Catering Assistant - Herons Dale

Schools; Kingston Buci; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 14,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Term Time Only

Excellent pension

Staff discounts

Training & mentoring

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Herons Dale Primary School in Shoreham-by-Sea seeks a part-time Catering Assistant to prepare nutritious meals and support pupils at mealtimes. The role emphasizes a welcoming atmosphere, student welfare, and adherence to health and safety rules.

The post is term-time only (39 weeks) with 21.25 hours weekly, plus five cleaning days. It offers a strong pension, staff discounts, training, and wellbeing benefits. Applicants should have Level 2 Food Safety and strong communication.

Qualifications

• Experience in catering with good customer service and strong written and verbal communication.
• Good at communicating and can connect well with children and staff.
• Level 2 Food Safety Certificate, or understanding of Food Safety.
• Basic literacy and numeracy skills.
• Experience with Health & Safety procedures in a commercial setting.
• Understanding of differing needs of young people with SEN.
• Genuine passion for promoting healthy and balanced eating.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day kitchen operations including preparation, cooking, and cleaning to required standards, maintaining hygiene and safety.
• Thriving in a busy environment and supporting colleagues to maintain high professional standards.
• Active role involving regular lifting, moving and handling of large equipment.
• Follow written documentation for Health & Safety and Food Safety legislation and business requirements.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Food safety (Level 2)

Literacy

Numeracy

Health & Safety

SEND awareness

Healthy eating

Job description

Salary:£12,673per annum pro rata calculated frompart-timehours and term time onlyContract Type:Permanent, Term Time Only (39 weekswhich includes5 cleaning days)

Working Pattern:Part time,21.25hours per week(Monday to Friday 9.45am – 2.00pm)

Location:Herons Dale Primary School, Hawkins Cres, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 6TN

We’relooking for a Catering Assistant to join us atHerons Dale School, supporting pupils by preparing healthy, nutritious food and encouraging valuable life skills along the way.

Your role as a Catering Assistant goes beyond just preparing homemade meals. You will also create a welcoming atmosphere and provide exceptional service, using your friendly and approachable nature to make sure students feel valued and cared for at mealtimes.

There will be some key responsibilities likely to feature in this role, including:

• Support the day-to-day operation of the kitchen including preparation, cooking, and cleaning to the required standards, ensuring hygiene and safety measure aremaintained.
• Thriving in busy environment and support colleagues tomaintainhigh professional standards.
• This is an active role, which includes regularly lifting, moving, and handling large equipment.
• Followwritten documentation for Health & Safety and Food Safety legislationand business requirements.

With a term time only contract that allows a work/life balance, great pension plus a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers.There’snever been a better time to join!

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• Experience in, catering with goodcustomer service, includingstrongwritten and verbal communication.
• Good at communicatingand can connect well with children and staff.
• Level 2 Food Safety Certificate, or an understanding of Food Safety.
• Basic literacy and numeracy skills.
• Experience with Health & Safety procedures in a commercial setting.
• An understanding for the differing needs of young people with special educational needs.
• A genuine passion for promotinghealthy and balanced eating.

No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from whatwe'veidentifiedand you think you can bring value to the role,we'dlove to learn more about you!

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experiencerequired, please refer to the Job Description attachedand reference these in your application form.

What to expect from working with us

• Term Time Only (TTO) contract where you will work during periods in which schools are openplus anadditional5 days for cleaning.
• Excellent work-life balance with evenings, weekends, and bank holidays off.
• Supportive and welcoming team environment.
• Anexcellent local government pension scheme
• Maternity, paternity,dependencyand adoption leave
• Arange of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high streetretailersand the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• Health and wellbeing benefits include access to our Employee Assistance Programme,Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans.

For a full list this can be found atour Rewards and Benefits page.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is 115.

For an informal conversation or for further informationregardingthe role, please contact Helen Turner at [e-mail] For an informal conversation regarding the application process, please contact Rachael Doolan(RecruitmentSpecialist)at [e-mail]

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, youngpeopleand vulnerable adults. This post is subject toright to work within the UK,enhancedDisclosure and Barring Service (DBS)check, satisfactoryreferences,and health check.

Equity,inclusionand accessibility isvery importantto West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

Weoperatea guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.