Casual/ Bank Hotel General Assistant
Foxes Academy
Somerset
- Expired
- Salary:
- £9.65-£10.18ph + 13% Holiday Pay
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 5 August 2022
Job overview
Casual/ Bank Hotel General Assistant
Location: Somerset
Contract Type: Casual
Hours: Flexible hours to suit you
Salary: £9.65-£10.18ph + 13% Holiday Pay
Foxes Academy is an Ofsted outstanding specialist college for young adults with learning disabilities (18-25 years old). We offer training in independent life skills, plus the opportunity to learn catering skills in Foxes Hotel. The happiness, well-being and success of our learners is at the centre of everything we do.
The main purpose of the role:
To support reception, front of house and housekeeping to ensure the continuous smooth running of the hotel business.
As a Bank Hotel General Assistant you will have the flexibility to choose your working days and shifts.
Key Duties:
- To ensure the safety and well-being of the students while on duty by being aware of Company policies relating to Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Safety and COSHH.
- Attend all appropriate meetings as and when required.
- To absolutely ensure to always deliver a high standard of customer care.
- Complete cleaning and preparation tasks to support business needs and requirements to be compliant.
- Complete regular checks on the toilets, bedrooms, and laundry tasks and clean/complete as required.
- To support with the clearing and cleaning of still room if no kitchen porter is on shift.
- Complete the clearing and cleaning of all public areas as required ensuring high standards are maintained.
- Take direction from the Hotel Manager and Senior Leadership Team as to the tasks which require completion to meet the daily business needs.
- Cover reception duties in a professional manner including taking phone calls, taking bookings, checking in guests and completing payments.
- Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.
For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Adele from the recruitment team adele.richard@the-aurora-gr
Skills and Qualifications
- Hotel experience in all departments and be a positive team player.
- City and Guilds Hospitality and Catering Level 2 or equivalent.
- At least 1 year’s reception experience.
- Experience of working in a hotel or restaurant setting.
- Housekeeping experience.
- Experience of working in a team setting.
- Food Hygiene certificate (desirable).
- Allergen's course (desirable).
- Working with young vulnerable adults or children (desirable)
Benefits and Additional Information
For more information on this position please contact adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
Attached documents
About Foxes Academy
- Foxes Academy
- The Esplanade, Selbourne Place, Minehead
- Somerset
- TA24 5TY
- United Kingdom
If we had to capture the essence of Aurora Foxes, it would be employability and independence for adulthood. We strive daily to be the very best and we will continue to do so, to ensure that graduates from Aurora Foxes are: work ready, life ready.
Mark Costello - Principal
Our College"I think people should come to Foxes to work on their independence skills. I have been learning about shopping and budgeting. I can now travel to Taunton on the bus, which is 24 miles away to get to my work experience. My work experience is amazing, I serve customers and do the drinks. I hope to live in a supported living flat when I graduate, because I have all the skills I learnt at Foxes." — George
"I love Foxes because it is an amazing place to be. I love all of the sessions. I like 'Moving On' because you learn to cook and to do your personal shopping. There are so many activities to choose from. The activity I like to do the most is Mindfulness, because I like to do the yoga. I really like Ballroom Dancing, my favourite is the Waltz. I like Minehead Eye because I love the singing. You should come to Foxes because you'll like all the sessions and activities that we do!" — Rebecca
"I like working on going out independently. I like to go shopping independently and I have been on the bus to Dunster to go to the cafe with my friends. I am now travel training to get to my work experience, which is really good. You will learn to do things independently that will help you in the future." — Zac
Accommodation
Aurora Foxes has residential accommodation throughout the safe community of Minehead. Each student has a fully furnished room, as part of a comfortable, caring and happy home.
Each house has a highly experienced Team Leader, Deputy Team Leader and Learner Support Practitioners. There is a wide range of accommodation to meet individual needs. The accommodation ranges from 5 - 16 bedrooms. The students are carefully placed in their accommodation following a robust risk assessment process.
By their final year, students can be living in a small group in one of our independent flats where they have to do as much as possible for themselves; getting themselves up, washing, dressing, travelling to work experience independently, shopping, cooking and cleaning. Just like any young person in further education!
Foxes Hotel
Foxes Hotel is a delightful Victorian seaside hotel in Minehead on the Exmoor coast and is the UK’s only fully operational training hotel for young people with learning disabilities. From day one, our students have the opportunity to gain valuable practical work experience, learning all the skills needed to have a successful working life in the hospitality sector.
To learn more about our hotel, please click here.
The Flying Fox
Aurora Foxes has been in a partnership with Hilton for 8 years. The Hilton Global Foundation donated a grant to Aurora Foxes, which facilitated the purchase of The Flying Fox catering truck.
This has expanded our vocational training space, and has provided our students with the opportunity to transfer their work skills within this unique environment.
Our Community
An important and unique quality of Foxes, which is often remarked upon by visiting parents, is our location. Foxes is located right in the heart of the community. Students are therefore prepared every day for engaging in town life. This valuable experience helps to shape our students and prepare them for life after Foxes, as well as helping to reinforce independent living skills. As the second-biggest employer in Minehead, Foxes forms a signification proportion of the population of the town and is held in high regard by the community for the valuable part we play in shaping the culture of our town and community. This is especially helpful for students who may initially struggle with being out in unfamiliar spaces, as students become more familiar with being able to seek out a safe and friendly face. Over the course of their time with us, students become more confident in accessing the many facilities and events that are on offer and these experiences will form a solid foundation for life beyond their time with us.
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