Catering Assistant

As a qualified catering professional, are you tired of working the long and continued unsociable hours associated with industrial catering or the relentless hospitality demand? As Sodexo Catering Assistant working at HMP Peterborough, your contribution can change lives for the better – along with a change to your own lifestyle with only having to work occasional dayshifts during weekends and bank holidays – gain time back with your loved ones!
In Sodexo Justice, we aim to change lives for the better by operating safe, decent, and secure prisons. We rehabilitate those in our care and provide purposeful activity, employment, education, and rehabilitation services. We support offenders to lead law-abiding lives in their community on release.
Working 40 hours per week with a competitive salary of £29,036 per annum, alongside market leading benefits detailed below.
As Catering assistant, you’ll assist in preparing and cooking meals for some 1300 Prisoners three times per day, alongside providing a daily meal for our valued staff members.Duties:

• Supporting the delivery of a four-week menu cycle of a varied and diverse menu options
• Controlling the receipt, storage, and issue of resources.
• Providing support to Prisoners to increase their catering knowledge, thus increasing their employability and reduction to re-offending.
• Supporting the induction phase of all new prisoner workers, in both the main kitchen and staff canteen.
• Maintaining all food safety/ health and safety regulations.
• Meeting agreed prison targets which will be identified in your personal development review (PDR) and reviewed regularly throughout the year.
• Follow any reasonable requests given by the Catering Manager and Supervisor.

The ideal candidate – what we’re looking for in you:

• City and Guilds 7132/06-07 or 706/2 diploma in food production and cooking or equivalent.
• Qualification in Food Safety level 3
• Able to work in a large and busy catering environment with flexibility and a responsive approach and attitude.
• Resilient and patient, not fazed by working with Prisoners as part of their work regime.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, able to challenge with humility.
• Good time management, able to work within strict timeframes.
• Have an interest in rehabilitation and resettlement of offenders and to always be able to communicate effectively.

All offers are subject to MOJ vetting and clearance checks
The successful candidate will benefit from 20+ Sodexo Benefits such as Sodexo Retirement plan, Discounts to over 1,900 brands to shop online, Gym discount to maintain a healthy lifestyle and one of the most important benefits of working with Sodexo is a great Career development where you can explore any topic you are interested in. For further details regarding our Sodexo benefits please see attached.
For full details regarding the role, please see the full job description attached.