General Assistant – Catering

Full Time Working

35 hours per week, 52 weeks per year on a 2-week rota, starting early shift at 7am and finishing latest shift at 8pm.

We are seeking to appoint a Catering General Assistant to join our team based at Worth School. 

The role of the General Assistant is to assist in the day to day running and cleaning of the Kitchen and Refectory / Pit Stop Café; and providing consistently high food standards and service. 

As the General Assistant, your responsibilities would include:

• Perform and maintain a high standard of cleaning throughout all areas of the kitchen and servery including surfaces, floors, equipment, crockery and cutlery. 
• Assist with food and drink preparation for service and functions.
• Provide and maintain a high level of customer service, when serving food and waiting at functions. 
• Adhere to health and safety procedures, food safety and hygiene.
• Continuously review existing procedures and suggest potential improvements and efficiencies through automation, new technologies and changes to ways of working. 

What we are looking for:

• Ability to work under minimal supervision, and act on own initiative
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to build strong working relationships
• Ability to read and understand instructions on cleaning products
• A positive, performance driven approach to your role
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to the changing needs and demands of the school

The School offers an enhanced benefits scheme including an employee assistance programme, meal provision, enhanced pension contribution, death in service insurance, and a cycle to work scheme. Employees have access to our facilities and benefit from free parking, on site gym, and discounted school fees.

Worth is a highly successful co-educational, Catholic, Benedictine, 11-18 HMC boarding and day school of circa 650 pupils. It offers a broad curriculum, including the International Baccalaureate and A-levels in the Sixth Form.

Applicants are required to apply online by using the Quick Apply button. Alternatively, an application form and job details are available from the HR Department.

Email: recruitment@worth.org.uk  

Telephone: 01342 710228

Closing date for applications: 31st October 2024*

*We reserve the right to invite candidates for interview prior to the closing date and to close vacancies early if we have sufficient suitable applications. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Worth School is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children, all employees must have the ability to understand and adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding legislation. The role holders safeguarding responsibilities are set out in the job description. References may be taken prior to interview and DBS and other vetting checks will be conducted on the successful applicant.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Section 7(1)(a) states that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.