Explore catering assistant jobs at Caemaen Care Home with Carmarthenshire County Council in Llanelli. Permanent part-time role paying £14.34 per hour. Apply by 27 October 2026. Check Skilled Worker visa eligibility before applying.
Catering Assistant Jobs | Carmarthenshire County Council | Llanelli | £14.34/Hour
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Catering Assistant – Caemaen Care Home
Employer: Carmarthenshire County Council Exact location: Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK Salary: £14.34 per hour (£27,663 per annum full-time equivalent) Working hours: 20 hours per week Job duties: Helping the Cook prepare nutritious and appetising meals, ensuring compliance with Food Hygiene and Health and Safety, setting up and clearing away tables, and other cleaning duties. Requirements: A positive attitude, willingness to gain new skills, flexibility, basic food safety knowledge (beneficial but not essential), good communication and interpersonal abilities, and the ability to work independently and within a team. Experience: No specific previous experience stated in the original advert. Qualifications: No specific qualifications stated in the original advert. Basic conversational Welsh is required at Level 2, with reasonable support available to reach this level. Visa sponsorship details: Carmarthenshire County Council has a valid sponsorship licence. Applicants requiring Skilled Worker sponsorship must meet all UK Government eligibility criteria. Sponsorship for this particular role is not guaranteed. Application process: Apply through the council’s online application system. Closing date: 27 October 2026 at 11:55 PM.
If part time and/or term time the full time salary given (based on 37hrs) will be pro rata’d accordingly.
Pay: £14.34 per hour
Contract Hours: 20 hrs
Join Our Team
If you are passionate about cuisine and have an excellent work ethic we want to hear from you. We are looking for a Catering Assistant to join our self-motivated and devoted team.
You will have the opportunity to work in a busy and exciting workplace working for us. You will be helping our Cook prepare nutritious and appetising meals, ensuring full compliance with all aspects of Food Hygiene and Health and Safety. Other chores will include setting up and clearing away tables and other cleaning duties, supporting the houses needs.
Working hours are on a rota system of mornings and evenings (3 or 4pm to 7pm) excellent to work around family commitments and other roles we offer. Our annual leave entitlement runs from birthday to birthday. If you are looking to start a career in catering or perhaps searching for a job move this role could assist set you on that route.
We are looking for a motivated and diligent person with:-
Ability to get on with grownups, mutual respect.
Basic food safety knowledge. This would be a benefit but is not needed as complete training would be provided.
Good communication and interpersonal abilities.
Ability to work independently and within a team.
You’ll need:
A positive attitude and a willingness to gain new skills.
Be flexible and willing to help with other catering tasks.
For an informal chat please contact Joanna Szubka, Manager or Kevin Beebe, Cook in Charge – 01554 771835
Position Overview
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DBS level: An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required for this post.
Welsh language level – spoken
Level 2 – You will need to have a basic level of conversational Welsh.
With reasonable support at the point of appointment this level can be reached.
Closing date: 27/10/2026 11:55 PM
The Rewards
We are pleased to offer a number of benefits for our workforce. The examples provided are only part of what may be offered, and eligibility may vary depending on your function or contract type. For example, not all benefits are open to casual workers.
Salary commensurate with experience Competitive.
Automatic enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Annual leave entitlement, generous, with the opportunity to purchase extra annual leave.
Staff health and wellness support access.
Career development and personal development.
Staff discount schemes and other benefits e.g. cycle to work scheme.
Shortlisting is done through a ‘anonymous recruitment’ process. Your personal details (name and contact details) will not be visible to recruiting managers until a shortlisting decision has been made.
We are committed to hiring, keeping and developing a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. By providing us with your equality monitoring data we are able to understand the effect of our recruiting and employment policies and procedures and where possible, make improvements. Equality monitoring information is not provided to recruiting managers at any point.
More Information
We are devoted to the safety and fairness of our recruitment and to protecting and safeguarding people we care for and support. All our workers are carefully selected, trained, monitored and veted fairly and to a high quality so they are able to give safe, effective and caring support.
Please be aware that we have a legal obligation to offer suitable alternative employment to existing employees where their postings are at risk and that existing employees meeting the essential requirements and on our redeployment pool will be given priority.
Right to Work Eligibility
All employers in the UK must carry out a Right to Work check before a new employee starts work. This is a legal obligation under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 and applies to all workers regardless of nationality.
All applicants will be requested to give their nationality and if they have the right to work in the United Kingdom. This is to confirm if you are eligible to apply for the post and to work for the Council or partner organisations.
Carmarthenshire County Council has a valid sponsorship licence. However, if you are an application who requires sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, you will need to meet all the eligibility criteria laid forth by the UK Government under the points based immigration system. Before you apply, you should confirm that the role satisfies the qualifying criteria in the UK Government guidance: Skilled Worker visa: overview – GOV.UK Please note: If you do not meet the qualifying conditions your application will not proceed. In the event it is subsequently found that you are not entitled to apply, your application may be withdrawn or any offer of employment may be revoked.
How to Apply
All applications for this vacancy must be through our online application system. If you have a disability that prevents you from applying online, please email: jobs@carmarthenshire.gov.uk or contact 01267 234567 and ask for ‘Recruitment’ to consider alternate arrangements to support you in the process.
For any further information, please visit the ‘How we Recruit’ guidance on the Careers Page.
