Mobile Catering Assistant (Peripatetic) | Chorley

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

Job summary

Lancashire County Council's School Catering Service is seeking a Mobile General Catering Assistant in Chorley. The role is fixed term until February 2027, offering five hours per week minimum and family-friendly, term-time working hours.

You will help serve nutritious meals, work as part of a friendly team, and help create a safe, welcoming dining environment for pupils. You will follow food safety and hygiene standards and may cover the Unit Catering Supervisor during periods of absence.

Qualifications

• Previous catering and food-preparation experience is essential.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Customer service and communication skills.
• Willingness to cover the Unit Catering Supervisor during absences.

Responsibilities

• Help serve nutritious school meals.
• 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.

Skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Communication

Reliability

Initiative

Job description

Job Description

Salary £13.45 Per hour | 5 hours per week Minimum | Mobile General Catering assistant | Chorley | Fixed Term until Feb 2027

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 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.

Job Description And Person Specification

What you'll do:

• Help serve nutritious school meals.
• 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

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.
• Can cover the Unit Catering Supervisor role during periods of absence, ensuring the smooth running of the unit when required

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 .

Local Government Reorganisation

The Government has confirmed that local government across Lancashire will be reorganised, with the current 15 councils being replaced by four new unitary councils covering North, South, East and West Lancashire from April 2028.

If you are successful in your application, you will initially join Lancashire County Council. However, as part of the planned transition, your employment will transfer to one of the new unitary councils from April 2028, subject to the implementation of the reorganisation and relevant employment legislation.

Throughout this period, our focus remains on delivering excellent services to our communities. By joining us now, you'll play an important role in shaping the future of local government and helping to build a strong new organisation that will serve residents for years to come.

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.

You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability.

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

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