Kitchen Assistant (Parsonage Farm)

Job Description
Grade 1/2: £20658-£22185pro rata - ( 11.25 Hours per week, term time only Approx Salary £5845.26pa)

About us

HES Catering Services are the Local Authority provider of school meals for the London Borough OfHavering, working in partnership with local schools and academies to provide award winning meals and services.

We are extremely proud in supplying a wide range of high quality catering services to the majority of schools within the borough. We also have partnerships with other schools outside of Havering and offer bespoke solutions and assistance to individual schools and businesses which have their own In- House catering teams

HES Catering on-going success is very straightforward – We have amazing Colleagues throughout all of our sites bursting with experience who carefully prepare ‘Healthy, Fresh, Vibrant & Tasty’ meals with the highest quality produce for our wonderful Clients. We serve over 15,000 meals per day in our schools..

About the job
To undertake the preparation, simple cooking and the serving of food and beverages in accordance with the Council’s contractual arrangements.

About you

The post holder reports to: Cook Supervisor or Higher Graded Operative

The post holder has line management responsibility for: No direct staffing responsibilities

The post holder will be required to work: As defined on Staffing Profile

Hours of work 11.25 hours per week

Additional Information

Closing Date 18/2/2022

For any further information and/or an informal discussion about the role, please contact Amanda Warren Amanda.warren@havering.gov.uk orMandy.divall@havering.gov.uk

Additional Information

The London Borough of Havering is a Disability Confident employer. Candidates who declare that they have a disability in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 and meet the essential criteria as specified in the Job Profile will be guaranteed an interview.

Priority consideration on all advertised roles will be given to London Borough of Havering Redeployees.

The London Borough of Havering is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please be aware that a Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) check will be required for any position with access to these groups under the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In addition, the Authority reserves the right to request employees undertake a basic disclosure check (Disclosure Scotland) where required for the role this includes anyone who has access to (or information obtained directly from) a government database, or has a GCSX account. These posts will be required to have a Basic Disclosure Scotland check as per the requirements of BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standards).

In line with Government legislation, if the post you are applying for requires you to visit a registered care home as part of your role it is a legal requirement to provide evidence of your COVID-19 vaccination status or an exemption certificate to work for the Council. With effect from 1st April 2022, this requirement will be extended if you are applying for a job in a CQC regulated service

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