Catering Assistant

Randstad Education, Liverpool are looking for School Catering Assistants for roles within Sefton schools. A school catering assistant helps prepare, cook, and serve healthy meals to students and staff.

Working under a Catering Manager, responsibilities include food preparation, counter service, operating tills, and maintaining high standards of kitchen cleanliness and food hygiene.

Key Responsibilities

• Food Prep & Service: Help slice, peel, and assemble ingredients for daily meals.
• Serve food portions to students while ensuring special dietary restrictions and allergens (substances that cause allergic reactions) are strictly managed.
• Hygiene & Cleaning: Wash dishes, mop floors, and sanitize kitchen equipment to meet strict health codes. This often involves deep-cleaning.
• Customer Service: Operate the cash register or till, and maintain a friendly, welcoming environment for pupils during busy lunch periods.
• Stock Management: Help receive food deliveries, check expiration dates, and properly store items to prevent food waste.

Typical Requirements

• Work Schedule: Part-time hours, usually term-time only (working around 15-25 hours per week during the school year). This means you get school holidays off.
• Physical Stamina: You must be able to stand for long periods, frequently bend, and lift heavy items like supply boxes.
• Safeguarding: Because you work near children, a background check such as an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check is legally required.
• Certifications: A Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate is highly beneficial, though

ABOUT US:

Randstad Education is the UK market leader for recruitment within education. We have been helping teachers and support staff to find temporary and permanent roles in schools, colleges and nurseries for nearly twenty years. Working with over 2500 schools each week, our staff support over 135,000 children every day across the country, so we can find the right match for your skills. The Liverpool branch is one of the oldest and busiest in the country and has a dedicated team of consultants working across primary, secondary and SEN. We now also have a dedicated section looking after school support roles such as technicians, administration and finance.

WHAT NEXT?

We are proud to support a diverse portfolio of schools across the North West, so even if this job or location is not suitable, we would still like to hear from you regarding your relevant experience, as we may have other roles available in schools, temporary or permanent, short-or long-term, full or part-time, which may be a better match.

If your application is deemed suitable for this position an initial telephone interview will be offered immediately, We may be able to organise a face to face meeting also if you wish. Documents will be submitted and checked online and our consultants will guide you through how to do this. All candidates will be required to undergo child protection and UK eligibility checks, and be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Randstad Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and requires all applicants to share this commitment.

To discuss this in more detail, please contact Eileen Stackhouse your specialist secondary consultant via email on call our Liverpool branch on or Apply now!