Salary

Grade 2 - £25,185 pro rata

Contractual hours

18.75

Basis

Open Ended

Job category/type

Catering

Job reference

REQAA7183

Catering Assistant - Ysgol Penrhyn Dewi – Make a Real Difference!

Catering Assistant - 18hours 45 minutes per week

Grade 2 - £25,185 for 18.45 hours per week term time only for 44.8 weeks per annum equating to £12,075.90 pro rata per annum

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This is a permanent position

Do you want a role where you can make a positive impact on children’s lives every single day? Our school catering service is about so much more than food – it is about fuelling young minds, supporting wellbeing, and creating a welcoming environment for pupils to thrive.

As a School catering assistant, you will play a vital part in delivering nutritious, balanced meals. These meals help boost concentration, improve academic performance, and promote healthy habits. Mealtimes are also an important social experience, and you will be helping children develop confidence and positive relationships with food.

This is a permanent post at 21.25 hours per week.

What does the role involve?

Lunchtime Service: Typically 11:00–14:00. Duties include assisting with meal preparation and production, serving meals, and cleaning duties.

If you are enthusiastic, reliable, and want to help create a healthier future for our pupils, we would love to hear from you!

Please refer to the job description above for more details on this vacancy and the person specification.

Employment Checks

This post is subject to a DBS disclosure check.

Where it is appropriate for your role and responsibility, the personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by visiting https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.

Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.

Please note that at this point, Pembrokeshire County Council is not accepting applicants who require a Skilled Worker visa as a prerequisite to a right to work in the UK. Applicants should ensure they have the right to work in the UK before applying for a vacancy.

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We understand that applicants may choose to use tools such as generative AI to support the preparation of their application. While the use of such tools is permitted, it remains the applicant’s full responsibility to ensure that all information submitted is factually accurate, truthful, and representative of their own skills, experiences and qualifications.
Providing information that is false, misleading, or exaggerated, regardless of whether it was generated by AI or not, may result in disqualification from the recruitment process or dismissal if discovered after appointment.
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Safeguarding

Safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk is a high priority for Pembrokeshire County Council. We aim to support vulnerable children and adults at risk to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. We are committed to ensuring their safety and will take action to safeguard their well-being. The Council’s Corporate Safeguarding Policy provides a framework for every member of staff and Service within the Council, setting out responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and protecting children and adults at risk as well as the methods by which the Council will be assured that it is fulfilling its duties.

This policy applies to all Council employees and workforce, councillors, volunteers and also service providers that are commissioned by the Council. Safeguarding is everyone's business whether they work for, or on behalf of, the Council.

Support & Additional Info

Please contact the HR Systems Team as early as possible if you're unable to apply online by emailing hrsystemsteam@pembrokeshire.gov.uk.
Please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries relating to this vacancy by emailing Recruit@pembrokeshire.gov.uk.
Local Government Employees on National Joint Council (NJC) terms are subject to national pay bargaining; all salaries currently stated in our adverts are as 01/04/2025.
Please note, we have a legal obligation to consider employees for suitable alternative employment if their posts are at risk; therefore prior consideration will be given to existing employees who meet the person specification and are registered on our redeployment pool.

Welsh language skills are desirable. Applications may be submitted in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.

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