Kitchen Assistant

Kitchen Assistant Recruitment Pack The Offer at Empower Trust

Mission: ‘Inspire, Empower and Achieve - a commitment to excellence’

Vision: ‘To create a home for world class learning that improves the lives of each child in our family of schools.’

Our Vision and Mission statements are underpinned by our Trust Values:

Working for Empower Trust is rewarding in lots of ways. We value and appreciate our people and recognise our staff are instrumental to the success of the Trust. We therefore offer a wide range of exciting and useful benefits to all our employees:

We are committed to developing our staff and to providing opportunities for growth. We want to encourage the career progression of our employees wherever possible, and support staff who wish to move between our schools and the Central Team when suitable roles arise. We also offer secondment opportunities when available.

At Empower Trust you would be working alongside excellent leaders in education, each with specific areas of expertise. We offer Middle and Senior Leadership development programmes, professional support networks and career development pathways for staff at all levels. In addition, we also have mentoring and coaching programmes, peer learning, internal and external CPD opportunities.

• A Trust Wellbeing Strategy and Charter outlining our commitment to staff wellbeing
• At least one trained Mental Health First Aider in every location, helping to embed our belief that physical and mental health hold equal importance
• A network of Mental Health First Aiders and Mental Health Leads who provide support, guidance, and signposting to colleagues across the Trust
• A Future in Mind network representing all our academies, who signpost staff to wellbeing support and information, and ensure staff voice is heard
• A designated Trustee sponsor whose role is to ensure staff wellbeing remains a priority
• Wellbeing is a discussion item on each Trustee / Local Governing Body meeting agenda
• Dissemination of annual staff wellbeing questionnaires to inform future actions
• Active engagement in national and international awareness days
• Working towards the Mental Health at Work Commitment and the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter

• Physiotherapy and musculoskeletal (MSK) services
• Confidential counselling via face-to-face therapy or secure online video sessions
• Stress coaching
• Support services for menopause, long covid, bereavement, cancer, cardiac conditions, lung conditions, medical trauma, mental health problems, motor neurone disease, orthopaedic conditions, multiple sclerosis
• 24/7 GP helpline and prescription service, offering consultation, private prescriptions, open referrals, and fit notes
• Surgical assistance programme

Our employment policies are flexible and responsive to promote diversity and equality, as well as attract and retain the highest quality workforce. We offer flexible working opportunities; job share arrangements, term time working and part time-roles; generous family leave packages; and compassionate or emergency leave.

We offer an excellent pension scheme with either the Local Government Pension Scheme (support staff) or the Teachers’ Pension Scheme which include death in service benefits. As well as employee’s paying contributions into the scheme (banded, based on earnings level) Empower Trust also pays a generous contribution on your behalf.

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