Mobile Catering Assistant I Schools Catering I Blackburn With Darwen

Lancashire County Council; Darwen; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-friendly hours

Training opportunities

Job summary

Lancashire County Council is seeking a Mobile Catering Assistant to support school meals in Blackburn with Darwen. This part-time, term-time only role offers 5 hours/week with a fixed term until 12/02/2027.

You will join a school kitchen team, helping to prepare and serve healthy meals for pupils and support lunch service across multiple schools. Ideal candidates are reliable, able to work well in a team, and show good customer service and initiative.

Qualifications

• Has previous catering and food-preparation experience, which is essential for this role.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills are required.
• Flexible, reliable and able to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Help serve nutritious school meals.
• Support general kitchen and cleaning duties.
• Work as part of a friendly and supportive team.
• Help create a safe and welcoming dining environment for children.
• Follow food safety and hygiene standards.
• Variable hours, hours are variable depending upon school meal uptake.

Skills

Reliability

Team player

Calm under pressure

Initiative

Customer service

Food-prep experience

Job description

Description

Salary £13.45 per hour | Fixed term until 12/02/2027 | Part time, 5 hours per week | Minimum 5 hours per week | Term Time only | Variable hours | Blackburn With Darwen | Blackburn

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Have you always been interested in a career in catering but felt the hours wouldn't fit around your family commitments?

Why not join Lancashire School Meals?

Our Mobile Catering Assistant roles offer family-friendly working hours, allowing you to work while your children are at school, be there for drop-offs and pick-ups, and enjoy school holidays together.

Many of our current employees joined the service when their own children started school and have gone on to enjoy long and rewarding careers. We offer excellent training and development opportunities, and many of our team members have progressed into supervisory and management roles.

As a Catering Assistant, you will join our friendly school kitchen team, helping to prepare and serve healthy, balanced meals while creating a positive lunchtime experience for pupils.

Lancashire County Council's School Catering Service provides more than 60,000 meals every day across over 500 schools, and you'll play an important part in serving a nutritious meal to the children of Lancashire.

You will work as part of a team offering relief cover in Schools in Blackburn with Darwen and surrounding area, providing high quality, healthy balanced meals for school children

What You'll Do

• Help serve nutritious school meals.
• Support general kitchen and cleaning duties.
• Work as part of a friendly and supportive team.
• Help create a safe and welcoming dining environment for children.
• Follow food safety and hygiene standards.
• Variable hours, hours are variable depending upon school meal uptake.

We Are Looking For Someone Who

• Is reliable, dependable and ready to contribute.
• Works well as part of a team.
• Can remain calm and work efficiently during busy periods.
• Can use their own initiative when needed.
• Has good customer service and communication skills.
• Has previous catering and food-preparation experience, which is essential for this role.

What We Offer

• Family-friendly working hours - Monday to Friday, term time only
• A supportive team environment where everyone plays their part.
• An active and practical role with no two days quite the same
• A rewarding role supporting the health and wellbeing of local children.
• Lancashire County Council also offers a range of benefits, which can be found on our website here.

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.