Overview

Salary: £12.26 per hour

Shift hours: 17.5

We are recruiting food service assistants for Housing with Care.  We provide a hot lunchtime meal to our clients daily.  Your role will include providing a welcoming and responsive environment to ensure tenants feel safe and valued.  As part of the team, you will maintain high standards of food hygiene/cleanliness in line with best practices, and ensure compliance with

The role will involve:

  • Serving hot meals
  • Food preparation to include the use of microwaves and ovens
  • Kitchen Cleaning
  • Washing up 

We have one temporary position for 3 months and two casual positions. Working hours are between 9.30 am and 3.00 pm, and we offer a 7-day service.

You will require good oral and written skills in communicating with a variety of people.

You will be required to work alone prioritise your workload and prepare and present meals for a diverse client group.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

 

The ideal candidate will have some experience working in a catering environment, have some knowledge of Health and Safety practices, and have the ability to carry out lifting and carrying duties. You must also have, or train towards, a Basic Food Safety Level 2 certificate and be willing to undertake any other training applicable to this role.

Flexibility to carry out the duties of the role, along with reliability is essential.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme – As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you’ll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

  • Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
  • Are currently in care or have previously been in care
  • If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled ‘Coventry City Council Application Process’. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

Interview dates: 10th & 11th March 2025

Reference: coventrycc/TP/71121/10659

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