601 per annum depending on experience and qualifications.
Benefits:
- Bonus scheme
- Free Staff meals on shift
- On-site parking
- Generous referral scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Established Wellbeing Team
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Training & career development opportunities
Closing date: 3rd November 2025
We are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of the children and expect all staff to share the same commitment. Successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check and pre-employment checks following Safer Recruitment.
All applicants must have the Right to Work in the UK and have 12 months of more on their Visa. We cannot currently offer sponsorship or switch sponsor.