General Kitchen Assistant

The Grove School, part of the SEARCH Education Trust, is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and young people. The successful applicant will therefore be required to complete checks in line with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education with regard to DBS and other pre- employment checks.

We encourage applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population.

General Kitchen Assistant - The Grove School

Salary: Scale 1 Point 3 £26,238 Actual pro rata salary £12,919.97

Location: Haringey

Hours: Monday-Friday

(Flexible as the service demands dictate with a 'normal' day being 10.00am-2.00pm- 39 weeks per year. There is also an expectation that shifts should be altered to oversee service in the evenings for occasional school events.)

Responsible to: Catering Manager & Chef

Contract term: Permanent. 20 hours a week for 39 weeks per year.

Closing date: Monday 25th November 2024 at 9am.

Interview Date: TBC.

The Grove School has the opportunity to invite a personable, friendly and confident individual to join our friendly in-house catering team. As a kitchen Assistant, you would be expected to carry out food preparation as well as cleaning the kitchen. You Would Follow strict food hygiene and school's health and safety policy.

The Grove School is a special school for young people with autism. We are a thriving school with a dedicated staff team who work hard to ensure our pupils are supported to achieve their full potential. Community values and partnership are at the heart of what we do and we are all immensely proud to be part of this successful school.

The successful candidate will also have:

• A good standard of general education
• To be able to communicate.
• Previous experience of working within a school /commercial catering environment and have a good level of cooking and food preparation.
• To assist in the serving and clearing down of all food, beverages and associated utensils as required.
• To cooperate with all catering staff and undertake such duties in the kitchen/service areas as requested to ensure an efficient and effective service is delivered at all times
• To undertake supervised food preparation tasks as required.

We can offer you:

• A very positive working environment
• Collaborative Colleagues

We are driven by ambition: a clear desire to deliver results as we combine our strong ethos and culture. We're also committed to providing first-rate training and development to all our teaching staff and support staff, plus excellent career advancement opportunities within this evolving Trust. You'll Find high expectations here too.

If you would like to find out more about the position, we would like to talk to you.

For further information, please contact our HR department at

Completed application forms must be submitted via TES by 9 a.m. on Monday 25th November 2024 at 9am

Interview date to be confirmed.

NB: Please note that in line with the new Keeping Children Safe in Education updates, an online search will be conducted as part of our due diligence checks on all shortlisted candidates. CV's or incomplete application forms will not be considered. Only those that are shortlisted will be contacted by the school. Applications may be considered whilst the posts are being advertised. SEARCH Education Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated deadline. We advise early applications are submitted.