Catering Assistant

At OFG, we work smarter so you can spend more time doing what makes you happy!

How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four ?

Our colleagues' wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we're always looking for new ways to improve everyone's work/life balance. We're taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).

4DWW will be rolled out within our school, when we have a full complement of staff, and within the next year - so there's never been a more exciting time to join us !

Job title: Catering Assistant

Location: Bankside School, Worcester

Salary: GBP10,043.92 per annum

Hours: 20 hours per week; Monday to Friday, 10:00-14:00

Contract: Permanent, Term Time

Must be UK based.

If you really want to make your mark in a rapidly growing business that is committed to improving the lives of pupils and young people, we have the role for you! We now have an opportunity for a Catering Assistant to join our close-knit team at Bankside School in Worchester.

Job Purpose

To support the Schools and College Chef by performing a variety of tasks in all areas of the kitchen, including food prep as directed by the Chef. To also ensure the kitchen is clean and hygienic. To ensure meals are served and produced to a good standard.

Areas of Responsibilities & Key Tasks

• Cleaning all kitchen areas, equipment and fabric as required, and keeping the servery and dining areas clean, washing and sanitising tables and chairs
• Recording and reporting any malfunction of equipment or fittings that require maintenance or cannot be kept to the required standard through normal cleaning procedures
• Preparing and serving food/meals
• Prepares the service and dining areas
• Rotate food stock supplies as necessary
• Update the Chef with the food/kitchen requirements for ordering before stock runs out
• Lifting of equipment and loading of dishwasher and other kitchen equipment
• Emptying of bins and taking refuge out to main refuge bins on either site

Qualifications: Food Hygiene preferably

About us

Bankside School is an independent specialist school near Hanley Castle, Worcester. Our new specialist school will cater for young people aged 11-18 years old with Autism, Complex needs and learning disabilities and has the capacity for c60 students.

For over 16 years, Options Autism have provided care and education to pupils, young people and adults with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

Why join Options Autism?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you'll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• "Your Wellbeing Matters" - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that's right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100's of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that's not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you'll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

You'll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy.