Catering Assistant

We're looking for a Catering Assistant to join us at Herons Dale School, supporting pupils by preparing healthy, nutritious food and encouraging valuable life skills along the way. Your role as a Catering Assistant goes beyond just preparing homemade meals. You will also create a welcoming atmosphere and provide exceptional service, using your friendly and approachable nature to make sure students feel valued and cared for at mealtimes. There will be some key responsibilities likely to feature in this role, including:

• Support the day-to-day operation of the kitchen including preparation, cooking, and cleaning to the required standards, ensuring hygiene and safety measure are maintained.
• Thriving in busy environment and support colleagues to maintain high professional standards.
• This is an active role, which includes regularly lifting, moving, and handling large equipment.
• Follow written documentation for Health & Safety and Food Safety legislation and business requirements.
With a term time only contract that allows a work/life balance, great pension plus a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers. There's never been a better time to join!


• Experience in, catering with good customer service, including strong written and verbal communication.
• Good at communicating and can connect well with children and staff.
• Level 2 Food Safety Certificate, or an understanding of Food Safety.
• Basic literacy and numeracy skills.
• Experience with Health & Safety procedures in a commercial setting.
• An understanding for the differing needs of young people with special educational needs.
• A genuine passion for promoting healthy and balanced eating.
  
  No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the attached and reference these in your application form. What to expect from working with us
• Term Time Only (TTO) contract where you will work during periods in which schools are open plus an additional 5 days for cleaning.
• Excellent work-life balance with evenings, weekends, and bank holidays off.
• Supportive and welcoming team environment.
• An excellent
• Maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans.