Food Service Assistant
Beam Primary School, Dagenham, Essex, RM10 9ED8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
11 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
30 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 18.5 Hours Per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £8125
Pay scale
- Spinal Point 4
What skills and experience we're looking for
1. Purpose of the Job:
- To contribute to the provision of a high quality, professional and responsive catering service at School.
- Assist with food preparation, cooking, preparing and cleaning the school kitchen and dining room areas, pot and dish washing, and food service to pupils and staff.
- To meet all service and operational related standards in compliance with all service related regulations and legislation e.g. Health & Safety, Hygiene, Food Safety/Safer Food -Better Business, Operations Manuals and Kitchen Records.
2. Main Activities (under direction of the Cook/Supervisor):
- Prepare food using a range of kitchen equipment and tools.
- Assist in the assembly, production, cooking and storage of food. Where appropriate ensure that food products are made ready for transportation.
- Undertake food service duties before school, during break time and lunch time to pupils and staff.
- When serving food, ensure that it is accurately portioned and accounted for.
- Ensure that food served is registered with the correct pupil/staff member using the cashless till system.
- When directed, replenish and maintain all drinks and goods’ counters.
- Advise all service users of the menu items that are available.
- Able to provide information relating to the menu items and how they are produced, including the main ingredients and basic product knowledge.
- In accordance with Safer Food, Better Business (Food Standards Agency) legislation assist with the routine cleaning of all kitchen equipment, utensils and work surfaces.
- Undertake pot and dish washing duties.
- Ensure that the kitchen and other areas are cleared and cleaned to the required standards before and after food service.
- Ensure that the dining room and other designated areas are cleared and cleaned to the required standards before and after food service.
- Assist with setting out, clearing and cleaning tables and chairs, counters, cutlery etc.
- Assist with the induction of new staff in the kitchen environment.
3. Statutory Requirements:
This post carries a requirement to have a Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check for Children.
4. General Accountabilities and Responsibilities:
- Ensure compliance with appropriate legislation, Council Policies, the Council Constitution, Financial Rules and other requirements of the Council.
- Promote the development of a high quality individual need led service, to comply at all times with the Council and School’s policies and procedures, particularly those regarding Data Protection, Equalities and Diversity & Health and Safety.
- Undertakes a proactive, committed approach towards the School and the Council’s Best Value ethos.
- Ensure compliance with and actively promote the School and Council’s Equalities and Diversity policies and strategies.
- Ensure compliance with and actively promote Health and Safety at work legislation, Council and Departmental Health & Safety policies and procedures.
- Comply with the competencies and standard requisites agreed by the School/Council as relevant to your post.
- Comply with the Data Protection Act 2018 – General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
- Take responsibility for continuing self-development and participate in training and development activities.
The above mentioned duties are neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the post holder may be called upon to carry out such other appropriate duties as may be required by the Catering Manager/Line Manager, within the grading level of the post and the competence of the post holder.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
- A friendly and experienced team who are passionate about unlocking each child’s potential so they can live fulfilling and productive lives.
- A dedicated Team who are committed to raising standards and driving up achievement.
- Opportunities for continuing professional development within and beyond the local authority.
- An exemplary leadership team of senior and middle leaders who can support you in your new role.
- A school that has strong community links.
“Your exemplary leadership has galvanised senior and middle leaders into a highly effective team. As a result of exceptionally strong leadership, pupils’ progress throughout the school continues to be good” Ofsted 2016
Further details about the role
Beam County Primary School is an equal-opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The school will undertake a comprehensive screening process for successful applicants.
Checks will include an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and checks on the individual's online activity.
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.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hrandpersonnel@beam.bardaglea.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
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About Beam Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 599 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Beam Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hrandpersonnel@beam.bardaglea.org.uk
Beam County Primary School is a thriving and vibrant primary school situated in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Our core vision, ‘Creating a lifelong love of learning’, is paramount to what we provide for all members of the school community, ensuring all pupils and teachers continue this vision. We strive to ensure outstanding quality and exemplary support for the community and pupils that we serve.
At Beam County Primary School, we provide a learning environment which caters for the needs of each individual and ensures pupils develop new skills, broaden their knowledge and achieve their potential.
Our school offers:
• a nurturing yet academically challenging environment for our pupils, of which the successful candidate will be expected to foster.
• a close partnership with parents and offers a range of additional exciting learning opportunities
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