Catering Assistant

Want to support people who support others? We’ve got the role for you.

At Upper Springland we provide long-term and permanent residential care and support for people with a range of disabilities. We help people lead their lives to the full, providing for any needs they may have and to provide meaningful and exciting community interaction within Perth and the surrounding areas.

About the Role

We are currently looking to recruit a Catering Assistant to assist in serving food to residents and basic food preparation. Our customers enjoy meals prepared on site by our chefs, as part of this role, as well as serving meals, you will also be required to prepare basic meals such as; sandwiches & cooked breakfasts on request.

You must at all times maintain excellent standards of hygiene by cleaning and maintaining the work, kitchen and dining areas and ensuring that sufficient stock levels are maintained.

Location – Isla Road, Perth, PH2 7HQ.

Hours – 37 hours per week. 2 week rolling rota

Week 1 – 8am-2.30pm Mon-Thurs (off Friday) Sat & Sun 9am-6pm

Week 2 – Tues – Fri 9am-6pm

Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

• Competitive salary - £20,102.06 (£10.42 per hour).
• Ongoing training and development opportunities.
• 32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service.
• Free PVG checks throughout your employment.
• Up to 8% company contribution pension scheme.
• Up to 3 x annual salary death in service.
• Perks at Work – shopping discount scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Working for us means you would qualify for Blue Light & Concert for Carer discounts

Applying to Capability Scotland

For more information on this role, you can call Nikolle on 01738 632995 using reference CS220105.1

A copy of our job description is available upon request.

Closing date 16th May 2023

We reserve the right to close or extend this vacancy dependent on the number of applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

General Information

Capability Scotland is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.

Due to the high volume of applications expected, we advise that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to apply to work with us.