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ID4644-1446 - Catering Assistant - Livingston (CC)

• Posted 13 January 2026
• Salary £12.60 per hour
• LocationLivingston
• Job type Permanent
• Discipline Catering & Domestic
• Reference004644
• Expiry 27 January 2026

Could you be part of our team?

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Catering Assistant to join our team based at Crusader Court, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 6QH on a part-time, permanent basis.

In return for your enthusiasm and commitment we will offer you: -

• £12.60 per hour
• 16 hours per week, a mixture of shifts over average 4 days per week on a 2-week rolling rota, working 11.00am to 4.00pm, with half an hour unpaid break, and every 2nd weekend.
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Ongoing paid training and personal development
• Paid candidate vetting through Disclosure Scotland

What we’re looking for in our Catering Assistant:

You will keep a high standard of cleanliness throughout the kitchen and dining room areas, carry out all cleaning duties as outlined in the development-cleaning schedule, help with basic food preparation, serve meals to tenants and when necessary, assist escorting tenants to the dining room.

Catering Assistant Skills and Experience:

This role requires you to have the ability to work as part of a team and have customer service skills. You should also have or be willing to attain a REHIS certificate in Elementary Food Hygiene.

To apply:

Submit our online application form no later than 12 noon on Tuesday 27th January 2026. If you have any questions about this role please contact Lynne Burnside, Housing Care Manager, on 01506 410 964, or at lynneb@trustha.org.uk.

We can only accept candidates residing in the UK who already have the right to work documents. All applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK and if successful will need to provide evidence. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorships for international applicants, or candidates currently working in the UK on a sponsored visa as we are unable to assist with renewal upon expiry.

Catering Assistant

Inspire All

Catering Assistant

Silsoe Community Sports Centre

Permanent, Part time 3.25 hpw (Fridays 15.15 - 18.30)

Up to £12.21 p/h

Come and join the team!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Barista / Catering Assistant, to join an enthusiastic and friendly team within InspireAll.

About the job:

• You will be responsible for serving customers with food and beverages and providing excellent customer service
• You will be required to undertake cash handling and reconciliation of monies at the end of each shift.
• You will be responsible for cleaning and general housekeeping of the café and kitchen area
• You will be responsible for preparation and cooking of food

Required skills and experience:

• A minimum of level 2 Food Hygiene is desirable however full training will be provided
• Experience in catering, including Customer Care, Health and Safety and Food Hygiene is also desirable

Working for INSPIREALL your staff benefits will include:

• FREE gym membership, swimming and classes for you, your partner and 4 children (T & C apply)
• DISCOUNTS for family and friends
• DISCOUNTS on Nursery places and children’s activities
• DISCOUNTS on Theatre
• STORE DISCOUNT - at major attractions and retailers, online and in store
• LONG SERVICE AWARDS
• COMPANY EVENTS
• EAP - Employee Assistance Programme
• REFERRAL PROGRAMME
• SICK PAY - after required service length (T & C apply)
• MATERNITY BONUS (T & C apply)
• ON-SITE PARKING - available at most locations please confirm with your line manager
• Excellent training opportunities and career progression

InspireAll is a charity that has a reputation for delivering energising and motivating leisure and family support services across Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire enabling communities to achieve rewarding and active lifestyles.

We employ people who want to share our vision to provide our customers with the best experience, being served by approachable and friendly staff. We also encourage a positive work/life balance.

Closing date: Monday 2nd February 2026

Please note that this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications.

Applicants may require an enhanced DBS check, dependent on role applied for.

InspireAll is an Equal Opportunities Employer

InspireAll collects and processes personal information in relation to job applicants. It does this in line with UK GDPR 2018. For more information, please visit https://www.inspireall.com/privacy-policy/

Job Description

Job Title:
Department:                         Conference and Catering
Reporting to:
Responsible for:

Catering Supervisor
N/A

Catering Assistant

Job summary:

To deliver an efficient, friendly, quality service to our customers
and to meet the catering needs of the College

Background

Homerton College was founded in the 18th Century, moved to its current location in 1894
and was granted a Royal Charter as a self-governing College of the University of Cambridge
in  2010.    Located  within  easy  reach  of  the  historic  city  centre  and  within  5  minutes  of
Cambridge mainline station, the College has over 1,000 students and a Fellowship of over 70.
Nearly 700 students live on the site.

The College is set within 25 acres of landscaped gardens and parkland, and its conference and
event facilities comprise a dedicated modern Conference Centre. Ample free on-site parking
is also an attraction for conference organisers.

The Conference and Catering Department

Catering  provides Breakfast,  lunch  and  dinner, Monday  to  Friday, and  lunch (or  brunch)  at
weekends, although the Conference and Catering Manager will keep under review the services
and service times for students. There is also a popular Buttery and a Bar which is manned by
employed staff.

In addition Formal Hall is served once or twice per week during term.. The maximum capacity
for Formal Hall is 250, and many Formal Halls reach this capacity. There are many other formal
College  meals  throughout  the  year  for  which  a  high  standard  of  catering  and  service  is
required, including: Graduate Formals Guest Nights, Governing Body Dinners, Matriculation
Dinners, Charter Dinner, Alumni Reunion Dinner and Congregation and Graduation lunches.

The  College  has  a  thriving  Conference  business  which  represents  an  important  source  of
income  to  the  College. As  well as  the  dedicated  conference  centre  with  5 meeting  rooms
there are a further 22 flexible meeting rooms, 3 versatile dining rooms and over 500 en-suite
bedrooms available for letting during the vacations. Catering includes lunches and dinners for
conference guests, BBQs, breakfast service during vacations, Christmas parties and marquee
events. The catering department also provides refreshments for a wide variety of functions
and meetings, both College events and private events.

Conference and catering staff work with the students to support and maximise opportunities
for academic and social events.

Catering Assistant JD - Feb 2025

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Key result areas:

1.  Supervision

•  To assist with maintaining standards within the Conference and Catering department
•  Ensure that customers experience high levels of service and hygiene
•  Uniform and standards of appearance are followed correctly.
•  Following financial regulations.
•  Maintaining a safe working environment for self and colleagues
•  Participate  in  team  meetings  and  maintain  effective  and  meaningful  communication

with management and colleagues.

•  Maintain record of any complaints so that we can avoid these in future.

2.  Food service

•  To ensure all areas are clean and tidy and appropriate levels of service equipment and

cutlery is available at all times.

•  Ensure all foods are well presented and topped up.
•  To  assist  in  training  staff  to  have  good  product  knowledge  and  to  offer  customer

advice to meet their dietary requirements.

•  Display appropriate point of sale and merchandising.
•  To ensure the correct portion control is carried out.

3.  Sustainability

•  Ensure  our  food  policy  and  any  relevant  information  related  to  improving  the

sustainability is  communicated to staff and students

•  Be proactive in finding ways of reducing the carbon footprint of catering

4. Health and Safety

All staff members are expected to observe all health and safety at work regulations as set
out by Homerton College in accordance with its statutory obligations.
•  Ensure food safety procedures are adhered to.
•  Follow fire safety procedures.
•  Follow COSHH procedures.
•  Reporting of all accidents and near misses.
•  Safe use of machinery and equipment to minimise any risk of injury.
•  To promote good housekeeping and ensure public toilets are kept clean and fit for

use and are monitored daily by the outlet team.

•  Take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and of others who may

be affected by their acts or omissions at work.

•  Report  any  unsafe  practices  or  broken  machinery/equipment  to  the  management

team, so that remedial action can be taken immediately.

5. Operational Duties

•  To develop self to provide a high quality flexible service.
•  To attend meetings and follow up where appropriately with feedback to outlet team.
•  To attend training courses as required.
•  Be flexible with working hours especially during peak times to ensure that Catering
deliver to agreed levels of expectation. This...

Fundraising Assistant - Volunteer

We are seeking a volunteer to join our fundraising team. This role would support with administration and research tasks - helping us to capitalise on opportunities to extend our problem-solving support to a more families and individuals. Can you offer 2-4 hours per week? Explore more below!

Purpose of Role

To provide administrative assistance to the Fundraising Manager alongside other volunteers, if applicable. The role will aid the effectiveness of the department, enabling Daybreak to capitalise on available funding opportunities aligned with its strategy.

Main activities and projects

• Researching and identifying funding opportunities suitable for Daybreak

• Updating, maintaining, and monitoring an MS Excel Trusts & Grants database

• Preparing and sending funding letters, where suitable

• Generalised research to assist in application developments

• Proof-reading and editing funding applications and/or letters

• Where suitable, drafting and developing funding applications

Task assignments would be discussed with the Fundraising Manager to suit skills and desire to gain experience, alongside availability. We recognise the value in having a sense of ownership over tasks, and therefore we would welcome someone who can offer regular support and is happy to take responsibility for one or more tasks on an ongoing basis.

Time commitments

We welcome any time that volunteers can offer. However, we anticipate most tasks requiring 2-4 hours per week. Volunteers would be able to work remotely, at home, from anywhere via Microsoft and Sharepoint.

Skills & Experience

• Intermediate skills in Excel and Word would be preferred as the role is focused on helping manage a database and collaborating on documents. Experience in using this software via Sharepoint.

• Whilst fundraising skills are advantageous, we recognise that this role is beneficial to those wanting to gain experience in this area. An awareness of how Trusts and Grants world be helpful.

• Research skills, and experience in data collection and management would be ideal.

• Self-motivation, time-management, and reliability.

Impact

Our focus as a charity is to enable families and young people to be at the centre of their own decision-making, to come together and find solutions to challenging situations. We are at a point in our development where we are looking to expand how we deliver on our purpose; so now is a wonderful time to help us achieve our aims via funding pilot and expansion projects!

How to apply

To apply, email your CV and covering letter to the marketing@daybreakfgc.org.uk .  Successful applicants will be required to complete a full application form. Before your application, please review the full job pack for more information on Daybreak, and this role.

We are committed to safeguarding. All posts will need two satisfactory references and may be subject to an Enhanced DBS Check and proof of right to work in the UK. Daybreak strives to be a diverse and inclusive organisation for our teams and those we support. Should you need any adjustments, at either application or interview, please contact us.

Casual - Support Assistant

Job Description

Job Title:  Casual Support Assistant
Salary:  £14.44 per hour
Working Hours:  As and when required
Location:  Arlington, Camden

If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact at Riverside, please ensure you attach a current CV and covering letter. At Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience, so we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the essential criteria on the job description.

Please note that whilst we will accept applications on the basis of any form of valid legal permission to work in the UK, we will be surrendering the Riverside Sponsorship licence, so for the avoidance of doubt, we are unable to apply for any further sponsorships whether on behalf of existing colleagues or candidates.

The difference you will make as a Casual Support Assistant
You will contribute to the day-to-day running of one of our supported housing services. The priority in your role includes the safety and wellbeing of everyone in our accommodation, including our customers.
Some of your responsibilities will include:
•    Engaging with customers daily to build their trust and encourage them to take part in various activities within the service and wider community.
•    Working with customers to raise their awareness of local services and facilities to ensure they have access to training, education, and work.
•    Carry out support planning and risk assessments for high need customers with the support of a Support Officer.
•    Working with the Specialist Support Officer to arrange and facilitate group sessions or activities.
•    Collaborating with relevant community agencies to ensure customers receive appropriate advice and support.
•    Ensuring that key performance targets are met and that all customer records are up to date.

About You
We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who is friendly, engaged and committed to achieving great outcomes for our customers.
We are looking for someone with:
•    Experience of working with vulnerable people with a range of needs in a support capacity
•    Good communication skills and the ability to engage with and respect the needs of vulnerable people
•    Excellent team working skills 
•    Housing sector knowledge 
•    Strong IT skills to manage and maintain administration and recording systems
•    Excellent team player who can work flexibly to meet business requirements
•    Flexibility to cover shifts, sometimes at short notice

Why Riverside?
One Housing Group is now part of Riverside.  At Riverside, we’re a housing association with a difference – enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we’ve been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives. 
We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.
Working with us, you’ll enjoy:
•    Competitive pay & generous pension 
•    Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
•    A wide range of benefits

Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside: 
We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues. 
Riverside is a Disability Confident Employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicant who declares they have a disability. If the applicant meets the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview.

Kitchen & Bar Assistant

Jobs

Job Description

Kitchen & Bar Assistant

The Kitchen & Bar are looking for new people to join the team as Bar Assistants.

Bar Assistants are responsible for working in The Octagon Theatre Kitchen & Bar - to wait on tables, take and deliver food/drink orders and prepare a variety of different beverages whilst delivering our warm and friendly welcome to all our customers in a busy, fast paced environment.

To apply for the role, please send your current CV to kitchenandbar@octagonbolton.co.uk by 9am on Monday 26th January.

Following this, we will then invite people we think may be a great fit for the team to a Recruitment Evening on Wednesday 28th January (5:00pm – 7:30pm)

The session will include an introduction to the Octagon team, a tour of the building, an informal chat and skills-based activities. Nothing is required to be prepared in advance, and the sessions will give a full overview of what the role entails.

Operations & Customer Experience Manager, Andrew Hughes said: 
“We are continually looking at ways to increase diversity and accessibility in our recruitment process. We understand that a traditional interview can be a scary and daunting process for some people so we wanted to take a more informal approach to meet potential candidates, whilst also providing them an opportunity to find out more about us and the role we have available. We are very excited to meet all the interested applicants and welcoming them to the Octagon.”

All candidates must be available to attend the Recruitment Evening on Wednesday 28th January (5:00pm – 7:30pm).
Due to the nature of the role, all applicants must be aged 18+

Please see below for the full job description.

External

Job title:

Cover/Supply SEN Tutor

Hours:

When required. Working days are 9am 4:30pm Mon- Fri

Contract:

Permanent Zero Hours Contract

Salary:              £18 per hour + 12.07% Holiday pay

Location:

Harvey’s Barn, Park End, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge

Please download the application and equal opportunity forms from the website here:
https://www.red2green.org/vacancies.html#/ and email to vacancies@red2green.org

The role:
We are looking for caring, creative, and versatile individuals to join our team of Cover Tutors to
cover annual leave and sickness for our Aspirations Tutor Team.  You will work with a group of
Autistic Learners delivering work set by a member of the team or created by yourself. No two days
are the same, so you need to enjoy variety. You will understand the needs of our Autistic Leaners
and help them reach their objectives.

Who we are:
We support and promote people aged 16+ in Cambridgeshire and the surrounding areas who are
autistic and or have learning disabilities to live a fulfilling life and we enable opportunities for them
to progress towards independence, education, and employment. We also work to raise awareness of
the potential of people with disabilities to make a positive and valuable contribution to society.

 Key duties and responsibilities of the role:

•  Plans (when needed), and delivers engaging and appropriately differentiated group sessions
•
Instructs and supports staff, to a high standard, in delivering group sessions as per plans
•  Supports learners needs and behaviours by utilising behaviour plans, risk assessments and

staff’s knowledge of individuals within the group
Liaises with the tutor that they are covering, and feeds back on the session

•
•  Operates as an active and constructive team member, communicating both internally and

externally to a high standard

•  Always acts professionally and behaves in a way that reflects Red2Green’s values

(Individuality, Positivity, Inclusivity, and Connectivity) and culture.

Person specification:
You will have:

•  An understanding of different disabilities and the special needs they bring
•  Understanding of and commitment to Equality, Inclusion & Diversity
•  Experience of working with people with Autism
•  Excellent oral and written communication skills
•  Able to encourage and support other people
•  Able to plan ahead, prioritise, and work to deadlines
•  Ability to work in a team
•  Flair for innovative thinking and positive “can do” attitude

Benefits:

•  Red2Green is located in a beautiful rural environment, with free and ample parking,
•  We contribute 4% employer pension contributions

External

•  Twenty-minute paid lunchbreak
•  As a member of our support staff, you are provided with Red2Green T-shirts and hoodies.
•  Training is provided and undertaken during working hours.
•  We make staff wellbeing a priority, with 3 Mental Health First Aiders, and regular

supervision sessions with managers.

It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check will be undertaken for the
successful candidate.

Job description

Job title:

Cover/Supply SEN Tutor

Responsible to:  Aspirations Manager

Based:
Cambridge

Harvey’s Barn and Granary Barn, Park End, Swaffham Bulbeck,

Job Purpose
The main purpose of this post is to cover annual leave and sickness for the Aspirations Tutor
team. The Aspirations Tutor team provide a programme of structured teaching sessions and
support 1:1 learners on the autistic spectrum to enable them to develop against personalised
outcomes.

The aim of the Aspirations service is to

•  provide educational activities for 16-25 year olds with autism
•
•  maintain and enhance independence and life skills

improve employability prospects for adults with autism

Tasks and responsibilities:

1. Tutor those who attend the Aspirations Service in a manner that demonstrates the
ethos of Red2Green, and ensures Aspirations is a personalised service

•  Plans (when needed), and delivers engaging and appropriately differentiated group
sessions, which support learners with their relevant objectives, including getting
equipment and materials ready as required
Instructs and supports staff, to a high standard, in delivering group sessions as per
plans

•

•  Supports learners individually, or in a group setting, to boost their confidence, self-
esteem and motivation, encouraging them to make choices and promote their
independence

•  Supports learners needs and behaviours by utilising behaviour plans, risk assessments

and staff’s knowledge of individuals within the group

•  Keeps the Aspirations manager and Tutor fully alerted of relevant issues concerning

behaviour of learners that occur when attending Red2Green

•  Liaises with the tutor that they are covering, and feeds back on the session
•  Follows the Code of Conduct, Safeguarding and any other policies and procedures

relevant to their role

2. Be a proactive team member to ensure the smooth running and operations of the
Aspirations Service, and Red2Green

•  Operates as an active and constructive team member, communicating both internally

and externally to a high standard

•  Keeps CharityLog up to date with all phone-calls, e-mails and messages pertinent to a
client’s attendance at Red2Green. Logs any Safeguarding and Cause for Concern
records, before the end of the working day

•  Participates in staff training activities, as required, and completing all training and

development both mandatory and supplementary as determined by the Aspirations
Manager and the CEO

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•  Ensures that medication is administered according to protocol, MAR sheets are filled in,

and medication is stored correctly during the working day

•  Attends and contributes to staff meetings on their working days

3. Be an ambassador for the Aspirations Service by nurturing relationships with all
external contacts, by communicating in a high quality and efficient manner.

•  Builds good relationships with learners’ families/carers to make sure that they are

involved (as appropriate) in developing learners’ skills and abilities

•  Always acts professionally, and behaves in a way that reflects Red2Green’s values and

culture

•  Communicates in a professional, clear, and positive way in all external relationships

To undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may be reasonably required,
and which are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this job.

Note: This job description is not exhaustive and may be added to or changed to from time to
time following discussions and consultation with the post holder and line manager.

Signed:

(employee)

Signed:

(manager)

Date:

Date:

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Person specification

Job title:

Bank Aspirations Tutor

Team:

Aspirations

Knowledge

•  An understanding of the

Essential

Desirable

individual needs of adults with
autistic spectrum conditions
•  An understanding of different

disabilities and the special needs
they bring

•  Understanding of and

commitment to Equality, Inclusion
& Diversity

•  Qualification for teaching (adults

or QTS)

Experience

•  Experience of working with

•  Experience working as a

people with autism

tutor or teacher

•  Experience of working with

people with learning
disabilities

Skills

•  Able to plan ahead, prioritise, and

work to deadlines

•  Excellent interpersonal skills
•  Excellent oral and written
communication skills

•  Able to encourage and support

other people

•  Good record keeping
•  Ability to work in a team
•  Able to use own initiative
•  Excellent IT skills

Other

•  A flexible approach
•  DBS disclosure

•  Car owner with a clean

driving licence

Red2Green, Harvey’s Barn, Park End, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge, CB25 0NA

Registered charity no: 1112429, www.red2green.org, info@red2green.org

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Ticketing Assistants (FTC)

Jobs

Job Description

The Edinburgh International Festival is looking for an experienced, passionate and dedicated Ticketing Assistant to join the team. We want you to help us deliver this unparalleled celebration of the performing arts, which brings some of the most exciting and creative artists working today to audiences from around the world.  
EIF is an equal opportunity employer, we value diversity and applications from candidates of all communities and backgrounds. Inclusive culture is the foundation for a successful workplace, this is a key focus for us across our staff, our artists, and our audiences.
 

To increase the diversity of our staff, our recruitment includes the Rooney Rule - regarding ethnicity – and Disability Confident Scheme for interviews. For more information go to our website.

The Role:

The role of the Ticketing Assistant is to deliver an efficient, high-quality box office service to all Edinburgh International Festival customers booking across all sales channels – over the telephone and in person. Ticketing Assistants will need to display excellent communication skills and always maintain the highest standard of customer service.

Job Responsibilities and Deliverables 
•    Delivering excellent customer service
•    Maintaining accurate customer records
•    Adhering to company’s data protection policies and procedures 
•    Additional administrative duties as required

Learn about our Employee Benefits

Closing date for applications: Friday 6 February 2026, 09:00am

Due to the high volume of applications received for this role, it is possible the job opening will close before the application closing date. We advise you to submit your application as soon as possible. 

Funded by The City of Edinburgh Council and Creative Scotland. 
Registered charity number SC004694.

Apply now