Catering Assistant

Job Introduction

HMP Forest Bank are recruiting for a Catering Assistant 

HMP Forest Bank serves the courts of Greater Manchester and maintains strong links to the local community with a focus on resettlement. We aim to deliver quality of life services and support people to change their lives for the better.

Opportunities for learning and developing work-ready skills are on offer for all who come in to custody, but our commitment to reducing reoffending in local communities does not end at the prison gate. We support people released from custody through innovative partnerships in substance misuse services in Bury and Oldham, working with people to maintain recovery and lead law-abiding lives.

As well as the 16 residential units on site, there is a healthcare centre, gym, library, workshop complex, visits hall, chaplaincy and kitchen. The prison’s capacity stands at 1,460, holding adult men both on remand or sentenced and young prisoners between the ages of 18-21 years.

For more information on working in Justice within Sodexo please see Careers in Justice

Role Responsibility

• Ensure all food is prepared and handled in accordance with the relevant guidelines.
• Assist to maintain efficient and secure receipt, storage and issue of foods and provisions and maintain documents related with these systems.
• Complete all relevant daily paperwork.
• Ensure all requests for maintenance of plant equipment are processed efficiently.
• Ensure prisoners comply with cleaning procedures and stock rotation.
• Ensure all prisoners and visitors adhere to Sodexo Health & Safety procedures and the Food Safety Act 1990.
• Instruct and oversee the daily workload of prisoners.
• Ensure meal production timescales are met.
• Maintain liaison with all other departments within the establishment.
• Visit all points of service to ensure all food legislation and portion control is adhered to.
• Maintain awareness of security and health and safety at all times and report any issues to the appropriate department promptly.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Experience within the Catering industry
• Sound Knowledge of HACCP

Desirable

• Suitable qualifications for example; City & Guilds 7061/7062 or equivalent NVQ.
• Achieve Intermediate level of food hygiene certificate.
• Experience in ‘bulk’ catering or catering for large numbers.

Package Description

37.5 hours per week.

Salary £22,500 per annum, 20 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension, free meals on duty and free on-site parking.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation. 

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Please note all roles within Sodexo Justice are subject to security and recruitment checks which may include a Social Media Check. You will also be asked to provide 5 years’ worth of references and request employment history details from the HMRC.