Cook

Applefields School; Wetherby; On-site; GBP 18,217,000 - 19,094,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Local government pension

28 days holiday + BH

Green car scheme

Childcare vouchers

Home technology scheme

Job summary

Sicklinghall School in Wetherby is seeking a Cook to join our friendly catering team. You will prepare tasty, nutritious, home-cooked meals from locally sourced produce for around 60 pupils each day.

The role is term-time only, up to 25 hours per week, with shifts from 8:30 to 13:30 over 5 days. Training is provided, a DBS check is required, and the position offers a competitive hourly rate and holiday entitlement.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook meals for approximately 60 children per day.
• Serve meals to pupils and staff, supervise kitchen staff, and manage food orders.

Skills

Cooking

Food safety

Job description

Hours: upto 25 hours per week, Term Time Only

Location: Wetherby, North Yorkshire- Sicklinghall Primary School

Are you keen to join a friendly team who are committed to making a real impact in their local community?

If so, this role is for you.

We are recruiting a Cook to join our friendly team at Sicklinghall School, Main Street, Sicklinghall, Wetherby, LS22 4BD.

What can we offer you?

• Competitive rate of pay
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
• 28 days holiday per year plus Bank Holidays
• Access to range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers and home technology scheme

For full details, please see our total rewards brochure

The Role

You will be providing tasty, nutritious, home-cooked meals made from locally sourced fresh produce. NYES is a ‘fresh food’ organisation encouraging children and young people to choose nutritious meals.We are proud to offer a wide choice of healthy options to our children encouraging them to eat well and fuelling their appetite for learning.

As a Cook you will be delivering an effective catering service operating to the highest standards of food safety. Your role will require you to prepare and cook for approximately 60 children a day, serve meals to pupils and staff as well as other kitchen management duties such as supervision of staff, ordering of food, stocktaking and administration, setting out and putting away dining furniture, washing up and cleaning the kitchen and dining areas.

As a valued member of our hard-working team, you will be reliable, dependable and committed to providing healthy wholesome dishes, working typically 25 hours per week over 5 days – 8:30 start with a 13:30 finish.

This family friendly role will allow you to work around school holiday commitments.

Training will be given.

You will work term time weeks only; however, you will receive equal monthly payments throughout the year.

For this you will be paid £13.92 to £14.59 per hour, in addition to annual holiday and Bank Holiday entitlement.

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.

We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of adults at risk.

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.