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Position: Kitchen Assistant

Location: Belmont Secondary School, Rawtenstall

Salary: £13,335.40 per annum

Hours: 26 hours per week, 8am – 2pm Mon/ Wed/Thur, 10am – 2pm Tue/Fri

Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only

UK Applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

Due to growth in service, we are looking for a Kitchen Assistant to join our team at Belmont Secondary School.

About the Role

We are looking for a Kitchen Assistant to assist with general food preparation and lunch delivery at our Secondary site to start as soon as possible. The successful candidate will be responsible for food preparation and supporting the Chef where required and ensuring food allergies/intolerances are considered.

Who we are looking for?

The ideal candidate will have experience and basic knowledge of food hygiene and food preparation skills.

Due to the environment, the successful candidate will be comfortable and understand the challenges when working in a special educational needs’ environment.

Essential

Experience of working in a catering environment would be preferable
A clean and efficient approach to work
Ability to work under own initiative on occasion as well as part of a team
Ability to work in a fast paced environment
Understanding of the challenges of working in a Special Educational Needs environment.

About the school

Belmont Secondary is an independent, specialist day school for boys 11 to 18, catering for pupils with a wide range of needs. Our dedicated team, work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.

We pride ourselves in steering pupils in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them both academically and socially to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build confidence in our pupils, so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live.

This opportunity is within commutable distance of Rawtenstall, Bury, Burnley and surrounding areas.

We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career.

Our vision is to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable young people in the UK to be happy and to make their way in the world. Every day we improve the lives of thousands of young people, their families and communities through a relentless focus on caring and learning.

Why join Acorn Education?

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.

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