Assistant Cook

JR United Kingdom; Ormskirk; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

JR United Kingdom seeks a dedicated cook for a term-time role at a leading school in Ormskirk. The successful candidate will prepare and serve nutritious meals, follow food safety regulations, and create innovative menus that cater to diverse dietary needs while enjoying a supportive working environment with excellent benefits.

Benefits

Training: Full induction and on-the-job training

Holiday: Full school holidays

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing support

Medical cover

High-street discounts

Beautiful working environments

£1,000 bonus for recommending a friend

Qualifications

• Experience catering in a professional setting or as a competent home cook.
• Ideally possess a Food Hygiene and Safety Certificate.
• Hardworking, friendly, and dependable.

Responsibilities

• Assist with preparation, cooking, and serving of hot and cold food.
• Create varied menus considering dietary requirements.
• Follow food hygiene rules and maintain health and safety standards.

Skills

Catering experience

Food hygiene

Teamwork

Creativity

Education

Basic Food Hygiene and Safety Certificate

Job description

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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.

£24,027 + Excellent Benefits

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

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.

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