Assistant Cook - Part-time

Five Acre Wood School, Maidstone

• Ref:KCC886-7056-593S
• Posted:29/04/2024
• Pay:£18,245.28 - £18,922.08 dependent on experience
• Start Date:ASAP
• App Close Date:13/05/2024 at 10:00
• Interviews:TBC

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Are you adaptable and looking to support our pupils aged 2 – 19, with severe, profound or complex needs?

An Assistant Cook is required to join our friendly and supportive team for 30 hours per week (8.15am-2.15pm, Monday to Friday, term time only) to support the Catering Manager in preparing nutritious and healthy meals for pupils, ensuring that the meals are of good quality and to deputise in the Catering Manager’s absence. The kitchen provides around 300 meals daily (including staff and pupils).

Duties and Responsibilities

• To assist the cook in preparing nutritious and healthy home cooked meals for pupils 
• Ensuring the quality of the meals 
• Managing your work area and kitchen making sure it's always clean and safe 
• Receiving stock and ensuring all stock is rotated 
• To implement health & safety and food and hygiene regulations 
• To deputise in the Catering Manager’s absence 
• Washing up and cleaning kitchen and related equipment as directed by the Catering Manager throughout the day with particular emphasis on end of day cleaning procedures and clearing away.
• To ensure all standards are met during the daily service at the school.
• To work with team members to ensure the service is efficient daily.
• Assist in checking and storage of deliveries each week.
• Assist in the preparation, cooking and serving of the daily lunch.
• Keeping staff room kitchen clean including washing up of crockery and also any crockery in the main office and BWA kitchen.
• Cleaning equipment and keeping in good working order including checking freezers and stock regularly
• Generally keeping kitchen and equipment up to Health, Hygiene and Safety levels
• Ensuring kitchen and equipment are ready for a new term.
• To be fully aware of Food Hygiene and Health and Safety legislation and to implement correct procedures in all respects
• To maintain high standards of cleanliness throughout the kitchen and service areas, ensuring COSHH is fully implemented.
• Any other duties as requested by the line manager/SLT.

Successful candidates do not need to have specific work experience but must have a passion for special needs and supporting our pupils and a good knowledge of current food standards would be beneficial. You should be qualified to NVQ Level 2 in food preparation or have previous experience in this role. You will benefit from opportunities for further professional development and career progression as we value and support staff in all aspects of school life. The successful candidate will also have a strong commitment to inclusive principles and be committed to safeguarding children and young people.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Five Acre Wood is committed to the safeguarding of all its pupils, you will therefore be subject to an enhanced disclosure process. As part of our responsibility for safeguarding, in addition to the Kent policy of one employment and one personal reference, the school will request additional employment references.

Information about the school

Five Acre Wood is a successful outward looking and expanding Special School based over 4 sites in and around Maidstone, Kent. We are one of the largest special schools in the country with over 800 pupils on roll aged 2-19 years with profound, severe and complex needs.

Our ‘Outstanding’ school will continue to expand and we are looking for people with a positive approach to join us who share our vision of ‘Only the best will do’ for all our students and staff. We are a Teaching School and part of a collaborative alliance with other special schools. We have been awarded The Schools Wellbeing Award for pupils and staff which demonstrates we really value our people and want to work with them to fulfil their career ambitions.

In addition to your salary, FAW allowance and pension benefits, we have excellent additional staff benefits including:

Confidential staff counselling service A wellbeing app and platform A range of staff social and well-being events Annual flu vaccinations

Sometimes words cannot explain how something really is, we would encourage you to view the links below:

We hold an annual music festival for our pupils, it gives them the opportunity experience something they may not ordinarily be able to access. You can see it here.

Woodstock 2023 – Woodstock 2023 Festival at Five Acre Wood School - YouTube

Woodstock 2022 - Woodstock 2022 Festival at Five Acre Wood Schools - YouTube

Woodstock 2019 - Five Acre Wood School's "Woodstock 2019" - Amazing Festival in a Day! (Longer Film) - YouTube

We produced our own songs and music videos, you can watch them here: -

Beautiful – Five Acre Wood School featuring Taryn Charles - Youtube

Five Acre Wood School Featuring Jack Rose - Hall Of Fame - YouTube

Don’t Give Up – Nathan Grisdale and Five Acre Wood School - YouTube

We look forward to hearing from you.

Five Acre Wood is committed to the safeguarding of all its pupils, you will therefore be subject to an enhanced disclosure process. As part of our responsibility for safeguarding, in addition to the Kent policy of one employment and one personal reference, the school will request additional employment references. The school will also, as outlined in Keeping children Safe in Education 2022, complete an online search for shortlisted candidates.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Nicola Devereux
• Address:Boughton Lane, Maidstone , Kent, ME15 9QF
• Telephone: (01622) 743925
• Email: hr@five-acre.kent.sch.uk

Fax: 01622 744828

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Assistant Cook Job Description