Catering assistant

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Catering / Chef Supervisor to oversee catering operations within HMP Brixton, ensuring the safe, compliant, and high-quality delivery of food services.

This role is key to maintaining catering standards while supporting and supervising a prisoner workforce. You will play an important part in delivering training, promoting rehabilitation through skills development, and ensuring all catering services meet operational, safety, and quality requirements.

Role Responsibilities:

-Work closely with prisoners, supporting and guiding them in developing basic cooking skills and food preparation techniques.

-Provide a safe, structured, and supportive learning environment that encourages engagement and rehabilitation.

-Demonstrate best practice in food hygiene and safe kitchen working to help prisoners build transferable skills.

-Ensure all catering activities are carried out in line with Health & Safety, food hygiene, and prison regulations.

-Assist in delivering basic catering training aligned to NVQ Level 1 standards.

Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate and willingness to obtain level 3

-Experience working in a catering or kitchen environment

-Ability to pass Prison Service vetting

What we're looking for:

-Strong communication skills with the ability to engage positively with individuals from different backgrounds

-Patient, supportive, and encouraging approach to teaching new skills

-Good understanding of basic food hygiene and kitchen safety practices

-Ability to work as part of a team within a structured environment

-Reliable, organised, and proactive mindset

-Commitment to supporting rehabilitation and helping others develop practical life skills

Desirable:

-Experience in a supervisory or training role.

-Exposure to working within a secure or custodial environment.

-Experience delivering accredited training or vocational qualifications.

What's in it for you?

-Opportunity to make a meaningful impact through skills development and rehabilitation.

-A stable and structured working environment with clear processes and standards.

-Pension and life insurance benefits.

-A supportive culture focused on development and continuous improvement.