Catering Assistant

**Catering Assistant - Bynea School**:
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**About the vacancy**

**Vacancy ID**:
1769

**Organisation**:

- Carmarthenshire County Council**Section**:

- Catering**Number of vacancies**:

- 1**Contract type**:

- Permanent Term Time Only**Location**:

- Llanelli**Grade**:

- Grade A +4%**Salary**:

- £24,602If part time and/or term time, the full time salary quoted (based on 37hrs) will be pro-rata'd accordingly**Hourly Rate**:

- £12.75**Contract Hours**
- 10 hours**Come and join our team**

If you are passionate about cooking and have a good work ethic, we would love to hear from you because our self-motivated and dedicated team requires a Catering Assistant.

Working for us, you will have the opportunity to work in a busy and exciting environment. You will be responsible for assisting our Cook in preparing nutritious and appetising meals whilst ensuring compliance with all aspects of Food Hygiene and Health and Safety. Other duties will include the setting up and clearing away of tables and general cleaning duties.

This post is for 10 hours per week / 2 hours per day. Hourly rate is £12.75.

Working hours are Monday to Friday, term time only (38 weeks), ideal to fit around family commitments and other roles we offer. We offer an ‘annualised’ pay scheme so that our staff who work term time receive pay over 52 weeks. If you are hoping to start a career in catering or even looking to change your job, this role could help start you on that path.

We need a motivated and dedicated person who has:
- The ability to build good relationships with adults and children based on mutual respect.
- Knowledge of basic food safety. This would be an advantage, but not essential as full training will be given.
- Good communication and people skills
- The ability to work on their own and as part of a team.

You will need:

- A positive attitude and the willingness to learn new skills.
- Flexibility and the willingness to assist with other catering duties.
- Catering Assistant.pdf - 183KB Opens in a new window**DBS level**:

- **Welsh language level - Verbal**:

- Level 1 - You will need a basic knowledge of Welsh. Reasonable support can be provided on appointment to reach this level..**Closing Date**:
16/06/2025, 23:55

**The Rewards**

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

- Competitive salary
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Generous annual leave entitlement with the option of purchasing addition annual leave
- Access to staff health and wellbeing support
- Personal development and career progression
- Staff discount schemes and other benefits e.g., cycle-to-work scheme
- Flexible working and family friendly policies

**Additional Information**

We are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

**Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the essential criteria and are registered on our redeployment pool.**

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