School Cook

Witherslack Group; Sandbach; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a cook in a brand new state-of-the-art school. You'll be at the heart of the community, preparing nutritious meals for young people with diverse needs. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of students while enjoying a supportive work environment. With full training, flexible benefits, and a strong commitment to staff wellbeing, you can thrive in your career while helping to foster a nurturing atmosphere for students. If you're passionate about food and education, this is the perfect chance to bring your skills to life and contribute to meaningful change.

Benefits

Full school holidays

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing tools and advice

Medical cover

High-street discounts

Beautiful working environments

Recommend a friend scheme with £1,000 bonus

Qualifications

• Must have a Level 3 qualification in Food Safety in Catering or equivalent.
• Experience in budgeting for meals and organizing menu plans is essential.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a skilled team and plan nutritious menus for young people.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene regulations and nutritional standards.

Skills

Food Safety in Catering

Menu Planning

Budgeting

Education

Level 3 qualification in Food Safety in Catering

Job description

time left to apply End Date: February 7, 2025 (27 days left to apply)

job requisition id JR101308

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 supervise a skilled team and plan nutritious menus for our young people. You’ll also need to make sure that the school meets food hygiene regulations and nutritional standards. Being a cook in charge at our schools means you’ll get to build fantastic relationships with all of our staff and young people, by doing what you do best.

One of the best environments in SEND

Opening in April 2025, Cheshire Hall School is a purpose built, brand new, state of the art school. The school provides education for up to 120 pupils aged 5-19 and caters to children with a wide range of needs including autism and social, emotional and mental health needs. This new exciting opportunity serves Sandbach and the wider communities, you are at the heart of its development. Our aim is to ensure that every pupil has an outstanding educational experience with individual pupil progress and care at the heart of what is offered.

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:

1. Training: A full induction and on the job training
2. Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with full school holidays
3. Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance
4. Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
5. Medical cover: so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment
6. High-street discounts
7. Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities
8. 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:

1. Have a Level 3 qualification in Food Safety in Catering (or equivalent)
2. Be organised and have the ability to plan menus
3. Have experience budgeting for each meal and ordering in bulk

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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About Witherslack

We are the highest Ofsted-rated provider in the country for special education and care. Our teams are fulfilled by the idea of making even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

There’s lots of ups and downs, and to some of our young people, just sitting through a lesson can be a big win. We call these huge small victories and whilst they may seem small on the surface, they add up to make a big difference.

We live and learn with children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs, communication difficulties (such as Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, or speech, language and communication needs), ADHD or complex learning needs. We have the most joined-up model in SEN, the best environments and we are proud of what we do.

Mission: We are the leading provider of specialist education and care for children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs, communication difficulties (autistic spectrum conditions; speech, language and communication needs), ADHD and complex learning needs.