Supported Housing Catering Assistant in Oxford

Our mission at Response is to enable people of all ages to live a more fulfilled life by providing excellent mental health services, housing, and supported living.

Supported Housing Catering Assistant

£27,051.44 – £28,900 per annum pro rata to £19,191.59 – £20,503.38 (Salaries vary depending on experiences)

Hours – 26.25 hours per week (Flexible Working Pattern – Alternate Weekends and Occasional Bank Holidays)

Service – Rowan House, Littlemore, Oxford

What You’ll Be Doing

Response is looking for an enthusiastic, friendly and approachable person to join the Rowan House team. Rowan House is home to 25 residents with acute mental health needs. Our roles offer employees variety where every day is different whilst also giving a great sense of pride seeing the positive impact you can have on others. Our clients are with Response to gain skills in living independently, while also focusing on improving their mental health. To be part of a service that supports individuals with severe and enduring mental health needs to live their lives in a positive way and assist them to improve their physical and mental well‑being.

Provide stable meals for residents and work with the support team to engage residents around their physical health and nutrition. Response aims to enhance co‑production working between staff and residents so that resident’s voices are heard regarding recovery‑focused support and decisions that affect their life goals.

Overall job responsibility

• Provide staple meals for residents.
• Work with the support team to engage residents around their physical health and nutrition.
• Oversee the daily running of the in‑house catering provided by Apetito, including heating and serving of Apetito meals.
• Oversee the daily preparation of lunch and supper meals, including meals not provided by Apetito.
• Ensure residents have a person‑centred approach to meal choices, with dietary needs considered when planning menus.
• Assist management with menu planning and ordering for food deliveries.
• Keep a clean and tidy work environment to comply with food and hygiene safety regulations.
• Support residents who wish to volunteer kitchen duties in accordance with their care plans, risk assessments and food safety guidance.

The Successful Applicant

Our main priority is to find people who can live our values every day – Caring, Safe, Creative and Aspirational. We provide excellent training on everything else, but we do ask that you can:

• GCSEs in English and Maths (or equivalent).
• Experience of working within a team.
• Basic food hygiene knowledge.
• IT literacy with experience using MS Office packages.
• Previous experience working within a service providing meals to residents or in the community.
• Good communication skills, written, verbal and listening.
• Ability to engage with and build appropriate working relationships.
• Ability to act calmly in a professional manner whilst dealing with unpredictable and challenging behaviour.
• Demonstrate respect for difference and diversity.

What We Offer

• 37 days annual leave pro rata (inclusive of bank holidays).
• Blue Light card and other discount shopping.
• Employee Assistant Plan – access to free counselling.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Enhanced family‑friendly leave.
• Professional qualification sponsorship and study leave.
• £500 refer a friend bonus scheme.
• Optional health cash care plan with discount on prescriptions and treatments.
• Well‑being hub and mental well‑being support app – approved by NHS.
• Free flu jabs.
• Free DBS application.

You will receive training and confidence to use core therapeutic talk therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Strength‑Based Trauma‑Informed Care and Mutual Aid to provide the best possible support to our clients.

If this Supported Housing Catering Assistant position sounds like the role for you then we would love to hear from you! Please apply today as this vacancy may be closed early. Closing date – 04/06/2026.

All our roles require a DBS check, two references from the most recent employers and you must have the right to work in the UK. Response is not able to offer sponsorship under the points‑based system. If you require sponsorship you will be withdrawn from the recruitment process. Our employees and clients come from all over the world; we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture and are registered as a Disability Confident Employer.