Catering Assistant

St Benedict's Catholic School; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

St Benedict's Catholic School is seeking a part-time kitchen assistant to join the catering team. The 20-hour week covers five daily shifts of four hours, including pre-service preparation, service, and clean-down.

Help prepare meals or desserts and ensure safety and hygiene standards for students and staff. Responsibilities include storing supplies, cleaning kitchen areas and equipment, operating dining facilities, and attending required training to maintain high-quality service in a busy

Responsibilities

• To prepare and assist in the preparation of high quality meals, dishes or deserts for students and staff
• To ensure supplies are stored in accordance with domestic and catering standards
• To undertake full cleaning of all kitchen equipment
• To clean all kitchen, servery and seating areas, including furniture, floors and windows
• To operate school cleaning machinery and equipment
• To dispose of rubbish
• To set out and put away dining furniture and equipment
• To maintain high standards of food safety and hygiene in the school catering areas in accordance with domestic and catering standards and adhere to the requirements of food safety and hygiene legislation at all times
• To carry out duties in accordance with the school’s Health and Safety Policy
• Report immediately any accidents, fire, theft, loss, damage, unfit food or other irregularities and take such action as may be appropriate or possible.
• To attend training activities and/or meetings as required.
• To maintain daily contact with pupils and staff at the school and to provide a high quality service at all times
• To operate tills efficiently and effectively
• The duties above are neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the post holder may be required by the Headteacher to carry out appropriate duties within the context of the job, skills and grade.
• General To participate in the performance and development review process, taking personal responsibility for identification of learning, development and training opportunities in discussion with line manager.
• To comply with individual responsibilities, in accordance with the role, for health & safety in the workplace.
• To ensure that all duties and services provided are in accordance with the School’s Equal Opportunities Policy.

Job description

This post in our excellent catering team involves working 20 hours a week- five daily shifts of four hours. The role involves the pre-service preparation, morning break and lunch service. Working as a dedicated and collaborative team our school kitchen provides over 400 hot lunches every day including plated meals, salads, sandwiches, pasta, jacket potato and snack options for our students. We take great pride in the food provided to our young people and staff. We are therefore seeking a colleague who is able to prepare main course dishes or deserts, or willing to learn how to produce school menu recipes as directed by the kitchen manager .

The role involves the following duties:

To prepare and assist in the preparation of high quality meals, dishes or deserts for students and staff

To ensure supplies are stored in accordance with domestic and catering standards

To undertake full cleaning of all kitchen equipment

To clean all kitchen, servery and seating areas, including furniture, floors and windows

To operate school cleaning machinery and equipment

To dispose of rubbish

To set out and put away dining furniture and equipment

To maintain high standards of food safety and hygiene in the school catering areas in accordance with domestic and catering standards and adhere to the requirements of food safety and hygiene

legislation at all times

To carry out duties in accordance with the school’s Health and Safety Policy

Report immediately any accidents, fire, theft, loss, damage, unfit food or other irregularities and take such action as may be appropriate or possible.

To attend training activities and/or meetings as required.

To maintain daily contact with pupils and staff at the school and to provide a high quality service at all times

To operate tills efficiently and effectively

The duties above are neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the post holder may be required by the Headteacher to carry out appropriate duties within the context of the job, skills and grade.

General

To participate in the performance and development review process, taking personal responsibility for identification of learning, development and training opportunities in discussion with line manager.

To comply with individual responsibilities, in accordance with the role, for health & safety in the workplace.

To ensure that all duties and services provided are in accordance with the School’s Equal Opportunities Policy.