Bank Catering Assistant

Bath & North East Somerset Council; Bath; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

Bath & North East Somerset Council is seeking Catering Assistants to work across its Bath and Midsomer Norton sites on a bank/casual basis. Roles include transporting foods, serving residents, and maintaining dining areas. Shifts are flexible and not guaranteed, with DBS checks required for safeguarding.

Interviews will be arranged; contact Zoltan Simko for more details. No agencies. DBS enhanced checks apply.

Qualifications

• Experience in catering or food service is desirable.
• Ability to communicate with care staff, residents and visitors.
• Willingness to work flexible shifts including evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Assist with transportation and delivery of food within site.
• Wash and dry catering equipment and crockery.
• Support the team in serving food and drinks to service users and visitors.
• Clean dining and kitchen spaces and set up dining areas.
• Ensure adequate supplies of crockery, cutlery and utensils for meals.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Flexibility

Initiative

Job description

At Bath & North East Somerset Council, we have one overriding purpose to improve people's lives.

About The Team

We are looking for creative, enthusiastic, and flexible Catering Assistants to work with us across any of our 2 sites in Bath and Midsomer Norton on a bank/casual basis:

• Cleeve Court Residential Care Home, Twerton, Bath.

You can work flexibly and access to shifts that suit you; you could work for a day here and there, agree a longer-term booking, or select evenings or weekends only. As this is a bank/casual role, shifts are not guaranteed.

About The Role

Experience, skills, and abilities needed for role:

• Assisting with transportation and delivery of food across from our kitchen.
• Washing and drying of catering equipment/crockery.
• All aspects of supporting the team with serving food and drink to service users and others as directed by other team members.
• Cleaning of dining and kitchen space.
• Setting up of the dining space.
• Ensuring the provision of enough supplies of clean crockery, cutlery, and cooking utensils for each meal service.
• The ability to effectively communicate with care staff, service users and visitors.
• A proactive team player who is also able to work on own initiative and without supervision.

If you are interested in this post and require more details or just to chat through the role and what's involved, please contact Zoltan Simko, Hospitality Services Manager, by email on [e-mail].

Interview date: TBC

No Agencies, Please.

About Bath And North East Somerset Council

Working at Bath and North East Somerset provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.

Why Bath and North East Somerset Council?

We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need.

At Bath and North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose to improve people's lives. Find out more about our values at

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us. Find out more on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at

We are a Disability Confident Employer find out more at

The Council is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

Please note that this role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

Safeguarding Statement: The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.