Part Time Kitchen Assistant

at  Outcomes First Group

ABOUT US

The Holden School is an independent specialist day school for boys and girls aged from 4 to 16, catering for pupils with a wide range of needs in Lancashire, Manchester and surrounding areas. 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 are a Therapeutic Led, Trauma Informed School providing individualised curriculums for our young people supported by our Class Teams, our Pastoral Team and our own Therapists.
We pride ourselves in steering pupils in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them academically and socially, to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build confidence in our students so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live.
We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career. Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils and young people. 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.
We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

UK APPLICANTS ONLY. THIS ROLE DOES NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP.

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Part Time Kitchen Assistant to join our close-knit team at The Holden School, part of Acorn Education.

JOB PURPOSE

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

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, at all sites.
• Prepares the service and dining areas, at all sites.
• Rotate food stock supplies as necessary, at all sites.
• Update the Catering Manager of food/kitchen requirements for ordering before stock runs out for all sites.
• With reasonable notice, to work additional hours to support the Catering Manager in periods of staff absence and/or heavy workloads i.e., preparing refreshments for functions/events.
• To transport food and equipment to either site as required.
• 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.
• Use of basement at Chapel Street to use dishwasher and access any other relevant catering resources or equipment.