Kitchen Assistant

3 weeks ago


Leigh, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?

Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).

4DWW will be rolled out within our school, when we have a full complement of staff, and within the next year – so there’s never been a more exciting time to join us #teamOFG

Job title:            Kitchen Assistant

Location:          The Holden School, Leigh, Greater Manchester

Salary:               £20,906.25 per annum

Hours:               37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract:           Permanent, Term Time only

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Kitchen Assistant to join our close-knit team at The Holden School, part of Acorn Education.

Job Purpose

To support the Catering Manager by performing a variety of tasks in all areas of the kitchen, including food prep as directed by the Catering Manager. To also ensure the kitchen is clean and hygienic. To ensure meals are served and produced to a good standard.

Responsibilities & Key Tasks:

Cleaning all kitchen areas, equipment and fabric as required, and keeping the servery and dining areas clean, washing and sanitising tables and chairs.

Recording and reporting any malfunction of equipment or fittings that require maintenance or cannot be kept to the required standard through normal cleaning procedures.

Preparing and serving food/meals, at all sites.

Prepares the service and dining areas, at all sites.

Rotate food stock supplies as necessary, at all sites. 

Update the Catering Manager of food/kitchen requirements for ordering before stock runs out for all sites.

With reasonable notice, to work additional hours to support the Catering Manager in periods of staff absence and/or heavy workloads i.e., preparing refreshments for functions/events.

To transport food and equipment to either site as required.

Lifting of equipment and loading of dishwasher and other kitchen equipment.

Emptying of bins and taking refuge out to main refuge bins on either site.

Use of basement at Chapel Street to use dishwasher and access any other relevant catering resources or equipment.

Qualifications: Food Hygiene preferably

About us

The Holden School is an independent specialist day school for boys and girls aged from 4 to 16, catering for pupils with a wide range of needs in Lancashire, Manchester and surrounding areas. Our dedicated team work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life. We are a Therapeutic Led, Trauma Informed School providing individualised curriculums for our young people supported by our Class Teams, our Pastoral Team and our own Therapists.

We pride ourselves in steering pupils in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them academically and socially, to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build confidence in our students so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live.

We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career. Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Why join Acorn Education? 

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

Life Assurance

Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions

“Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits

100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad

Cycle to Work Schemes

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Critical illness cover

Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support. 

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy.

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