Catering Assistants

HideOut Youth Zone; Salford; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

HideOut Youth Zone in Salford is seeking a Catering Assistant to join the café team. You will help prepare food and beverages for the café, events and meetings, creating a welcoming environment for members. You will serve meals, handle cash per procedures, and support stock control.

You will ensure health and safety standards, proper storage and temperatures, and keep equipment clean and maintained. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to a busy youth facility and support healthy,

Responsibilities

• To undertake the preparation of food and beverages served in the café area as well for events, internal meetings and room hire
• To serve food and beverage to Youth Zone members, ensuring they receive a great level of customer service
• To comply with stock control procedures
• Ensure all kitchen equipment is regularly cleaned, reporting any faults/repairs required
• Ensure all Health and Safety and Environmental Health requirements are adhered to, namely: Reporting of all equipment not working properly; Reporting of any health and safety issues; Compliance with food hygiene regulations; Ensuring food is stored correctly and at correct temperatures; Recording of all high-risk food temperatures on delivery and prior to service, if applicable
• Cash handling in line with Empower's financial procedures
• Maintain a clean working environment as set out in the cleaning schedule by ensuring regular cleaning of all work surfaces, storerooms and ancillary areas

Job description

The cafe 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.

What will I be doing?

• To undertake the preparation of food and beverages served in the café area as well for events, internal meetings and room hire
• To serve food and beverage to Youth Zone members, ensuring they receive a great level of customer service
• To comply with stock control procedures
• Ensure all kitchen equipment is regularly cleaned, reporting any faults/repairs required
• Ensure all Health and Safety and Environmental Health requirements are adhered to, namely:
  • Reporting of all equipment not working properly
  • Reporting of any health and safety issues
  • Compliance with food hygiene regulations
  • Ensuring food is stored correctly and at correct temperatures
  • Recording of all high-risk food temperatures on delivery and prior to service, if applicable
• Cash handling in line with Empower's financial procedures
• Maintain a clean working environment as set out in the cleaning schedule by ensuring regular cleaning of all work surfaces, storerooms and ancillary areas