Cook - Major Recruitment : Job Details

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They are the sixth-largest provider of specialist educational services in the country, supporting over 900 children and young people, and employing over 1,000 staff.

Chef / Cook

Location: Tokers Green, Reading, Berkshire

Salary: £13.14ph - £14.72ph (actual annual salary £23,478.54 - £26,301.68) dependant on experience

Contract: Permanent Hours: 40 hours per week, term time only

This new Special Needs school is due to open in November 2024, supporting young people aged 6 -16 with Moderate to Severe Learning and Specific Learning Disabilities needs including autism spectrum disorders, ADHD and associated difficulties, who require an individualised, specialist approach.

Key Duties:

• Establish consistencies in meal and snack preparation whilst considering the dietary & sensory needs of the individual young people
• Cost meal plans whilst considering a balanced, healthy diet that the young people will enjoy
• Use creativity and experience to ensure meals are varied
• Source and build on cost effective supplier relationships
• Lead, motivate, engage and develop staff to encourage high performance
• Communicate effectively at all times both verbally and in writing which ensures clarity regarding the ordering, preparation and delivery of all food
• Ensure that health and safety, food hygiene and other standards are adhered to across the site

Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of the School when required.

Your Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Experience of managing a catering environment with the potential for multiple and complex dietary requirements
• Experience of planning and preparing menus to ensure balanced, healthy eating and variety
• Working knowledge of health and safety legislation (including COSHH regulations, manual handling and food hygiene procedures) and requirements in relation to food preparation
• Experienced in carrying regular equipment/maintenance check and recording as and when required
• Good standards of literacy, numeracy, written and verbal communication
• Possess good working knowledge of kitchen equipment and cleaning schedules
• Proven ability to prioritise tasks and work flexibly as appropriate
• Committed to promoting the health, welfare and safeguarding of children and young adults
• Level 2 Food Hygiene Certified or above
• Have experience of cooking for between 40 -80 people

Benefits:

• Life assurance
• Enhanced pension scheme (from October)
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Bike to work scheme
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

School Staffing 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.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and we are 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.

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

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.