Catering Assistant

Greater Manchester Mental Health; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in Manchester seeks a Kitchen Support Worker to assist in food preparation and service to patients. The ideal candidate will have strong food handling and customer service skills, preferably with Food Safety Level 2 certification. This role involves ensuring safe food hygiene practices and providing excellent service to enhance patient experience. Join our team and enjoy competitive benefits including pay enhancements for weekends and public holidays.

Benefits

Pay enhancements for evenings and weekends

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Excellent pension

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively with team members.
• Capable of performing basic kitchen duties.
• Prepared to assist in food service.

Responsibilities

• Provide a customer-focused service.
• Preparation and service of food items on patient wards.
• Adhere to safe working practices in all aspects of food hygiene.
• Undergo mandatory training related to food safety policies.

Skills

Food Handling experience

Customer Service experience

Education

Food safety Level 2

Allergen Awareness

Job description

Job overview

A Fantastic opportunity to Join our team at our new purpose built hospital in North Manchester.

The successful candidate will be a great team player working in our kitchens and service points, who is capable of helping the teams to continue in delivering a fantastic food service to our service users within the units . They will be a great communicator, and have the ability to think on their feet.

Candidates will be expected to have or to be able to gain at least a level 2 food hygiene level of knowledge

The role will include basic kitchen duties as well as assisting in food service to our service users.

Please note - This role is not eligible for sponsorship unless you meet criteria by temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22 / 07 / 2025. Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and held continuously Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04 / 04 / 2024.

Main duties of the job

• To Provide a customer focused service


• Preparation and service of food items on patient wards.


• To adhere to safe working practices in all aspects of food hygiene


• To adhere to all safe working practices in all aspects of risk management and security


• To undertake mandatory training and comply with all food safety policies relevant to the post.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over7000members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.


• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years


• Excellent pension


• Cycle to work scheme


• Salary sacrifice car scheme


• Wellbeing programme

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Food Handling experience


• Customer Service experience

Desirable criteria

• Experience in clinical enivironment


• Experience in Busy environment

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Food safety Level 2


• Allergen Awareness

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing job application.The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI-generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one’s achievements, success and challenges.

We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click.

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 22 / 07 / 2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it .

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.