Cook

Description:

Call/email Alisdair to get an application form to complete and also a full job description.

School Cook. Location: Midge Hall, near Leyland, Lancashire

Salary: £13.14 - £14.72 p/hr depending on experience

Hours: 40 hours per week - Term Time Only + 3 weeks

This school is part of a UK wide SEN Schools group of over 20 SEN/SEMH schools - they are the 6th largest provider of SEN education and care in the UK.

They are an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities. This school is an independent day school in Lancashire providing specialist education for young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties (SEMH) and Autistic Spectrum Condition.

Your Skills/Qualifications/Experience:

* Relevant knowledge of regulations and standards for the catering environment.

* Key aspects of Health and Safety legislation.

* Excellent communication skills with a range of internal and external people, verbally and in writing

* Experience working with special diets and allergens

* Highly organised

* A passion for creating healthy home cooked foods with experience of cooking with a wide range of ingredients.

The Role:

The role of Cook is to provide good quality food, for a range of dietary needs, using fresh ingredients. The role will deliver an effective catering service with a dynamic approach to continually strive to improve the catering with new initiatives and menu ideas and distilling an enthusiasm for cooking and eating well in others.

Key Duties:

* Provide a balanced menu and diet to a high standard within budget.

* Ensure current legislation/regulations are fully met, and that records are kept up to date and are available for inspection.

* Undertake full range of management tasks for catering team, including supervisions, supporting training needs

* Create menus that are appealing and nutritionally balanced

* Prepare, cook and present home cooked food using fresh ingredients where possible ensuring appropriate portion control

* Take responsibility and ensure the smooth running of the kitchen

* Liaise with suppliers, building good relationships.

* Monitoring stock and quality control, ensuring the college remains within budget allocation.

* Undertake menu planning, to provide nutritionally balanced food, within budget.

* Ensure compliance with all regulations relating to food preparation, cooking and storage.

* Maintain the highest standards of hygiene and cleanliness.

* Ordering of supplies ensuring best value

Benefits:

* Training and Development

This schools group strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people they support. They offer a wide range of programmes and opportunities to all employees to improve your skills and further your career.

* Save money on your bills!!

With the cost of living rising they have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme.

* Competitive Pay and Reward

Every year they compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. They also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Pension and Life Assurance.

* UK Health Cash Plan

This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.

* Employee Assistance Programme

Your health and wellbeing is very important to this Group and they have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7.

* Refer a friend for £1,000

They’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

Integritas Education Recruitment Ltd is acting as an employment business for this position.

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

As a result of the volume of applications, If we have not contacted you within two weeks of your application being received, then regretfully your application will not be taken forward on this occasion