Kitchen Assistant - Puddletown First School

Dorset Council; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Puddletown First School in Dorset is seeking a lunchtime supervisor to assist with food preparation, cooking and serving meals, plus washing up, cleaning and setting up tables. Working hours are 11:30am–1:30pm, 10 hours per week, at £13.28 per hour.

Applicants should have good interpersonal skills, be a team player, and ideally hold a food hygiene certificate; full training can be given. A DBS check is required under safeguarding guidelines.

Qualifications

• Good interpersonal skills.
• Team player attitude.
• Food hygiene certificate preferred or training provided.

Responsibilities

• Assist with food preparation, cooking and serving meals.
• Assist with washing up, cleaning and setting up tables.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Food hygiene certificate

Job description

About the role

Puddletown First School welcome applications from individuals who can demonstrate good interpersonal skills, the willingness to work in a team, are supportive of the school’s ethos. Ideally have experience in a catering environment and hold a food hygiene certificate although full training can be given.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to have an Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

Main duties will include assisting with food preparation, cooking and serving of prepared meals, general washing up and cleaning and setting up tables.

Working hours: 11.30am - 1.30pm per day. 10 hours per week. £13.28 per hour.

Further Information

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share.

The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and paid annual leave entitlement for an employee under 5 years’ service.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. 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 the Rehabilitation 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 the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.