Catering General Assistant

Worth School; Crawley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Worth School is seeking Casual Catering General Assistants to support seasonal requirements. The role involves maintaining high standards of cleanliness, assisting with food preparation, and providing excellent customer service. Candidates must have reliable transportation and be flexible to meet the school's needs.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

Meal provision

Free parking

On site gym

Discounted school fees

Qualifications

• Ability to work under minimal supervision and act on own initiative.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to build strong working relationships.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the day to day running and cleaning of the Kitchen and Refectory.
• Provide and maintain a high level of customer service.
• Adhere to health and safety procedures.

Skills

Communication

Flexibility

Initiative

Job description

Casual Catering General Assistant

Due to the various seasonal requirements here at Worth School, we are seeking to appoint Casual Catering General Assistants to join our team and assist with taking up the extra hours required.

The role of the General Assistant is to assist in the day to day running and cleaning of the Kitchen and Refectory / Pit Stop Café; and providing consistently high food standards and service.

Due to the remote location of the school, Candidates are required to have access to reliable transportation.

As the General Assistant, your responsibilities would include:

• Perform and maintain a high standard of cleaning throughout all areas of the kitchen and servery including surfaces, floors, equipment, crockery and cutlery.
• Assist with food and drink preparation for service and functions.
• Provide and maintain a high level of customer service, when serving food and waiting at functions.
• Adhere to health and safety procedures, food safety and hygiene.
• Continuously review existing procedures and suggest potential improvements and efficiencies through automation, new technologies and changes to ways of working.

What we are looking for:

• Ability to work under minimal supervision, and act on own initiative
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to build strong working relationships
• Ability to read and understand instructions on cleaning products
• A positive, performance driven approach to your role
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to the changing needs and demands of the school

The School offers an enhanced benefits scheme including an employee assistance programme and meal provision.Employees have access to our facilities and benefit from free parking, on site gym, and discounted school fees.

Worth is a highly successful co-educational, Catholic, Benedictine, 11-18 HMC boarding and day school of circa 650 pupils. It offers a broad curriculum, including the International Baccalaureate and A-levels in the Sixth Form.

Applicants are required to apply online by using the Quick Apply button. Alternatively, an application form and job details are available from the HR Department

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Closing date for applications:31 May 2025*

*We reserve the right to invite candidates for interview prior to the closing date and to close vacancies early if we have sufficient suitable applications. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Worth School is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children, all employees must have the ability to understand and adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding legislation. The role holders safeguarding responsibilities are set out in the job description. References may be taken prior to interview and DBS and other vetting checks will be conducted on the successful applicant.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on theRehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in theDBS filtering guide.

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Section 7(1)(a) states that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.