School Kitchen Assistant & Site Support Staff - Special Schools

Are you looking for flexible work within specialist school settings where you can make a positive difference behind the scenes?

Protocol Education is currently recruiting Kitchen Assistants, Catering Assistants, Caretakers and Site Support Staff to work within specialist schools across Southend-on-Sea.

These roles are ideal for reliable and hardworking individuals who enjoy practical, hands‑on work and are comfortable working within SEND school environments supporting children and young people with additional needs. Opportunities can range from day‑to‑day supply cover to longer‑term placements depending on school requirements.

• Assisting school kitchen teams with food preparation and cleaning
• Maintaining hygiene and health & safety standards
• Supporting with deliveries and stock organisation
• General caretaker and site support duties
• Assisting with classroom, dining hall or event set‑up
• Helping maintain a safe and welcoming school environment

• Reliable, punctual and proactive
• Comfortable working within specialist school settings
• Previous catering, cleaning, maintenance or caretaker experience beneficial
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Experience working around children or vulnerable individuals is advantageous
• Enhanced DBS preferred or willingness to apply for one

• Flexible full‑time and part‑time opportunities
• Day‑to‑day and longer‑term bookings available
• Monday to Friday school hours
• Roles based across Southend‑on‑Sea specialist schools

• Competitive weekly PAYE pay
• Flexible working opportunities
• Ongoing support from a dedicated consultant
• Opportunity to gain experience across a variety of specialist school settings

If you are looking for flexible school‑based work and enjoy supporting busy educational environments, apply today.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance 'Keeping Children Safe in Education', this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.