Catering Assistant

**Ref: SCH-EPT-0386**
10 day(s) remaining

**Establishment**: The Heights Blackburn

**Location**: Blackburn

**Salary**: 14735 - 15203

**Department**: Catering

**Job Type**: Part Time

**Closing Date**: 12/09/2025 17:00

**Interview Date**: 16/09/2025

**Start Date**: ASAP

**Additional Information**

**Contract Type**:Permanent

**Contract Term**:TTO - Term time only

**Hours per Week**:25.00

**Weeks per Year**:39.000

**Pay Grade**:NJC | SCP 3 - SCP 5

**The Role**

**The Job**:

- The Heights Blackburn seek to appoint a Catering Assistant as soon as possible on a term time only basis working 25 hours per week.

**What does this job do?**
- To provide and maintain a high standard of catering in the school.
- To ensure catering areas of the school are prepared for relevant use, as directed.

**What are the job requirements?**
- Carry out duties as directed by the Catering Manager meeting the required standards at all times including assisting the rest of the team with any cleaning tasks (including dining tables and dining hall floor) as directed by the Catering Supervisor/Manager.
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to Health and Safety and security, Child Protection, confidentiality and data protection and reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
- Ensure that all Health and Food Safety policies are adhered to.
- Use all equipment in a safe manner and report any faults/incidents to the appropriate member of staff.
- Daily catering and handling of hot and cold foods for pupils within the school

**About The Heights, Blackburn**
- The Heights is a Key Stage 2 - Key Stage 4 Alternative Provision School for young people, many of whom have found it difficult to be successful in a mainstream school.
- We are very proud of the provision we offer and work in close partnership with local schools, the local authority, external agencies and parents/carers to deliver highly personalised learning programmes.
- At Key Stage 2 & 3, the focus is on supporting young people to return to a mainstream school. At Key Stage 4, we focus on providing the opportunity for students to gain qualifications on par with mainstream schools and with the skills needed to ensure a successful transition to college, training or employment.
- Pupils are taught in small groups, where they study the core curriculum and receive the extra support they require. Students are then able to make good progress as staff can ensure that learning is tailored to individual student needs.
- In addition to the core curriculum, we provide rich and varied curriculum opportunities ranging from vocational courses and academic programmes that support pupils' personal and social development. You can view our full curriculum on this website.
- Many of the young people who attend The Heights, arrive here at a difficult period in their lives. We aim to ensure that we give them the necessary support to improve their confidence, self-esteem and enable them to become successful learners in school and prepared for their future working lives.

**About the Education Partnership Trust (EPT)**:

- EPT was established in 2012 as a multi-academy trust and is an approved academy sponsor. Our vision is to create outstanding schools which transform learning, lives and communities. We benefit from our diverse and unique range of schools which include secondary mainstream, alternative provision and special and have a proven track record of sustained improvement. Our schools are united by a drive to improve opportunities and outcomes for children and young people within a collaborative learning culture.
- Our staff are our most valued asset so we continually invest in our colleagues and we believe that all teaching and support staff posts within our schools are key in terms of supporting pupil achievement and improving their life chances. As such we are keen to recruit dedicated and ambitious professionals who will add value to our schools and trust by helping our young people to succeed.

“If you’re good at what you do, you can work anywhere. If you’re the best at what you do, we want you to work for Education Partnership Trust.”

**Our extensive range of rewards and benefits include**:

- Healthcare cash back plan provided free by the trust includes optical, dental, physio, diagnostics, health assessment, NHS prescription charges, hospital cover, discounted gym memberships plus lots more.
- Employee Assistance Programme including, counselling, CBT, and wellbeing initiatives.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Access to **government/Teachers** pension schemes.
- Free parking.
- Electric Car Scheme (Salary Sacrifice).
- Training, mentoring and progression opportunities including our Emerging Leaders programmes.
- Trust wide intranet to share knowledge and resources.

**Benefits**

**Other**
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Trust Wide Intranet for Shared Reso