Catering Assistant at West Jesmond Primary School

Newcastle City Council; Newcastle upon Tyne; À distance; GBP 12 000 - 17 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive hourly rates of pay

Up to 29 days annual leave (pro rata)

Paid DBS and induction training

Full uniform provided

Training and career development

Local Government Pension Scheme

Cycle2work scheme

Salary sacrifice car lease scheme

Health and wellbeing support

Staff offers and travel discounts

Résumé du poste

Newcastle City Council operates a School Meals catering team at West Jesmond Primary School, NE2 3AJ. This site-specific post is 16.00 hours per week during term time, Monday to Thursday 10:45–14:00 and Friday 11:00–14:00. DBS checks are required and training will be provided.

Duties include cleaning, food prep support, serving meals, and maintaining service area presentation. Suitable candidates will be reliable, friendly and able to work as part of a team in a school environment.

Qualifications

• Reliable and friendly with a positive attitude to join the School Meals team.
• Experience for higher hour commitments may be discussed at interview.
• Willingness to work as part of a team in a school catering setting.

Responsabilités

• Wash catering equipment and general kitchen cleaning.
• Assist the chef with food preparation and maintain hygiene standards.
• Serve meals to children and describe available meals briefly.
• Keep dining area tidy, set up furniture, and clear away equipment.
• Assist with lifting, bending and carrying as part of daily duties.
• Comply with DBS checks and safeguarding requirements for regulated activity.

Connaissances

Reliable

Friendly

Positive attitude

Teamwork

Description du poste

City Operations, Transport and Neighbourhoods

Facility Services & Civic Management

West Jesmond Primary School, Tankerville Terrace, NE2 3AJ

1 x 16.00 hours per week, 10:45 to 2:00pm Monday to Thursday and 11:00am to 2:00pm Friday.

Term time only.

This is a site-specific advert for our school catering assistant roles. If you are interested in other locations advertised by Newcastle City Council, please mention this in the additional information part of the application form.

What we are looking for:

We are currently looking for reliable and friendly people with a positive attitude to join our School Meals team as a Catering Assistant. For roles with higher hour commitments, we are looking for candidates with prior relevant experience. This will be discussed at interview.

About the role:

Working as a team and using your own initiative, daily duties will involve washing catering equipment and undertaking general cleaning of the kitchen. Assisting the chef with food preparation and maintaining hygiene standards within service deadlines. You will assist with the tidiness and presentation of the service area, serving food to the children and providing a brief description of the meals available.

This will also include cleaning the dining room, setting up dining room furniture and clearing away equipment and materials. This will involve regular stooping, bending, lifting and carrying.

We are committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is working in regulated activity. If you are successful, we will undertake additional recruitment checks which will include a DBS check (Data and Barring System) to see if you have had any criminal convictions, a check of police information and we will check the barred list(s). It is a criminal offence for a barred individual to apply for a job in regulated activity.

In order to complete a DBS check you will have to provide us with ID documents to allow us to process your checks. Please make sure you check the list of acceptable ID attached to this advert. You will not be able to start this role without a DBS and you cannot complete a DBS without the relevant ID so this is essential.

About us:

Facility Services and Civic Management work across the city and Gateshead providing building cleaning, caretaking, school meals and welfare catering services.

We have a large team of cleaners, cleaner supervisors, facility supervisors (caretakers), catering assistants, assistant chefs and chefs working various hours and shifts in schools and public buildings.

Our service is committed to delivering a high standard of service to our customers and in doing so investing in our staff and staff development.

What we offer:

• Competitive hourly rates of pay
• Up to 29 days annual leave per annum (pro rata for part time staff)
• Paid DBS as well as paid induction and training
• Full uniform and equipment provided at no cost to you
• Full training and opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career
• Attractive Local Government Pension Scheme
• Cycle2work scheme
• Access to a salary sacrifice car lease and home electronics scheme.
• Weekend, bank holiday and unsociable hours pay enhancement
• Full employee support package including access to a free confidential Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff offers and discounts including discounts on travel passes and leisure.