Cafe and Shop Assistant (Secondary School)
Oaklands School, Hounslow, TW3 4BX12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
18 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
4 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday - Friday 08.30 - 3.30 Term time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,406 - £24,805
What skills and experience we're looking for
Oaklands is a school for children and young people that have severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties and/or autism. We cater for students between the ages of 4 and 19. High Oaks, our secondary school is based in a purpose built premises located in Gresham Road, Hounslow. We are close to Osterley Tube Station and public transport routes and just 15 minutes’ walk from Hounslow bus station.
Oaklands sixth form offer a 3 year programme of study. As part of this 3 year programme students participate in Vocational and Life skills activities. As part of this they will participate in a range of activities relating to the World of work and preparing them for adulthood.
Due to our rapid and continued expansion, we are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Café and Shop Assistant. The ideal candidate will maintain a high level of customer service whilst supporting and training students to develop their working skills in a café environment. You will need to have experience of working in a café and retail environment and experience of having worked with young people who have severe learning difficulties. We believe that all of our students are capable of making outstanding progress and we want to appoint individuals who share our belief and have the desire and motivation to make this happen. Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of the role.
What the school offers its staff
We value our employees and offer excellent training and support along with a pension scheme, employee assistance programme and other wellbeing benefits.
Oaklands School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults and anyone applying to work at the school is expected to share this commitment. This position is subject to a satisfactory fully enhanced DBS check and references being received. Social Media checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates. All positions are subject to the satisfactory completion of a 26 working week probation period.
Details of this post are available on Oaklands schools website: www.oaklands.hounslow.sch.uk
Visits to the school are welcomed. Please contact HR for an appointment on 0208 560 3569 (option 3).
If you believe you have what it takes and would like to join our friendly and supportive team, please complete and email the application form to HR@oaklands.uk.net Please ensure that you explain clearly in your application how you meet the person specification.
Closing Date: 9am Wednesday 18th June 2025
Interview Date: Thursday 26th June 2025
Start Date: September 2025
Contract Type: Permanent term time only.
Hours of work: Monday to Fridays 8.30am – 3.30pm (31.25 hours per week).
Pay Scale: Hounslow Pay scale 5 point 11 - 15
Actual Pay: £23,406 - £24,805
CV’s will not be accepted. No Agencies Please.
Commitment to safeguarding
Oaklands School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, teaching and non-teaching (including temporary and supply staff), governors and volunteers to share this commitment.
Successful applicants for all vacancies will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hr@oaklands.uk.net
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Oaklands School
- School type
- Special school, ages 4 to 19
- School size
- 254 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Oaklands School website
- Email address
- hr@oaklands.uk.net
- Phone number
- 02085603569
Oaklands is an ‘outstanding’ special school serving the London Borough of Hounslow that provides specialist education to students with severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple difficulties and autism aged 4-19.
We have a Primary school (New Oaks), and a Secondary school (High Oaks). We are based across two different sites with both our school buildings offering state of the art facilities for our students and we serve a socially and ethnically diverse population, with children coming from within Hounslow and the surrounding Boroughs.
Arranging a visit to Oaklands School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@oaklands.uk.net.
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