Café and Catering Team Member - Part-time

The Beacon, Folkestone

• Ref:KCC886-7043-417S
• Posted:18/06/2025
• Pay:KSA - £12.71 per hour
• Start Date:Subject to checks
• App Close Date:01/07/2025 at 20:00
• Interviews:w/c 7 July 2025

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We are looking for an enthusiastic and reliable Café and Catering Team Member to join our friendly team as part of Beacon Plus specialist college. This is a part-time position ideal for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment. You’ll play a key role in delivering excellent service, preparing food and beverages, and supporting catering events.

This role is based at Beacon Plus Community Café (Folkestone town centre) which is run by the Cafe Lead and our learners from The Beacon Plus specialist college.  The Beacon Plus specialist college aims to value, support and challenge its learners so that they can achieve success. We support learners to develop in all aspects of life in line with the preparing for adulthood framework. 

Beacon Plus is a collaborative partner of The Beacon School and continues the ethos and culture of high expectations and personalised learning, leading to good rates of progress. We offer access to high-quality opportunities to all learners to support them to develop necessary skills needed to live independently and successfully in our modern world. Beacon Plus is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.

Information about the school

The Beacon is a multi-site, all-age school (4-19 years) offering 430 pupils with complex needs, profound and severe learning difficulties and physical and sensory impairments a wide range of educational experiences. The main site is Park Farm Road, Folkestone however we also have a small 10 place satellite provision hosted by Castle Hill Primary School and our newest provision in Walmer. In addition, Beacon Plus is a collaborative partner of The Beacon School and continues the ethos and culture of high expectations and personalised learning.

The Beacon has a strong cooperative ethos and culture, building on personalised learning to ensure all students thrive within school and beyond. Learning at The Beacon offers a child-centred ‘needs led’ curriculum, which incorporates elements of the EY Foundation Stage, National Curriculum and external accreditation as appropriate, including Life Skills and Social Skills.

We will also continue to provide training and support for mainstream schools through the Specialist Teaching and Learning Service team managed by the school. This team offers support, training, outreach advice and guidance to our mainstream colleagues. In addition, the Beacon has both conference and meeting facilities and regularly hosts nationally renowned speakers on its courses.

The Beacon also hosts a Multi-Agency Support Hub. This is one of four centres across the County that brings NHS colleagues, paediatricians, speech and occupational therapists, and nursing services, alongside children’s social services and portage colleagues into one cohesive centre. We are proud of the strong partnerships this brings to benefit the children and families of Shepway.

At The Beacon, we are driven by our shared moral purpose to do all that we can to improve educational outcomes and life chances for all our young people. We believe strongly that the best way to do this is through the partnership, collaboration and a commitment to work together to achieve excellence in all we do. Nothing says this more than our peer to peer reflection and coaching groups that exist throughout the school. This total collaboration and investment from staff drives our teaching and learning to be the best it can be. As we have outlined at the beginning of this narrative, we expect the highest possible standards of ourselves and all stakeholders, believing that in this way we can maximise learning and develop a truly reflective learning community.

If this sounds like the kind of environment in which you would thrive, then we look forward to hearing from you.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Katie Lonergan
• Address:Park Farm Road, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 5DN
• Telephone: 01303 847555
• Email: hr@thebeacon.kent.sch.uk

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Candidate Pack
• Job Description and Person Specification