Catering Assistant - Shadworth Junior School - Blackburn
Lancashire County CouncilBlackburn With Darwen - Blackburn, Lancashire, United Kingdom, North West
Overview
This is a local council role with Lancashire County Council based in Blackburn With Darwen - Blackburn, Lancashire, United Kingdom. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
Salary £13.45 per hour | Permanent | Part time, 10 hours per week | Term Time only (38 weeks) | Variable hours | Shadsworth JR School | Blackburn
Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
Have you always been interested in a career in catering but felt the hours wouldn't fit around your family commitments?
Why not join Lancashire School Meals?
Our Catering Assistant roles offer family-friendly working hours, allowing you to work while your children are at school, be there for drop-offs and pick-ups, and enjoy school holidays together.
Many of our current employees joined the service when their own children started school and have gone on to enjoy long and rewarding careers. We offer excellent training and development opportunities, and many of our team members have progressed into supervisory and management roles.
As a General Catering Assistant, you will join our friendly school kitchen team, helping to prepare and serve healthy, balanced meals while creating a positive lunchtime experience for pupils.
Lancashire County Council's School Catering Service provides more than 60,000 meals every day across over 500 schools, and you'll play an important part in serving a nutritious meal to the children of Lancashire.
Job Description and Person Specification
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- Help serve nutritious school meals.
- Support general kitchen and cleaning duties.
- Work as part of a friendly and supportive team.
- Help create a safe and welcoming dining environment for children.
- Follow food safety and hygiene standards
- Is reliable, dependable and ready to contribute.
- Works well as part of a team.
- Can remain calm and work efficiently during busy periods.
- Can use their own initiative when needed.
- Has good customer service and communication skills.
- Has previous catering and food-preparation experience, which is essential for this role.
- Must be willing to train to step up to cover Unit Catering Supervisor in their absence
- Family-friendly working hours – Monday to Friday, term time only
- A supportive team environment where everyone plays their part.
- An active and practical role with no two days quite the same
- A rewarding role supporting the health and wellbeing of local children.
- Lancashire County Council also offers a range of benefits, which can be found on our website here.
The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.
Local Government Reorganisation
The Government has confirmed that local government across Lancashire will be reorganised, with the current 15 councils being replaced by four new unitary councils covering North, South, East and West Lancashire from April 2028.
If you are successful in your application, you will initially join Lancashire County Council. However, as part of the planned transition, your employment will transfer to one of the new unitary councils from April 2028, subject to the implementation of the reorganisation and relevant employment legislation.
Throughout this period, our focus remains on delivering excellent services to our communities. By joining us now, you'll play an important role in shaping the future of local government and helping to build a strong new organisation that will serve residents for years to come.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications
How this role compares
There are 3,980 council roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 658 of them in North West.
Lancashire County Council has 148 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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How to apply
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This listing was last checked on 21 Oct 2026, 04:36. If the official advert has changed or closed, report it and we will review the listing.
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