[230503a] Catering Assistant

**The Springfields Academy, Reach South Academy Trust is seeking to appoint a Catering Assistant to join the School in September 2023.**

**Post**:Catering Assistant

**Location**:The Springfields Academy, Curzon Street, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 0DS

**FTE Salary Range**: NJC Grade B, Point B, £20,441 per annum, pro-rata for part time

**Actual Annual Salary**:£8,357.88 per annum

**Contract Type**: Permanent, part time, term time only (39 weeks per year)

**Contract Hours**:17 per week, Monday - Tuesday 09:00 - 13:00, Wednesday - Friday, 10:00 - 13:00. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, job share, compressed hours, or staggered hours. Please wait until the job offer stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what’s possible for the role.

**About the role**

We are seeking to appoint a Catering Assistant to assist in the preparation of the dining area, serving lunch and clearing the area after lunch. All our staff are autism practitioners and consider the needs of our pupils within their role.

**About the School**

The Springfields Academy is a Reach South Academy for young people aged 5-19 with autism. We have 170 pupils attending our Calne site and 40 pupils at our Satellite provision in Salisbury. Our goal is to build safe independent lives for autistic young people through support, understanding and enablement.

The Springfields Academy is an academy over two sites in Calne and Salisbury. We aspire to build safe independent lives for autistic young people through support, understanding and enablement. Additionally, we hold the National Autistic Society Advanced specialist award and are recognised as an Ofsted good school.

We are an acknowledged centre of excellence for Autism; we are highly reflective in our practices, and are continually working to improve our provision and practices. We provide a personalised curriculum journey that enables leaners with a diagnosis of autism to develop skills in areas of need and to overcome their barriers to learning. The drive to build ‘safe Independent lives’ shapes this curriculum and everything else that we do. The Academy has a PAN of 210.

**About the Trust**

Reach South is a young and developing Trust which operates across the South West of England with the aim of delivering all through 3-19 education. We operate 15 academies in Plymouth, Bournemouth, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. We are building this Trust on a clear set of values, behaviours and curriculum principles. At the heart of those values and principles is a belief in our young people and a determination to support them to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes to become the successful citizens for today and all of their tomorrows.

Our core business is delivering exceptional education for children and young people with a mission to help all pupils aspire to achieve beyond the expectations that others put on them. We do this through the development of a talented and committed workforce. In order to deliver exceptional opportunities for learning, we need highly motivated staff across all parts of the organisation.

Those we recruit are able to demonstrate that they share our values, are highly motivated to work with colleagues, within and beyond their school, to continuously develop their skills and pursue professional excellence.

**Next Steps**

If you think this role may be for you and want to be involved at this exciting time in our development and have any questions about the position, please get in touch by calling the Recruitment team on 07759365064.

**Interview Date**:Interviews are provisionally booked for **the week commencing 12th June 2023**

**Opportunities and Benefits**

We offer a competitive salary plus LGPS pension, great career progression and development opportunities, access to our Employee Assistance Programme with many other benefits.

We’re proud of how we support our staff in order that you have high levels of job satisfaction, are aware of the difference you are making for the children and families you work with and can see your contribution towards our community. There are regular opportunities for professional development and training, and a wider community of staff to network with within Reach South Multi Academy Trust. You will have the chance to visit other local schools, work alongside a range of outside professionals and take part in a variety of e-learning and face-to-face training.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 17 per week

**Salary**: £20,441.00 per year

Day range:

- Monday to Friday

Shift:

- Day shift

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 04/06/2023
Reference ID: [230503A]