Catering Assistant (20 hours per week) in Prospect House Specialist Support Primary School, House Bank Road, Higher Blackley, Manchester, M9 8 | Manchester City Council (2024)

Contract Type:Permanent, Term Time Only
Working Hours:Part Time, 20 hours per week
Number of Positions:1
Salary:Starting pro-rata salary is £10,993 to reflect the working hours, the hourly rate is £12.25 (The full time equivalent salary is £22,366)We are currently looking to appoint Catering Assistant to provide an outstanding catering service to our schools for pupils aged from EYFS - 8 years, who have a range of special educational needs.

The post holder will work as part of the Team and contribute to the achievement of its objectives, providing an effective and efficient catering service. This includes preparing and serving food, maintaining the associated catering areas in accordance with food hygiene regulations.

The post holder will report to the School Catering Manager and work closely with catering team members and lunchtime organisers.

Great schools thrive because of the great people in them.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do.

All schools in the Trust have signed up to the education staff wellbeing charter as a declaration of support to the wellbeing and mental health of everyone that works at Prospere Learning Trust.

Prospere Learning Trust offers a variety of employee benefits, including:

• A commitment to continuous professional development for all colleagues
• Membership of Bupa Level 1 Health Plan which allows employees to claim money back for a range of health expenses such as prescriptions and dental treatments
• Access to counselling, financial, legal and personal advice provided through either our free Bupa or Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including confidential 24-hour support
• Access to Cyclescheme
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) contributions and Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS) contributions
• We’rehappy to talk flexible workingwhere possible to help employees achieve a healthy work life balance

Applying to work for us

Applications will only be accepted on the TES application form which can be found on the following link:https://www.tes.com/jobs/apply/2099105

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Please note:

• References will be applied for at the shortlisting stage
• Applications may not be considered if they are incomplete, you must provide information on all employment since leaving full time education and an explanation for any gaps
• We cannot accept CV's
• We encourage early applications and reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date which is 1st September 2024 and interviews will be arranged shortly thereafter.

Please note that guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.

All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. This is not a role in which the Trust sponsors a visa application. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, the Trust will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements.

Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks including receipt of satisfactory references.Whilst we offer flexibility where possible, we acknowledge that certain roles require a specific environment or on-site presence to meet operational requirements.

All schools within the Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

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