Catering Assistant
The Appleton School, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 5RN11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
6 January 2024
Closing date
16 December 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 December 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
- £10,860.00 - £11,030.00 Annually (Actual) 20 Hours per week (Monday to Friday - 10:45 to 14:45), Term Time Only (38 Weeks), Scale 2 Points 3-4
Catering Assistant job summary
Details
We are looking to appoint a Catering Assistant to join our catering team for 20 hours per week (Monday – Friday 10:45 to 14:45), term time only. We are a large secondary school with busy service times; therefore, speed and duty of care are essential. The ability to work well with staff and pupils is an important requirement of the job as well as being able to work on your own and as being part of a team. The post will involve general help in the kitchen with priorities being cleaning and washing up.
Some experience of working in a similar environment would be useful and Food Hygiene Level 2 qualification is desirable although training will be given if required.
You must have a confident approach to working with young people, excellent communication skills and display a conscientious and flexible attitude to working as part of a team
Key Responsibilities:
- The preparation and simple cooking of food & beverages
- Serving customers at the counter/hatch or from a trolley or kiosk as required.
- To undertake all aspects of cleaning equipment (light and heavy), walls (up to 6ft.) floors, fixtures and fittings, cooking utensils, cutlery, glassware etc. as directed.
- During service times, to ensure that tables and counters are as clean as reasonably practicable and adequately stocked.
- To maintain a high standard of personal and general cleanliness and hygiene to comply with statutory and school regulations.
- To attend training activities and/or meetings as required.
- Occasionally to assist with special functions at the school which may be outside of normal working hours.
- To report any customer comments or complaints and take any necessary remedial action if appropriate.
- Report immediately any accidents, fire, theft, loss, damage, unfit food or other irregularities and take such action as may be appropriate or possible.
For more information please see the attached Job Description
We offer our staff an excellent induction programme within a friendly and supportive environment, and are committed to providing high quality professional development. This enables continuous improvement in teaching and learning.
The Appleton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Appleton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About The Appleton School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1602 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- The Appleton School website (opens in new tab)
About The Appleton School:
At The Appleton School, we value the inclusive history of the school, which stretches back to the establishment of the first comprehensive schools in Britain in the 1960s. This still provides an inspiration for us and sits alongside our absolute commitment to provide the best for our community in the 21st century.
The Appleton School is a mixed comprehensive school for students aged 11-18 and is a supportive community with strong values in which every student matters. The Appleton School, recognised as a Good school by Ofsted, delivers an ambitious, inclusive and broad & balanced curriculum, enhanced by extra-curricular activities to help broaden learning experiences. In 2023 our students achieved well above the national average for attainment at GCSE 9-4 and 9-5 grades with English and Maths.
We offer our staff an excellent induction programme within a friendly and supportive environment, and are committed to providing high quality professional development. This enables continuous improvement in teaching and learning.
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