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Catering Assistant - 16 hours per week

Catering Assistant - 16 hours per week

Chorlton High School

Manchester

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Salary:
Grade 2 SCP 3 - full-time equivalent salary is £22,737 and pro-rata salary is £8,940
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Apply by:
13 October 2024

Job overview

We are currently looking for a Catering Assistant to join our fantastic team at Chorlton High School. This is an exciting opportunity to join our experienced and dynamic catering team.

The salary for this post is Grade 2, Scale Point 3. The full-time equivalent salary is £22,737, working hours will be 16 hours per week from Monday to Friday during term time plus 5 INSET days. The pro-rata salary is £8,940.

Main purpose of the job:

To 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.

Key relationships:

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

The closing date for this application is 13 October 2024 with interviews to take place shortly thereafter.

Working for us

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’re happy to talk flexible working where 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 and 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 planned closing date.  

Please note that guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 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. 

Safeguarding Children 

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. 

Equality Statement 

At Prospere Learning Trust we are committed to creating a community of belonging. This means we continually celebrate the diverse communities within our schools and the communities we serve. As an equal opportunity and disability confident employer, 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. 

If you would prefer to request an application pack by email or post, or should you require any additional support in completing your application, please feel free to contact us on 0161 527 7953 or via e-mail at jobs@prospere.org.uk  

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About Chorlton High School

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Chorlton High School : Successful, Creative, Happy

Chorlton High School is a diverse and innovative Academy, accelerating on its journey to provide a truly outstanding education. We are a mixed, multi-cultural and multi-faith community with strong, effective links to local Primary Schools, Sixth Form providers, Further Education colleges and local businesses.

Our students, aged 11-16, flourish as they are taken on an exciting learning journey underpinned by academic rigour and with a distinctive creative flair! We have a resolute focus on inspiring, nurturing and supporting all students to ensure that at every age and for every ability they have an excellent foundation for their future success.

Chorlton High School has a talented and diligent team of staff who ensure that creativity, happiness and success are central to every student’s daily experience, built on and driven by our core values, we are committed to enabling all our students to become:

SUCCESSFUL learners who go further faster and have the foundations for lifelong success.

CREATIVE learners who are imaginative risk takers and are prepared to lead the future.

HAPPY learners who are recognised and rewarded so their confidence comes  from within.

Chorlton High School is rapidly gaining recognition as a centre of educational excellence both locally and nationally. Excellent teaching and learning is at the heart of all that we do. Ambitious, imaginative and cutting-edge practice provides exemplary learning opportunities. Our awards and accolades are a testimony to this, including being a finalist for TES School of the Year, alongside only eight other schools in Great Britain.

Our Ofsted reports (2011, 2016, 2021) highlight many ‘Outstanding’ features along with the school’s resolute focus on nurturing, supporting and inspiring all of its students.

‘Pupils enjoy coming to school because it is a caring and supportive environment where they flourish.’

‘Leaders and teachers collaborate across the Prospere Learning Trust to bring about purposeful, evidence-based change.' Ofsted 2021

Prospere Learning Trust

Chorlton High School is part of the Prospere Learning Trust, which believes in working collaboratively to ensure the best outcomes and life chances for students. The Trust currently comprises of 8 schools, including 4 mainstream high schools and 4 special needs schools (both primary and secondary) with further schools anticipated across Greater Manchester. Find out more about Prospere Learning Trust in the candidate brochure.


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