Kitchen Assistant

Job Title: Kitchen Assistant
OP3  £24,404 per annum, pro rata for part time & term time only working.
Hours: 32.5 hours per week – term time only
Contract Type: Permanent
Responsible to: Chef Lecturer

Job Purpose:
To assist in the day to day running of a busy school kitchen. The Kitchen Assistant will help create a safe, supportive, and inclusive kitchen environment where pupils with diverse needs can learn essential life and vocational catering skills.

Key Responsibilities:
•    Be responsible for the production of food for 50+ covers.
•    Be able to deputise in the absence of the chef lecturer.
•    Assist with running of the kitchen ensuring hygiene standards meet current legislation and efficiency of the kitchen is maximized.
•    Support with maintaining accurate records in accordance with Environmental Health legislation/requirements. 
•    Assist with the preparation and setup of ingredients, equipment, and resources.
•    Support students during practical catering activities, ensuring instructions are accessible and tasks are adapted to individual needs.
•    Promote independence, safety, and hygiene in the kitchen, modelling good practice at all times.
•    Maintain a clean, safe, and organised catering area in accordance with health & safety and food hygiene regulations.
•    Encourage and support students to develop vocational skills, including food preparation, cooking, cleaning, and basic service.
•    Monitor use of ingredients and equipment, helping to manage stock levels and order supplies when required.
•    Participate in school events or enterprise projects (e.g., café service, food sales) that build student skills and confidence.
•    Undertake relevant training, including safeguarding, manual handling, and SEN-specific strategies.

Job Title: Kitchen Assistant
Salary: OP3  £24,404 per annum, pro rata for part time & term time only working.
Hours: 32.5 hours per week – term time only
Contract Type: Permanent
Responsible to: Chef Lecturer
Job Purpose:
To assist in the day to day running of a busy school kitchen. The Kitchen Assistant will help create a safe, supportive, and inclusive kitchen environment where pupils with diverse needs can learn essential life and vocational catering skills.

Key Responsibilities:
•    Be responsible for the production of food for 50+ covers.
•    Be able to deputise in the absence of the chef lecturer.
•    Assist with running of the kitchen ensuring hygiene standards meet current legislation and efficiency of the kitchen is maximized.
•    Support with maintaining accurate records in accordance with Environmental Health legislation/requirements. 
•    Assist with the preparation and setup of ingredients, equipment, and resources.
•    Support students during practical catering activities, ensuring instructions are accessible and tasks are adapted to individual needs.
•    Promote independence, safety, and hygiene in the kitchen, modelling good practice at all times.
•    Maintain a clean, safe, and organised catering area in accordance with health & safety and food hygiene regulations.
•    Encourage and support students to develop vocational skills, including food preparation, cooking, cleaning, and basic service.
•    Monitor use of ingredients and equipment, helping to manage stock levels and order supplies when required.
•    Participate in school events or enterprise projects (e.g., café service, food sales) that build student skills and confidence.
•    Undertake relevant training, including safeguarding, manual handling, and SEN-specific strategies.

Sandgate offers staff a range of benefits. As well as being an integral member of a reputable and trail blazing school, you will have access to:
•    Ongoing professional development opportunities
•    Mentoring from colleagues within your team
•    Variety of students working within a vast array of curriculums and styles of learning to diversify your educational knowledge
•    An internal HR and Pay advisory service
•    Employee benefits including self-referral for occupational health support including mental health and physical health as well as physiotherapy
•    Cycle to work scheme
•    Vouchers and discounts for supermarkets, cinema tickets, high street and online retailers as well as much more
•    A great pension scheme with high employer contributions

Sandgate School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  Appointment will be subject to (1) satisfactory health checks, (2) references, (3) an Enhanced DBS check and (4) satisfactory completion of a staff suitability declaration form and (5) a self-declaration form will be required from all shortlisted candidates. Online searches are recommended by Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022. The recruitment team will carry out the online search and this is part of due diligence and carried out on any shortlisted candidates. Searches are to be done in line with GDPR UK/ DPA 2018 as a regulatory requirement.  The school is an Equal Opportunities Employer. 
•    The closing date for applications is Friday 11th July at 12noon. We will aim to inform successful Candidates by the end of the week.
•    Interviews: will take place on Tuesday 15th July..
•    Role start date: September 2025.
•    This is a permanent position.

Those wishing to apply:
-    should complete an application pack which can be found either on our school website http://www.sandgateschool.org.uk/information/job-vacancies/ or by emailing hfield@sandgateschool.org.uk

You may alternatively wish to print out and complete your application form by hand and post this directly to school, to address: Sandgate School, Sandylands Road, Kendal, LA9 6JG Please label your envelope clearly with: Kitchen Assistant.