Catering Assistant

  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Profession: Domestic Services and Catering
  • Location: Northampton
  • Salary: 23,879

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We can offer you outstanding career development and training, a range of benefits and the opportunity to join us at a truly exciting time in our growth and development.

 

Salary: £23,879 per annum

Location: Northampton

Full Time

Full time 37.5 hours per week (Including weekend work)

We are St Andrew's. We are a mental health Charity and our purpose is to inspire hope for those living with complex mental health needs.

We are looking to a future with less stigma, more community support, more research and education, and we aim to be at the forefront of inspiring real change. We want to ensure we can all live in a society where everyone with complex mental health needs is heard, valued and has hope for their future.

Come and join us, and support us to help people transform their lives.

The Role

This opportunity will include light food preparation in our kitchens, cleaning, washing up, accepting food deliveries from suppliers and putting away, food storage, stock rotation and delivery of ward food supplies, as a result this position will involve daily heavy manual handling and the pushing of loaded food trollies.

The post holder will work as part of the Catering Service team. Core responsibilities are:

  • Washing pots pans utensils and dishes; general cleaning throughout the departments, e.g. equipment and structural.
  • Use of pot/dish washer machines
  • Stock rotation
  • Delivery of patient “food trolleys” to and from the wards, supplying meals and deliveries of various sorts to all service areas.
  • Delivering to ward stores
  • Assisting with basic food preparation

As a result this position will involve daily heavy manual handling and the pushing of loaded food trollies.

You will need to adhere to food safety standards at all times and maintain up to date records. This position will be 5 days out of 7 working weekdays and rota’ d weekends with scope for working additional hours as required.

Applications are welcome from well-motivated individuals, who are flexible, able to demonstrate initiative and who possess excellent communication skills

If you want to be part of an amazing team, apply now!

Rewards

We offer an excellent benefits package including: Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 10 years' service; Life cover; Our newly launched Electric Car scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Healthcare cash plan; Free parking; Paid DBS application; Access to free vocational qualifications
  
Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day. 

Closing Date: 13th May 2025.