£23,774.40 per annum (actual)

Full Time, Permanent

ASAP

1 December 2024

Grade/Salary: Scale 1C, £23,774.40
Hours: 35 Hours per Week, Term time Only plus (39 Weeks per Year) – Monday to Thursday – 7:00 – 15:00, Friday 9:30 – 14:30
Required: ASAP
Contract: Permanent
DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF AN OUTSTANDING AND SUCCESSFUL TEAM?
ARE YOU COMMITTED TO CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT?
DO YOU WANT TO WORK FOR AN ORGANISATION THAT PROMOTES BEST PRACTICE AND VALUES IT’S STAFF?
Linden Lodge School is seeking to appoint a Catering Assistant to work within our catering team; providing healthy and nutritious meals to students and staff.
The postholder will work within the catering team and play a key role in ensuring that the highest standards of quality are maintained at all times.
The successful candidate will be able to undertake food preparation tasks, prepare simple meals according to recipes provided and be willing to learn and develop new skills as they progress within the role.
Previous experience working within a school kitchen would be an advantage but full training will be provided if required.
What can we offer you?

• A school which values you as a professional
• Excellent opportunities for CPD
• Staff Health and Wellbeing programme
• A warm positive working environment where everyone is valued

Closing Date for all applications: 1st December 2024
Shortlisting: 2nd December 2024
Interview Date: 6th December 2024
Linden Lodge School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment, an enhanced DBS will be required.
We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy in advance of the closing date if there is a good level of response. We recommend applicants submit applications as early as possible. We also reserve to right to interview shortlisted candidates ahead of the closing date.
CVs are not accepted.

Linden Lodge School is a day and residential special needs school for pupils with Vision and Multi Sensory Impairment. We are based in Wimbledon, southwest London, and consider prospective pupils from a wide area.

We accept children from nursery to year 14 ( 2 to 19 ) with Vision Impairment, Hearing Impairment and Multi-Sensory Impairment. We also consider applications for pupils who would benefit from our sensory education approaches and facilities.
The education of pupils with Sensory Impairment is highly specialist and therefore we have specialist teachers, a specialist sensory curriculum and extensive specialist resources and facilities on our campus.
These include:

• A large workforce of specialist sensory impairment teachers who in addition to their teaching qualifications hold a Diploma or Masters Degree in teaching the visually impaired, hearing-impaired and multi-sensory impaired
• A large on-site therapy team of Speech and Language therapists, Physiotherapists and Occupational therapists directly employed by the school who work alongside teachers and education teams
• A team of habilitationists for the visually-impaired
• An onsite Learning Resources Centre which enables us to provide a wide range of fully accessible learning resources tailored to meet each pupil’s specific sensory needs
• On-site Vision assessment hub to carry out Functional Vision Assessments
• An NHS standard Audiology testing booth to assess pupils’ hearing and the use of audiological equipment
• A centre for families of children with Sensory Impairment to provide training, parent guidance and social opportunities
• An accessible physical environment including acoustically treated classrooms and clear signage for the visually-impaired

Our expectations for each pupil are high and we understand that each pupil with a Sensory Impairment has a unique diagnosis and learning profile. We have specialist centres for pupils with profound multiple learning needs and also for pupils following the National Curriculum and a range of GCSE, BTEC and externally accredited pathways.
We, therefore, offer a range of Curriculum pathways each tailored to pupils’ needs and abilities delivered through our departmental and specialist centres. A number of our centres are in separate purpose-built accommodation on site.
We want our pupils to reach their potential and achieve as much independence as possible. Every pupil has, in addition to their curriculum targets, personal goals to optimise their use of Vision, Hearing and other Senses.