Catering Assistant

Newton Longville Church of England Primary School, Newton Longville, Buckinghamshire, MK17 0BZ

12 days remaining to apply

Start date details
asap
Closing date
14 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
30 September 2024

Job details

Job role: Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £23,105.00 Annually (FTE) actual salary £7,745 (Pay grade 1A5)

Catering Assistant job summary

Are you hard working? Patient and enjoy helping children? Someone who has a good sense of humour and can be a positive, encouraging member of our team?

We are a one form entry village primary school where children are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud that the school has a wonderful family feel to it where we understand the importance of work life balance alongside making school a wonderful and memorable experience for our children and families.

At Newton Longville Church of England Primary School our aim is to support and guide each pupil within a Christian ethos in their progress towards fulfilling their full potential, mentally, physically, spiritually and morally and to assist them towards becoming responsible members of society.

www.newton-longville-school.co.uk

About the role
We are committed to doing everything possible to ensure children get nutritious meals at school. The post holder will need a passion for catering and an interest in serving nutritional and healthy meals. Previous catering experience is desirable and experience of working in education settings would be advantageous.

We can offer:

Brilliantly behaved pupils
Professional support and development where possible
A supportive and visible SLT
A commitment to a sensible approach to workload
Wonderful parents and governors

Please see attached job description for further details about the role.

We are looking for someone:

Who has children’s welfare, safety and learning at the heart of everything they do
Who can work well in a collaborative and supportive team
Who has a passion for food
Who can use their initiative as well as take direction
Who has great organisational skills with a willingness to cope and respond well to change
Who has excellent communication skills.

Other information

Visits to the school are warmly welcome and encouraged.

To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on 01908 373428 or office@newtonlongville.bucks.sch.uk

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.