School Kitchen Assistant - Part Time, Term Time

School Kitchen Assistant – Aurora Summerfield School

Salary: £12.37 to £12.59 per hour, depending on skills and experience 

Permanent contact:  Part time 10 hrs per week , Working 11.30am – 13.30pm Monday to Friday.

Term time (39 weeks)

Location: Aurora Summerfield School, Wilmslow 

Join Aurora Summerfields – Where Every Child Matters

Aurora Summerfields School opened in April 2023 and is already making a meaningful impact. With a capacity of 50 students, we are an independent specialist school supporting children and young people aged 5–19 with Autism spectrum conditions and associated challenges in accessing education.

We’re proud to have received Outstanding ratings in Behaviour & Attitudes and Personal Development in our latest Ofsted inspection.

We’re currently looking for a Part Time Kitchen Assistant to work along side the Cook and Kitchen Assistant in our school kitchen.

Key Duties: 

• Working closely with the School Cook to ensure the prompt and efficient preparation and service of all hot and cold meals
• Maintain the cleanliness and hygiene of the school kitchen and associated areas
• Assisting when required with planning menus, ordering and receiving deliveries
• Working effectively and flexibly in a busy environment

Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:  

• Experience working in a reactive catering environment e.g school/residential/health care setting
• Possess good working knowledge of kitchen equipment and cleaning schedules
• Able to work proactively and in a self-directed/self-sufficient way
• Working knowledge of health and safety legislation, including COSHH regulations, manual handling, food hygiene procedures and requirements in relation to food preparation.
• Good communication skills to liaise effectively with a range of colleagues
• Flexibility to deal with many and varied requests made on a daily basis
• Display and maintain a high standard of personal hygiene.

What’s on offer?

• Training and Development

Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support.  We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career. 

• Save money on your bills!!

With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further.  Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are.  You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more.  You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme. 

• Competitive Pay and Reward

Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations.  We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Enhanced Pension and Life Assurance.

• UK Health Cash Plan

This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills.  You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.

• Employee Assistance Programme

Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7. 

• Refer a friend for £1,000

We’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)

How to apply?

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details.  If you need any assistance or would like any more information please contact Karen in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at karen.barnfield@the-aurora-group.com

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.