Catering Assistant

Empower Youth Zones; Salford; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free hot meal for youth

Job summary

Empower Youth Zones in Salford is seeking a Catering Assistant to support our café area, cooking healthy and inspiring dishes for members and creating a warm, welcoming space for all.

Based at Salford Youth Zone in Pendleton, you will help provide a free hot meal to every attending young person and contribute to a busy, vibrant community hub that helps young people thrive. You will work with a friendly team of Youth Workers and gain experience in food safety and customer service.

Responsibilities

• Cook healthy and inspiring dishes for members.
• Provide a warm and welcoming café environment for all.

Job description

The café area is an essential part of the offer for young people and our team of Catering Assistants play a key role, cooking healthy and inspiring dishes for our members as well as providing a warm and welcoming environment to all. With a free hot meal on offer to every young person attending, the café will always be a busy area of the Youth Zone.

About EMPOWER:

* Although part of an integrated EMPOWER Team, this role will be based from Salford Youth Zone (Pendleton)*

About EMPOWER:

EMPOWER is the charity that oversees the creation, management and sustainability of Youth Zones in Manchester and Salford. These include HideOut Youth Zone located in Gorton, East Manchester, which opened in 2020 and Salford Youth Zone located in Pendleton, which opened in June 2025.

HideOut and Salford Youth Zones provide children and young people aged 8-19 and up to 25 for those with additional needs with somewhere safe to go, something position to do and someone trusted to talk to.

EMPOWER is part of the national network of OnSide Youth Zones, which supports the creation and implementation of a network of Youth Zones across the country.

Youth Zones are purpose-built spaces fizzing with energy, and crammed with incredible facilities. They are staffed by skilled and dedicated Youth Workers who truly believe in young people - helping them see what they could achieve, and giving them the skills, confidence and ambition to go for it.

This is life-changing support that helps tens of thousands of young people from a diverse range of backgrounds to thrive.