Assistant Cook

Witherslack Group; Ormskirk; On-site; GBP 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading education organization seeks an Assistant Cook for a part-time role at their Ormskirk school. The successful candidate will prepare and serve nutritious meals, following dietary plans while adhering to food hygiene standards. With a rewarding salary of £24,027 and excellent benefits, this role is perfect for those passionate about catering and working with diverse young people.

Benefits

Full induction and on-the-job training

Full school holidays

Medical cover

Wellbeing tools and advice

Employee assistance program

High-street discounts

Environment with excellent facilities

Recommend a friend scheme with bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in professional catering or competent home cook.
• Ideally possess a Food Hygiene and Safety Certificate.
• Dependable, hardworking, and friendly personality.

Responsibilities

• Assist with preparation, cooking, and serving of meals.
• Plan menus considering dietary requirements.
• Follow food hygiene rules and health & safety protocols.

Skills

Food Hygiene

Catering Experience

Education

Basic Food Hygiene and Safety Certificate

Job description

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£24,027 + Excellent Benefits

£24,027 + Excellent Benefits

Please note: This is a term-time role. You will be expected to assist with the preparation, cooking, and serving of both hot and cold food.

Please note: This role is part time, 40 hours per week. Full time hours would be 42.6 per week.

Huge Small Victories

Being a cook in our school means being part of something big. You’ll be working at the heart of the school, preparing and serving tasty, nutritious food to our young people, staff and visitors

Get out what you put in

You’ll be expected to follow food hygiene rules and keep health and safety in mind, but the key is to create varied menus that encourage our young people to try new food. You’ll help plan meals, taking into account any specific dietary requirements.

One of the best environments in SEND

Pontville School is an independent specialist day & residential school providing high quality education. With a record of continual outstanding and good Ofsted results, the school based in Ormskirk is regarded by many as the first choice for speech, language and social communication in the UK.

What we do for you

Benefits

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the education sector. With us, you’ll get to bring learning to life and make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

• Training: A full induction and on the job training
• Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with full school holidays
• Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check out our benefits here
• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts
• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities – check out our schools here
• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time
  
  

Bring your whole-self to work

Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. The kind of person we’re looking for

Will

• Have experience catering in a professional setting, but if you’re a competent home cook we’d still like to hear from you
• Ideally have a basic Food Hygiene and Safety Certificate
• Be hard working, friendly and dependable
  
  

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the

community.

For a full job description and person specification, please click here.

To view our ex-offenders policy please click here.

To view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools here.

Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Education Administration Programs

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